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Scott Russell has been the Technologist in Residence at The Famous Grouse Ideas Centre since January 2022, and in that time has supported a myriad of creative businesses, and SMEs seeking a creative solution, to develop and grow. With a background in software training, print, and pre-press media, Scott’s experience lends itself perfectly to the high-tech, people-focused environment of the FGIC. “Interestingly, while I was self-employed as a trainer, I had written a business plan for what we’d now refer…

Marliese Richmond is the owner and designer at Three Bears Prints, an artisan textile business based in Perthshire, Scotland. The Three Bears Prints website was launched in 2017. It offers a wide range of beautiful fabrics and wallpapers which are all created using original artwork designs, and a combination of heritage and cutting-edge printmaking techniques including linocuts, collagraph prints, laser cut wood, and illustrations. Marliese creates her designs from a small workshop in her home in Perthshire. Inspired by the…

Cal Scott is the artist owner of Hooper Hart, specialising in hand-painted wooden framed dioramas depicting imaginary scenes from around the British Isles and beyond, all with a modern Folk Art flavour. Because every piece is individually painted, printed, and assembled by hand, each one is completely unique. Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1997, Cal has worked with various media including ceramics, graphic design, textiles and collagraph printing. Following advice from one of Scotland’s leading craft organisations,…