Scotland Can Make It!

General information

Scotland Can Make It! is a collection of six limited edition souvenirs, designed and manufactured entirely in Scotland.

Commissioned by Panel for 2014 the souvenirs have been created by leading Scottish designers and artists in close collaboration with producers, fabricators and developers across Scotland. Presented for sale, they are the focus of a programme of events that celebrates our cultural heritage, creative practice, skill and production.

Scotland Can Make It! features the following products and collaborators:

A set of three lambswool travel blankets with leather carry cases, by Atelier EB and Marc Camille Chaimowicz with Alex Begg and Co. and McRostie of Glasgow

Tunnock’s Medal’s - teacake confectionary and packaging, by Claire Duffy with Tunnock’s and Chesapeake Packaging

Home/Away – a set of two merino wool scarves, by Emlyn Firth and Angharad McLaren with Johnstons of Elgin

Great Circle – an audio visual app, by FOUND with Chemikal Underground and O Street

Common Wealth – a ceramic jelly mould and accompanying tea cloth, by Katy West with Highland Stoneware, Rogano Oyster Bar and The Centre for Advanced Textiles at Glasgow School of Art

The Golden Tenement – a gold-plated model and keychain, by Neil McGuire and Marianne Anderson with Carlton Die Casting, Elizabeth Campbell and Hamish Dobbie

An ambitious and far-reaching project, the Scotland Can Make It! souvenirs represent a variety of creative disciplines and are spurred by a broad range of motivations and interests. Though conceptually and formally diverse, what unites them is a common connection to memory and remembrance. From our collective experience of the Tunnock’s teacake, or of showing our sporting allegiance with scarf colours, of picnicking on family blankets, celebrating special occasions with food, or of connecting a memento or music to a particular time and place, each contains a lasting narrative.

What also brings them together is their connection to Scottish manufacturing and their form is a direct result of the story of their making – a collaboration between designer and industry.

Scotland Can Make It! souvenirs are for sale throughout the summer of 2014. They are available from the Scotland Can Make It! Shop and selected cultural venues across Scotland.