Wordsmith Crafts CIC

Quartz 

A partnership with St John’s church in Dumfries. This partnership is about helping people learn the skills of #SensingSpirituality. These are the senses we use to explore the reality of all the things which make humans more than just flesh and bones. Our intangible, spiritual, Heritage.

Simon is supported one day a week by St Johns. This helps make activities within St Johns, and the wider community, free at point of access. This includes core activities like School Chaplaincy, the Quartz house group, training and participation at arts festivals and large scale installations!

Visit Quartz to find out more

Cluaran

Living, Breathing, Heritage. Opportunities for immersive experiences, hands on learning, and stories that tell us where we have come from. Learning about the past, to understand our present better, and dream up possible futures for ourselves and the society we live in. Schools Visits, Activities in Museums, and a camp where you can be transported to another time for the weekend.

We usually charge for these activities and income generated is used to employ freelance artists and cover the overheads of the CIC. Any surplus is used to overcome obstacles to access.

Take a voyage to the Cluaran Haven.

Wordsmithcrafts Workshop

We make the studio accessible to give people the opportunity to try heritage crafts. We also take craft workshops to where people are who might not otherwise have the opportunity to try them. This will continue to give people the opportunity to be inspired by their heritage, try out a hobby or perhaps test out a new career.

This includes the “Cluaran craft club”. Simon runs occasional making space activities and makes the space available for “Activated” members at other times too.

The shop page is a place where the artists can display and sell their work online.

Browse the gallery and shop