Tina MacLeod
- Work
- Biography
Tina MacLeod creates tactile pieces of jewellery that evoke a sense of place. The concept of the island and the unique atmosphere of the Hebridean coastal woodland are central to her work, capturing an essence of that sensed but unexplained aura often experienced within the forest.
By using precious metal techniques that produce delicate but deliberate layers of surface texture, she is able to convey a sense of the ephemeral nature of the living landscape.
Designing through making, she works intuitively with natural materials gathered from specific places, and by exploring hollow forms, creates jewellery which represents a connection to place which is realised through the importance of touch.
Ultimately, each object becomes a representation of the viewer and wearer’s story, the original meaning transcends. The origin belongs to the maker, embedded within the piece but the meaning distorts and evolves as different people find their own connection with it.
Tina returned to Glenshiel in the West Highlands to set up her studio in 2015 after graduating from The Glasgow School of Art.
By using precious metal techniques that produce delicate but deliberate layers of surface texture, she is able to convey a sense of the ephemeral nature of the living landscape.
Designing through making, she works intuitively with natural materials gathered from specific places, and by exploring hollow forms, creates jewellery which represents a connection to place which is realised through the importance of touch.
Ultimately, each object becomes a representation of the viewer and wearer’s story, the original meaning transcends. The origin belongs to the maker, embedded within the piece but the meaning distorts and evolves as different people find their own connection with it.
Tina returned to Glenshiel in the West Highlands to set up her studio in 2015 after graduating from The Glasgow School of Art.
Education
2011 – 2015 The Glasgow School of Art www.gsa.ac.uk
Silversmithing and Jewellery Design BA (Hons) First class
Awards + Achievements
2018
- Open Eye Gallery Award - For an artist of merit from the SSA VAS Open - exhibition at Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2016
- Supportive ‘buddy’ for 2016/17 Emergents Making Progress participants
- Crafts Council Hothouse 6 creative business development programme
- The Goldsmiths Centre Getting Started graduate business programme
2015
- Emergents Making Progress mentoring scheme
Exhibitions
2018
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ OXO, London
• Solo Show, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• Association for Contemporary Jewellery Members Show, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ Dovecot, Edinburgh
• Solo Exhibition, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness
• Selected exhibitor, SSA VAS OPEN Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
2017
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ OXO, London
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ Dovecot, Edinburgh
• ‘Branching Out’ Craft Gallery and Design Centre, Leeds
• ‘Rising Stars 2017’ New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
2016
• ‘Out of the Wood’ Groundwork Gallery, Norfolk
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ Dovecot, Edinburgh and Dazzle @ OXO, London
• ‘Hothouse 6: New Ashgate Selects’, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
• ‘Lannair’, Tighnabruaich Gallery, Argyll
• Scottish Jewellery Week, Selected exhibition, Dundee
• ‘Another Life’ exhibition, Craft Gallery and Design Centre, Leeds
• ‘Getting Started’ Showcase - The Goldsmiths' Centre, London
2015
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle@OXO, London
• Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow
• CR&FT Emergents at Craft Central, London
• The Workshop, Lewes, East Sussex
• ‘Sealladh-Tire | Landscape’ – Joint exhibition, The Schoolhouse Gallery
• New Designers, London
• Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2011 – 2015 The Glasgow School of Art www.gsa.ac.uk
Silversmithing and Jewellery Design BA (Hons) First class
Awards + Achievements
2018
- Open Eye Gallery Award - For an artist of merit from the SSA VAS Open - exhibition at Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2016
- Supportive ‘buddy’ for 2016/17 Emergents Making Progress participants
- Crafts Council Hothouse 6 creative business development programme
- The Goldsmiths Centre Getting Started graduate business programme
2015
- Emergents Making Progress mentoring scheme
Exhibitions
2018
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ OXO, London
• Solo Show, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
• Association for Contemporary Jewellery Members Show, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ Dovecot, Edinburgh
• Solo Exhibition, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness
• Selected exhibitor, SSA VAS OPEN Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
2017
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ OXO, London
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ Dovecot, Edinburgh
• ‘Branching Out’ Craft Gallery and Design Centre, Leeds
• ‘Rising Stars 2017’ New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
2016
• ‘Out of the Wood’ Groundwork Gallery, Norfolk
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle @ Dovecot, Edinburgh and Dazzle @ OXO, London
• ‘Hothouse 6: New Ashgate Selects’, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
• ‘Lannair’, Tighnabruaich Gallery, Argyll
• Scottish Jewellery Week, Selected exhibition, Dundee
• ‘Another Life’ exhibition, Craft Gallery and Design Centre, Leeds
• ‘Getting Started’ Showcase - The Goldsmiths' Centre, London
2015
• Special exhibitor, Dazzle@OXO, London
• Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow
• CR&FT Emergents at Craft Central, London
• The Workshop, Lewes, East Sussex
• ‘Sealladh-Tire | Landscape’ – Joint exhibition, The Schoolhouse Gallery
• New Designers, London
• Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
- Tina MacLeod
- Lorg brooches, silver, wood
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Lorg brooch, silver, driftwood
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Bark ring, silver
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Bark brooch, silver
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Rock brooch, silver, rock
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Rock brooch, silver, rock
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Lorg brooch, oxidised silver, wood
- Jewellery
- Tina MacLeod
- Lorg brooch, silver, driftwood
- Jewellery
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