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David

McDiarmid

Tucked away in Glasgow’s East End is a fun-filled design studio run by David who handcrafts unique homewares, custom features, and gifts designed to bring your kitchen to life. Made with love for people who love food and drink.Bored of the same old, mass-produced homewares, David produces carefully crafted, playful products that elevate your kitchen and celebrate the craftsmanship of food & drinks producers in a more permanent (displayable) way. Think ceramic pasta fridge magnets made with clay the same way edible pasta is made with dough, or original oil paintings (and prints) of farm-grown fruits and vegetables, or hand crafted placemats and coasters to colourfully frame your dishes and drinks and cabinet knobs to provide some colour pops to your kitchen decor. While you can shop from David online, he also likes to pop up at in-person markets and is proud to be stocked in over 15 independent gift shops, farm shops and food retailers across the UK.David has also been featured in Christmas Gift Guides by The Times, Homes & Interiors Scotland, The Wealdon Times and Surrey Homes in 2025.

Disciplines: Mixed Media

Location: Glasgow

Materials: Casting, Oil
Tucked away in Glasgow’s East End is a fun-filled design studio run by David who handcrafts unique homewares, custom features, and gifts designed to bring your kitchen to life. Made with love for people who love food and drink.Bored of the same old, mass-produced homewares, David produces carefully crafted, playful products that elevate your kitchen and celebrate the craftsmanship of food & drinks producers in a more permanent (displayable) way. Think ceramic pasta fridge magnets made with clay the same way edible pasta is made with dough, or original oil paintings (and prints) of farm-grown fruits and vegetables, or hand crafted placemats and coasters to colourfully frame your dishes and drinks and cabinet knobs to provide some colour pops to your kitchen decor. While you can shop from David online, he also likes to pop up at in-person markets and is proud to be stocked in over 15 independent gift shops, farm shops and food retailers across the UK.David has also been featured in Christmas Gift Guides by The Times, Homes & Interiors Scotland, The Wealdon Times and Surrey Homes in 2025.

Previous Experience

Education: BA Hons Painting – Gray’s School of Art (2009 – 2013), MLitt Curatorial Practice – University of Glasgow & Glasgow School of Art (2017-2018) Selected Recent Projects: Exhibitor at Scotland’s Trade Fair, SEC Glasgow (2026), Exhibitor at Pittenweem Arts Festival (2026), Exhibitor at Art Car Boot Sale, Tramway, Glasgow (2024), George Wyllie Paper Boat Pin Badge Commission, Greenock. Commissioned to re-produce an original George Wyllie artwork as a wholesale product for the gift shop of the newly opened Wyllieum museum and archive of George Wyllie’s work and life at Greenock’s Ocean Terminal (2024), Self-published Make Bake Cook Book: A Collection of Artists’ Works and Recipes funded by Creative Scotland (2020), Curated the project Artists’ Spread, Project Café, Glasgow – a one-night-only pop-up artist-run restaurant night (2018).

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