“New Year is off to a flying start, and I am delighted and deeply honoured to share the news that I have been selected as the @visualartsscotland Maker of the Year 2026.

This is the first year of this exciting new award and massive thanks to selector Joanne MacFadyen of @teagreenevents who I am very excited to be working with over the next year.

“The selectors were deeply impressed by the clarity, refinement and sensitivity of your ceramic practice, in particular the way your pieces explore connection, memory, place and surface with such quiet depth and material intelligence. The subtlety of your porcelain forms and the distinctive language of pattern and inlay present a practice that is both rigorous and poetic, contributing powerfully to the contemporary craft ecology in Scotland.”

In truth I am a bit stunned, but so grateful to everyone at VAS and very excited for the year ahead. ❤️❤️❤️”
– Carol Sinclair
Photos @shannontofts @misslydiaphoto