DES Talks with Susanna Beaumont
Episodes
Exploring Bard, Custom Lane & Brown's of Leith
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DES Talks! In this episode Susanna is out and about in Edinburgh's port Leith, which lies to the north of the city. It is where the Water o...
Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DES TalksIn this episode of DES Talks, Susanna is exploring the exhibition Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine, which is currently on ...
Harvest - a celebration of contemporary craft from across Scotland
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DES Talks, our lively exploration of making and creating from across Scotland. In this episode we celebrate Harvest. A showcase of work by ...
Bernat Klein - Gráinne Rice talks the life & times of the visionary textile designer
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was visionary, energetic and exacting. He delighted in colour, texture and the great outdoors. He pushed boundaries and challenged conventions. In ...
Studio potter Cara Guthrie talks clay, the personal and the political
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cara Guthrie is a studio potter based in the town of Dunkeld, Perthshire. Born and raised in Scotland, she first studied Human Geography before a chan...
The Hugo Burge Foundation - celebrating making & creating in the Scottish Borders
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Hugo Burge Foundation is a brilliantly energetic and ambitious charity supporting the arts and crafts. Located in a green and lush stretch of the ...
The Marchmont Workshop talk chair making, rush seating & the early years
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Marchmont Workshop's Rich Platt & Sam Cooper are celebrated as the saviours of the rush-seated chair. A centuries-old art, the craft of rush s...
Chris Dobson & Guy Philips talk the making of Monolith and the joy of Scottish timber
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DES Talks, a new podcast from Design Exhibition Scotland where Susanna Beaumont celebrates making and creating in a series conversations wi...
Stefanie Ying Lin Cheong talks jewellery, geology and the gathering of stones
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DES Talks, a new podcast from Design Exhibition Scotland where Susanna Beaumont celebrates making and creating in a series conversations wi...
Frances Priest talks ceramics, delighting in the decorative & firing up
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DES Talks, a new podcast from Design Exhibition Scotland where Susanna Beaumont celebrates making and creating in a series of conversations...