The call for applications for the Radcliffe Heritage Craft Residency is live! This fully funded residency is for a Scotland-based maker and is scheduled to take place at Cove Park from Monday 6 April to Monday 20 April 2026.

Contemporary craft and design have been key aspects of Cove Park’s annual residency programme since 2000 and many of the participating makers have employed traditional craft processes, materials, designs, and techniques in the production of their work. In 2024 and 2025, Cove Park offered a dedicated residency designed to support Argyll-based makers whose work focuses exclusively upon the preservation of traditional craft skills and processes with the aim of preserving and promoting these skills for future generations. These residencies were awarded to Bute-based maker Sam Kilday who works with reclaimed wood and Iona-based bookbinder Toben Lewis.

Now, in 2026 and with the support of The Radcliffe Trust, we are delighted to expand eligibility for this opportunity to all Scotland-based makers working in heritage craft practices.

These include, but are not limited to: textile craft (such as spinning, handloom weaving, knitting, quilting, traditional clootie rugs, Shetland Taatit rugs), horn work, Shepherd’s Crook and stick making (including shinty sticks and golf clubs), curling stones, Fair Isle chairs, Orkney chairs, Shetland chairs, spinning wheels, traditional boat building, Galloway clogs, woodturning, basketwork, musical instrument making (bagpipes, harp, clarsach, stringed instruments, flutes), staved vessels, barrel making, silvermaking and jewellery, quaichs, bookbinding, iron work, ropework, leatherwork, and stonemasonry.

This residency is designed to support the development of new work, research, and experimentation.

Further information on this programme and details of how to apply is available here.

We are very grateful to The Radcliffe Trust for their support of this programme.