The Maker/Designer Residency supports a Scotland-based maker or designer aged 50+ and is made possible with generous support from the Turtleton Charitable Trust. Following a call for applications, the 2024 residency has been awarded to Jane Keith.

Originally from Edinburgh, Jane comes from a family of artists and studied printed textiles at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee. She has been a part-time lecturer at DJCAD since 1996 and she currently lives and works from her studio in Ceres, Fife. Her practice centres on the production of high end, hand printed silkscreens, hand painted wearable textiles and works on paper. Her family life, professional life and rural location are all a constant source of inspiration. Her palette draws on the beautiful horticultural paradise at home which is amplified by an idyllic rural landscape.

The Process:

‘I am a colourist at heart. Colour is at the core of everything!’
Jane Keith

Jane sees colour, pattern and composition in every aspect of her surroundings often abstracting and simplifying as she moves through the design process.  Ideas begin with observational drawing using a variety of medium and approaches.  This is where mark making, pattern, composition and colour are all sourced. This is quickly transitioned into process led development on the print table, working directly with hand painting, silk screen printing and layering of colour and pattern onto cloth, whether this is silk, superfine cashmere or cotton.

Image, Jane Keith (photography, Christina Janesen)