Our exquisite offerings are tailored to meet the discerning tastes of a diverse clientele that spans hospitality venues, destination management companies, esteemed brands, retailers, interior designers, bespoke tailors, and private individuals.
Combining a personal approach, creative vision and the finest craftsmanship, our bespoke service takes a brief from initial concept and inspiration, through several stages of design development and on into production. At Araminta Campbell, we take immense pride in joining a rich lineage of textile craftsmen and women dedicated to preserving ancient skills. Our mission extends beyond creating beautiful textiles; we celebrate the breadth and depth of Scotland’s storied craftsmanship, which has been passed down through generations. As part of our commitment to heritage, we are honoured to keep the art of tartan and tweed weaving alive.
Inspired by her Scottish heritage and her childhood amidst the riverbanks and heather clad hills of Royal Deeside, Araminta turned to weaving as a way of capturing Scotland in cloth. With her artist’s eye, natural
creative instinct, and expertise not only in woven textiles but also Scottish cloth, Araminta’s designs are sought after around the world. With an unrivalled range of fabric weights and lengths as well as the potential for weaving luxury fibres and finishes, this coveted service allows clients to create a new legacy to pass on to future generations.
Working closely with you we will create a design that tells your story. Your input is invaluable in the creation process. Initially, we’ll embark on a journey together, exploring your vision, preferred colours, and any meaningful numerical references you’d like to incorporate – whether it’s significant dates, family milestones, or cherished memories.
Whether you have been captivated by the landscape, intrigued by your family’s history, or wish to commemorate a special occasion, Araminta will translate your story into a stunning design with her trademark mastery for storytelling through thread, a unique talent.
We design from a bespoke palette of colours, some of which are obtained by Araminta through the ancient technique of natural plant dyeing. A skill she has been experimenting with for over 20 years. Once created, these colours are then meticulously matched and dyed into the luxurious yarn that form the design.
Nowhere in the world makes tweeds and tartans like Scotland, which is why all of our custom-made textiles are woven and finished in the country that inspired them. Being a part of this rich textile heritage allows us to celebrate centuries of expertise that have been passed down over generations. We work exclusively with our Artisan Scottish mills and finishers because we believe that they produce the very best for our customers while helping to sustain Scotland’s famous textile traditions.
Our expertise with different fibres allows us to secure the best possible materials for weaving your cloth, from hard wearing native wools to the finest cashmere. You can have fabric or products woven in a range of different weights and yarns; and we’ll advise you on the most appropriate for your project. We know how important colour is when translating a design into cloth and by working with a selection of trusted yarn suppliers, we’re able to offer a superb variety of shades as well as the possibility of custom dying or twisting.
By working with a selection of hand-picked suppliers, we’re able to offer a multitude of options for manufacturing your tweed or tartan; from weaving lengths of wool fabric to the creation of cosy cashmere blankets and delicate silk and cashmere scarves. Our trusted craftspeople can transform your cloth into a variety of items such as flat caps, ties, golf bags, kilts, jackets and handbags. We can work on small projects of as little as 12 metres of cloth as well as large commercial commissions.
Traditionally worn to identify members of the same family or ‘clan’, tartan is now an iconic part of Scottish identity, used by fashion designers, brands and organisations worldwide to hark back to centuries of Scottish heritage.
A tartan design consists of a pattern of intersecting lines and squares known as a sett, woven in a maximum of six solid colours. These can be produced in a number of different colour palettes to create variations such as dress, ancient and hunting. While many of our clients are keen to celebrate their own Scottish ancestry, you don’t have to be of Scottish descent to have your own tartan created for you or your family.
Araminta has produced new designs for families, organisations and interior designers, as well as reproducing existing clan tartans that would have otherwise been difficult to source. We can work with you to ensure your design meets the criteria for registration with the Scottish Register of Tartans.
Early tweeds were a hardwearing cloth, handwoven locally using wools in natural colours. Originally worn in rural communities, some tweed designs later became associated with particular country estates. These estate tweeds have gone on to be worn by workers, families, sporting enthusiasts and even the Royal Family, offering protection from the elements, as well as a sense of identity and connection to the land.
A tweed design can be composed of many different patterns, from herringbone and overchecks to houndstooth and stripes. Tweed is created using flecked yarns, giving the finished tweed a softer, more earthy look than a tartan.
Araminta Campbell has worked with individuals, estates and brands to create new tweed designs that reflect a landscape or identity. In addition, she’s helped to restore or refresh old tweed designs, ensuring new generations can carry a historic design into the future.
“I commissioned Araminta Campbell to design a bespoke tartan to honour my Scottish heritage and my love for my home country, Australia. This commission was to mark a special birthday for me and leave an abiding legacy to my family. The task of capturing the love of landscape and home in a woven fabric is not a simple one, but Araminta’s unique design skills and her tenacity and commitment to excellence led to the creation of a beautiful tartan based on the rich hues of rolling mountains, of soft light and of continuous reflections on water. Use of bespoke dyes enabled us to create truly personal elements to the design and colour palette.”
“Working on this indulgent project has left me with an abiding love of fine textiles and a deep desire to see a secured future for artisan textile creators and makers. Araminta Campbell and her team are dedicated, sophisticated champions of the Scottish, and wider UK, textile industry. I have been left with a unique fine woollen tartan fabric and with cashmere throws to use and share but just as importantly I am left with an understanding, appreciation and passion for an industry which might just survive thanks to the likes of Araminta Campbell.”
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