02 Jun 2023
Creating the artefacts of tomorrow with the tools of yesteryear
Our New Limited Edition Handwoven Tartan from Dawn to Dusk
We are delighted to be launching our new HERITAGE tartan design in two colourways, Highlands at Dawn and Highlands at Dusk now in handwoven alpaca as well as the millwoven lambswool, showcasing how luxury tartan can be soft, stylish and sustainable.
We keep our handwoven HERITAGE tartans limited to only 12 pieces for each product in the collection because Araminta herself views these pieces as her works of art, her paintings in print form on sumptuously soft Alpaca. Araminta’s art-based background has lead her on a journey to create artworks to be worn. As Araminta explains “Art should make you feel good, so why not wear it and feel your best at all times. We know our beautiful art pieces achieve this. “
The Highlands at Dawn is a tartan of beautiful soft green and blue hues with burnt orange and apricot overcheck and The Highlands at Dusk is made up a wonderful deep but soft dark blue with a raspberry red overcheck with an earthy light brown running through. Colours that are impactful but can move from day to night.
This alpaca line of the HERITAGE collection has been hand woven in their turreted gothic atelier outside Edinburgh, each piece taking up to three weeks to make on vintage George Wood looms. Once handwoven, each piece undergoes a handstitched finish to create the tassels and boasts handwoven selvedges on each side for the perfect finish. With enduring elegance and the quality to last a lifetime, every piece goes through a specific hand washing and finishing process to create the unexpected softness we can achieve by working with the most exceptional fibre available in the UK.
Inspiration for the Design
With her childhood holidays spent exploring the highlands, the new HERITAGE tartans are inspired by the arresting view from Araminta’s grandparents’ house in the highlands of Scotland during sunrise and sunset. The impressive skies depicted in the tartan showcase the clean Highland air and the display of colour over the inspiring Scottish mountains at dawn and dusk. Each bringing a unique display of colour and richness of nature.
Natural Plant Dyeing
The HERITAGE collection not only finds its inspiration in nature, but the very colours that are seen in the yarn have been skilfully drawn out from nature. Using a highly skilled natural plant dying process, Araminta has meticulously colour matched each of the yarn colours used in her tartan providing an exquisite colour palette that perfectly reflects nature. With an exquisite colour palette, you are able to treasure the yarn colours.
Araminta, our CEO and Creative Director
“The launch our new Heritage tartan ‘Highlands at Dawn and Highlands at dusk’ shows how we seamlessly are able to weave stories into luxury alpaca cloth. The sunrises and sunsets I have witnessed as a child staying at my grandparents’ house are vibrantly captured and woven into the softest British alpaca.”
Araminta Campbell are the largest producers of handwoven tartan in Scotland. Collaborating with luxury giants such as Fortnum & Mason, The Fife Arms, Braemar and The Royal Scotsman train among others, the launch of this new handwoven HERITAGE collection sees Araminta Campbell showcasing her exceptional design skills in luxury tartan. Each product in the collection is one of 12 pieces, a limited edition. Araminta Campbell employ graduate handweavers who work in their beautiful atelier, they undergo at least a year’s training to be able to weave our full collection. A full-time weaver can produce a maximum of 60 items a year, each piece is one of not many.
The same HERITAGE tartan is also available in our limited edition artisan millwoven line, with a finite number of each piece being produced, this collection is crafted from the finest lambswool and millwoven by Scottish artisan weavers.
See the whole collection HERE.
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