Designers & Makers

Karen Westland

Scottish

A Glasgow School of Art graduate (2015), Karen Westland blends silversmithing with research in physics and optics.

A Bishopsland Fellow and recent doctoral graduate (University of Dundee, 2022), her work explores the language of light and the universe through precision-crafted silver pieces. She teaches across Scottish institutions and has earned commissions for Reading Museum collections.

Westland proudly served as Programme Manager for the Ethical Making Programme at the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust.

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In 2023, Westland was awarded a Silversmithing Graduate Apprentice Scholarship from the South House Silver Workshop Trust in 2023 and has been a previous recipient of the Inches Carr bursary.