News — Scotland

The phrase 'Too wee, too poor, too stupid' is one that has dogged Scottish politics for years. While its origins and use are arguable, it nonetheless is a neat summation of the argument against Scottish independence. iScot magazine recently commissioned an illustration of their rebuttal of the phrase from Stewart Bremner. That illustration has now been worked into a new print, which is available in three colours.

After the success of our Scots language calendar, we thought it was about time to bring the colourful sayings from inside out into the world of single prints. Ten of the designs are now on A3 posters. Get 'em while they're hot!

The memory of Scotland in July 2014 seems almost like a dream, like a different country. During that exciting, hopeful and busy month, I launched the above print. Broadcaster Lesley Riddoch has called it the iconic image of the referendum. Soon-to-be MP Chris Law drove around Scotland in a vintage fire engine with it on the side, spreading pro-Yes messages as he went. People have even had themselves tattooed with it. (You can read more about the design here.) Since its launch, this has been my most popular design. So much so, that I've since adapted it away from its indyref roots...

Tonight we're kicking off a new wave of Scottish designs, that will be appearing at Indy Prints in intervals over the next few months. We begin with the bard!Our first new print features the last verse of Rabbie Burns' timeless poem 'A Man's A Man For A That', rendered using a heavy art deco font. It is overlaid in four sections on a modern interpretation of the famous portrait of the bard.Then let us pray that come it may,(As come it will for a that,)That Sense and Worth, o'er a the earth,Shall bear the gree, an a that.For those who prefer...

Since Indy Prints beginning in the heat of the Scottish referendum campaign, we've always tried to celebrate Scotland's culture. We've mostly done that with political art and graphics, however for the first time our artist Stewart has created an undoubtedly Scottish design that is totally apolitical!Kelpies are shape-shifting water spirits that inhabit Scotland's lochs and rivers. With a nod to Katsushika Hokusai's iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa, this Kelpie dances in the dark waters of a night-time loch, stirring foamy waves in the highland air.Not only is this unpolitical, it's also our first print to have no words on...