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Can ah hae yer een for a wee minute tae threid aboot tartan? We aw ken aboot clan an faimily tartans, but dae ye ken whit came afore clan tartans? If we were tae gang back a few hunner year, we'll no find the system o clan tartans as we ken it noo. Afore the clan codification o tartans whit stertin in the early 19th century, particular tartans were maislty associated wi single weavers. Naturally yon weavers were in specific locations. An sae tae begin wi, maist tartans were kent as bein frae a distinct district. Wi much o Scotland...

We have a new series launching today, which we're pretty excited about. Before we get to it, we realise that we may never have explained how any of our series came about. We thought now might be the time to change that, so we're going to let Stewart explain how he came up with this new series. My Indy Prints work is often a celebration of Scotland's culture. I've created pieces that focus on Scots sayings, stories and myths, among other things. However, I've not really looked at the people who can be said to have helped define our culture,...