Monday February 16th 2026
Artist Heather Macfarlane in her green house that she drys craft making materials in.
Written by Glasgow View Reporter, Liam Eunson
In East Lothian, one woman is keeping an endangered Scottish craft alive, creating a business with assistance from funding from Creative Scotland through the East Lothian Council.
Tucked away in Pencaitland, A Croft Creative is both a home and an art space, run by Heather Macfarlane and her partner. Using her business, Jerusalem Croft, to keep the endangered craft alive, Heather creates traditional brushes and brooms using indigenous plant fibres that were used traditionally in Scotland.
Watch a video below about the endangered craft, the broom making process and Heather’s passion for ‘art that has a function’.
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