Cutlery is something most people take for granted. We use it every day, so it’s seen as a fairly mundane tool, rather than an exceptional object. The next tour of items in the Craft Pods might change that notion as it’s a selection of nine silver and iron spoons made by Scottish silversmith Grant McCaig.
The silver spoons & scoops have in fact handles made from smoothed driftwood or old floorboards; the iron spoons (or cucharas) came about as a result of a trip to Colombia, South America, where Grant had an opportunity to research large scale metal casting in a foundry in Bogota. From this came a collection of iron spoons with touches of vitreous enamel decoration in their bowls.
The 2015-16 tour, starting later in October, will again circulate round Fife libraries and for the first time, will also visit one of Fife’s secondary schools.
– 27 Oct – 12 Dec 2015, Dalgety Bay Library
(Regents Way, Dalgety Bay, KY11 9UY ; open Mon & Fri 9.30am – 1pm & 2 – 7pm, Tues 11am – 1pm & 2 – 5pm, Wed & Thur 9.30am – 1pm & 2 – 5pm, Sat 9.30am – 1pm )
– 15 Dec 2015 – Sun 24 Jan 2016, Duloch Library, Dunfermline
(Nightingale Place, Dunfermline, KY11 8LW ; open Mon 1 – 6pm, Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed, Thur & Fri 9am – 9pm, Sat 9am – 5pm, Sun 12noon – 4pm)
– 26 Jan – 5 Mar 2016, Rosyth Library
(Parkgate Community Centre , Parkgate, Rosyth, KY11 2JW ; open Mon & Thur 9.30am – 1pm & 2 – 7pm, Tues 11am – 1pm & 2 – 5pm, Wed & Fri 9.30am – 1pm & 2 – 5pm, Sat 9.30am – 1pm)
– 8 Mar – 17 Apr 2016, Kirkcaldy Library
(War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1YG; open Mon 12 noon – 7pm, Tues & Thurs 9.30am – 7pm, Wed & Fri 9.30am – 5pm, Sat 9.30am – 4pm, Sun 12 noon – 4pm)
– 19 Apr – 7 June 2016, Cowdenbeath Library
(41 High Street, Cowdenbeath, KY4 9QA ; open Mon & Fri 9.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30 – 7pm, Tues 11am – 12.30pm & 1.30 – 5pm, Wed & Thur 9.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30 – 5pm, Sat 9.30am – 12.30pm)
– 9 June – 27 June 2016, Woodmill High School, Dunfermline
NB not open to public
– 28 June – 6 August 2016, Lochgelly Library
( Bank Street, Lochgelly, KY5 9RD; open Mon to Fri 9am – 9pm, Sat 9am to 3pm)
– 9 Aug – 17 Sept 2016, Inverkeithing Library
(10 Queen Street, Inverkeithing, KY11 1PA; open Mon & Thur 9am – 7pm, Tues & Fri 9am – 5pm, Wed & Sat 9am – 12.30pm)
