From May to July 2026 Laura exhibited her collection of textile embroidered postcards referencing her love of Scottish architecture at Bard Scotland. The exhibition was called Wish You Were Here. And we’ll let Bard themselves tell you more about it…

Laura has embroidered her preferred Edinburgh buildings and vistas, stitching her way out of madness when she moved back to her hometown in 2019 and found very little had changed. “It was all oldy worldy - tartan towels everywhere,” says Laura. This is a show about people and place, connection and memory, rendered in thread.

“There’s a bit of madness involved in the sheer tenacity of embroidering a postcard out of thread, knowing full well it’s going to take me hours. Days..” Laura admits. “There’s a Scottish Presbyterian attitude that keeps me grounded. ‘Oh you’re just doing that are you?’ it says.“

Wish You Were Here is on at Bard until Saturday 18th July. Bard is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-5pm and by appointment outside these times.

All photos by Murray Orr

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