David McDiarmid
Details
Name
David McDiarmid
Job title
Artist | Curator | Fabricator
About
David McDiarmid works across the fields of art, curation and fabrication.
Born in Paisley, he grew up in Ayr and studied Painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen 2009-2013 before completing an MLitt in Curatorial Practice between Glasgow School of Art and University of Glasgow 2018-2019.
His studio is currently based at Rogart Street Campus in Glasgow and he splits his time working between 3x projects (& a part-time job!)
Find here a fun-filled, food-focussed studio in Glasgow’s East End, producing affordable, handmade artworks and gifts for fellow food lovers and cooking enthusiasts. Bored of the same old, factory manufactured food-themed novelty gifts, I produce carefully crafted, playful products that celebrate the craftsmanship of food producers in a more permanent (displayable) way. Think ceramic pasta fridge magnets made with clay the same way edible pasta is made with dough, or a series of prints produced from original oil paintings of farm-grown fruits and vegetables, or hand crafted drinks coasters and cabinet knobs for your kitchen. I see myself as a frustrated cook turned artist who celebrates the artistry of food production with food-themed art and gifts for fellow food lovers.
Mould Fashioned is a small-scale mould-making and casting service run by David McDiarmid in Glasgow’s East End, supplying ready-made and bespoke moulds for casting projects.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this venture involves organising occasional pop up events curated by David McDiarmid.
I used to run Artists’ Tuck Shop (2018-2024) and was a Co-Director of Visual Artist Unit (2014-2018) but decided to focus more on my own practice and stop spreading myself too thinly across several different creative projects at once! However I still get the itch to work with other makers & organise funky events so Occasional Pop Ups is the compromise – keeping things chill by only organising events occasionally (!) instead of regularly!
Region
Glasgow