Meet Wee Bothy Art

There is something particularly lovely about a business created by two generations of the same family.

Wee Bothy Art is the work of mother-and-daughter team Eleanor and Holly, who create beautiful hand-printed pieces inspired by Britain’s natural landscape, with botanicals at the heart of many of their designs.

Eleanor, a Scottish-born printmaker, studied Graphic Design at Glasgow School of Art before spending more than 30 years teaching art. Today, she works alongside her daughter Holly, an environmental science graduate whose love of the natural world has helped shape the thoughtful, environmentally conscious way they approach their work.

Every design begins with an original drawing. It is then carefully transferred onto lino blocks or silk screens before being printed by hand onto paper, natural linen and cotton using eco-friendly dyes. The pieces are finished by hand and transformed into everything from original prints to napkins, table runners, cushions, tea towels and lampshades.

It is a wonderfully slow and considered way of making — and one that we particularly love at The Quiet Home Edit.

Sustainability is woven naturally into what Eleanor and Holly do. They choose materials with care and create homewares intended to replace disposable alternatives. Their linen pieces are designed to be used, washed and enjoyed again and again, becoming softer with time while retaining the character that makes them special.

There is an honesty to their work that really appeals to us: natural materials, traditional techniques and the little variations that come from something being printed and finished by hand.

Wee Bothy Art has a particularly special place in the story of The Quiet Home Edit.

It was the very first small business I discovered when QHE was still only an idea in my head. I remember seeing their beautiful work and saying to one of them, “I don’t know when, and I don’t quite know how, but one day I’m going to sell your products.”

At the time, I had no shop, no website and no real idea of where this little dream would take me. I simply knew that this was exactly the kind of work I wanted The Quiet Home Edit to be about — beautifully made, thoughtful pieces created by people who genuinely care about their craft.

And now, here we are.

There is something rather lovely about closing that little circle and finally seeing Wee Bothy Art sitting amongst the QHE collection. It feels like one of those small moments that quietly reminds me how far an idea can travel.

I couldn’t be happier to have Eleanor and Holly’s work here.