Lynne MacLachlan

Lynne's designs play with light, space and colour, intending to create visual delight for wearer and viewer, leading the use of 3D printing technology and colour in design. The studio produces contemporary, striking jewellery and objects that will endure, turn heads and start conversations, aimed at those who share Lynne’s love of colour, geometry, innovative design.
Lynne takes an experimental approach with digital tools, exploring and pushing the capabilities of these, using bespoke software tools and 3D printing to materialise complex forms. Combining these tools with meticulous hand finishing techniques, such as dying, polishing and construction, elevates the pieces to become artful pieces of cutting-edge design that showcase the latest creative applications of the technology. The studio also works with a range of partners on special projects and consultancy how wish to harness our expertise.
After a degree in aerospace engineering, Lynne returned to education to study jewellery and metalwork design, with a desire to reconnect with materials and making. Following this Lynne and completed an MA at the prestigious Royal College of Art and completed a PhD with the highly regarded design department of the Open University, researching how designer-makers find creative opportunities through tools and applying these strategies to multi-material 3D printing.
Lynne’s work has been recognised with awards from the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council, the Scottish International Education Trust, a Dewar Arts Award to fund her studies at the Royal College of Art and most recently a maker bursary from the Inches Carr Trust. She has exhibited widely in the UK, and Europe and America, with organisations such as the Craft Scotland, the Crafts Council, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Centre for Craft and Design and London Design Festival. Pieces of Lynne's work are held in the V&A collection, on permanent display at the new V&A Dundee in a dedicated multi-media exhibit, and in the craft collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Lynne takes an experimental approach with digital tools, exploring and pushing the capabilities of these, using bespoke software tools and 3D printing to materialise complex forms. Combining these tools with meticulous hand finishing techniques, such as dying, polishing and construction, elevates the pieces to become artful pieces of cutting-edge design that showcase the latest creative applications of the technology. The studio also works with a range of partners on special projects and consultancy how wish to harness our expertise.
After a degree in aerospace engineering, Lynne returned to education to study jewellery and metalwork design, with a desire to reconnect with materials and making. Following this Lynne and completed an MA at the prestigious Royal College of Art and completed a PhD with the highly regarded design department of the Open University, researching how designer-makers find creative opportunities through tools and applying these strategies to multi-material 3D printing.
Lynne’s work has been recognised with awards from the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council, the Scottish International Education Trust, a Dewar Arts Award to fund her studies at the Royal College of Art and most recently a maker bursary from the Inches Carr Trust. She has exhibited widely in the UK, and Europe and America, with organisations such as the Craft Scotland, the Crafts Council, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Centre for Craft and Design and London Design Festival. Pieces of Lynne's work are held in the V&A collection, on permanent display at the new V&A Dundee in a dedicated multi-media exhibit, and in the craft collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Design Exhibition Scotland, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
Collect, represented by Craft Scotland, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018
LOOT: MAD about jewellery, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Nexus: Meetings at the edge, Fife Contemporary, Kircaldy Galleries & Ruthin Craft Centre
2017
3D Printing: The Good, The Bad and the Beautiful, National Centre for Craft and Design
Factory Floor, Dundee Design Festival
The Scottish Craft & Design Pavilion, London Design Fair
Made, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
3D Schmuck, GalerieVundV, Vienna
Dazzle, Edinburgh/London
2015
Design in Motion, V&A Dundee & The Travelling Gallery, locations across Scotland
Matter of Stuff, The Hospital Club, London Design Festival
'Selected', Craft Scotland & Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
2014
Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
Scottish Jewellery Week, Dundee
'Wear IT', Studio Fusion Gallery, London
Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council Awards Exhibition, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
2013
Studio Shop, The Royal Academy of Arts
designjunction, London Design Festival
'Benchmark', London Jewellery Week, Craft Central, London
Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council Awards Exhibition, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
2012
‘Silver Schools’, The Legnica Jewellery Festival, Poland
‘Handmade-Digital’, Future Everything Festival, Manchester
The Dewar Trust Exhibition, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
The 3D Print Show Gallery, London
‘In-Tandem’ Sir John Soane Museum, London
2011
‘Lab Craft’, Crafts Council, touring various venues in the UK
‘Street Lights’, Tiffany&Co, Bond Street, London
2010
Graduate Show, Marzee, Netherlands
‘Gifted’, Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
‘Spectrum’, Royal Society of Birmingham Artists
2019
Design Exhibition Scotland, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
Collect, represented by Craft Scotland, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018
LOOT: MAD about jewellery, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Nexus: Meetings at the edge, Fife Contemporary, Kircaldy Galleries & Ruthin Craft Centre
2017
3D Printing: The Good, The Bad and the Beautiful, National Centre for Craft and Design
Factory Floor, Dundee Design Festival
The Scottish Craft & Design Pavilion, London Design Fair
Made, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
3D Schmuck, GalerieVundV, Vienna
Dazzle, Edinburgh/London
2015
Design in Motion, V&A Dundee & The Travelling Gallery, locations across Scotland
Matter of Stuff, The Hospital Club, London Design Festival
'Selected', Craft Scotland & Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
2014
Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
Scottish Jewellery Week, Dundee
'Wear IT', Studio Fusion Gallery, London
Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council Awards Exhibition, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
2013
Studio Shop, The Royal Academy of Arts
designjunction, London Design Festival
'Benchmark', London Jewellery Week, Craft Central, London
Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council Awards Exhibition, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
2012
‘Silver Schools’, The Legnica Jewellery Festival, Poland
‘Handmade-Digital’, Future Everything Festival, Manchester
The Dewar Trust Exhibition, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
The 3D Print Show Gallery, London
‘In-Tandem’ Sir John Soane Museum, London
2011
‘Lab Craft’, Crafts Council, touring various venues in the UK
‘Street Lights’, Tiffany&Co, Bond Street, London
2010
Graduate Show, Marzee, Netherlands
‘Gifted’, Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
‘Spectrum’, Royal Society of Birmingham Artists

Helix Bangle - Hand dyed 3D printed nylon & brass - 2019

Helix Necklace - Hand dyed 3D printed nylon - 2019

Helix Collier - Hand dyed 3D printed nylon - 2019