Stephen Finch I

Stephen Finch is a furniture maker with a passion for wood and its sensuous qualities. he shares a work space at Newbattle outside Edinburgh with Tom Cooper. Stephen makes incredible joints, dovetails and wedged tenons in particular, and works to enhance and capture all of the beauty of the timber in his furniture.

David Watson

David Watson is a Glasgow based furniture maker whose two tone furniture is part of this years VAS exhibition at the mound Edinburgh. These very fine pieces of furniture are made from burr walnut and fiddle-back sycamore for maximum contrast

Fraser Dodds (The Baldy Carpenter)

 

The annual Scottish Furniture Makers exhibition opens on Thursday this week at The Lighthouse in Glasgow, I won't make the opening but I am really looking forward to seeing the exhibition during the following week. This week I will endeavour to show the work of those who will be exhibiting starting with Fraser Dodds known as the Baldy Carpenter, a fantastic craftsman with a great sense of humour who loves to work with the natural beauty of his materials.

Ian Cameron Smith

 

 

 

 

Here are some examples of the work of Ian Cameron Smith who is one of the exhibitors at this years annual Scottish Furniture makers exhibition which is being held at The Lighthouse Gallery in Glasgow from 5th October.

John Galvin

 

 

Some working photographs of John Galvin's 4.2 meter Banquet table, with its stunning butterfly joints, almost finished.

Angus Ross Workshop II

Having been shown the models and around the showroom, we were then able to see Angus Ross's workshop and see first hand the techniques and equipment used to create his furniture and public art. The students were most inspired and I look forward to seeing how their careers develop in the light of these inspiring workshop visits. To see video's of Angus and his colleagues working go here, to see former posts about Angus Ross go here.

Angus Ross Workshop I

 

It was a great treat today to be able to visit the workshop of one of Scotland's leading furniture designers Angus Ross. Highly informative and inspiring. Angus first shared the value of model making as part of the furniture design and construction and also as a way of presenting bespoke designs to the customer.

Angus Ross III

In 2011 Angus Ross Studio was commissioned by Canterbury Council to "enhance the experience of using a riverside walk". Inspired by the ripples and eddies of the river the studio created a series of sculptural fishing platforms. You can see a film of the work involved in creating these sizable structures from steam bent Scottish oak.

Angus Ross II

More wonderful steam bent designs from the studio of Angus Ross. Angus has a new blog which you might like to support too, in fact he is a great example of how Internet networking can help you promote small businesses.

Jonathan Rose

Jonathan Rose's 'segment one' table is a modular dining table made from oak and sycamore. it is designed as one of three tables that can be arranged as a circle or in a linear form. Jonathan works from his workshop on Deeside in Aberdeen using mostly native Scottish hardwoods. Jonathan's aim with his designs is to make a visual and tactile impact, and he certainly achieved this with his segment table at the Dovecot. The passion and joy at the problem solving, creativity, design and craft of all the furniture makers involved in this exhibition was very inspiring and uplifting, it is a great exhibition.

Roland Fraser

Roland Fraser makes wood panels and furniture from salvaged wood. His furniture draws on traditional forms such as Welsh cupboards, Shetland Chairs and Scottish Kists. "Using salvaged material has it's own particular challenges, not least of which is constantly blunting your tools on nails! Also, like many crafts, there are significant technical challenges in addition to the aesthetic decision making. "Roland Fraser