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angus clyne

Angus was born on the West Coast of Scotland.  He attended Carlisle College of Art where he studied Fine Art for one year before discovering that this course was not suited to him. He then spent several years travelling and working abroad, mainly in Canada.  After returning to his native land he had a variety of jobs including running his own restaurant in Glenfinnan.

 Angus took up woodturning as a hobby in 1997 and decided to start his own business, becoming a professional woodturner in April 1998.  He is entirely self taught, although he has since attended an advanced course with renowned wood turner Melvyn Firmager.

 

All the woods that he uses for his work are locally sourced native hardwoods that come from windblown trees.  Although the trees are usually donated, he returns this by giving a finished piece to the owner of the original wood.

 

The work incorporates both wet and dry woodturning techniques and the natural shape and grain of the wood that is worked on influences the forms that he produces.  For the vases and hollow forms that he makes he has developed his own range of specialist tools in order to create those shapes. 

"This work has been turned from Douglas fir on a woodturning lathe before being carved and burnt, it was made for the Crafts in the Highlands exhibition held in the Scottish Parliament, December 2007 as part of Scotland’s Year of Highland Culture.
 
The inspiration for this work came from having recently moved from the far north west of Scotland to the banks of the River Tay which is surrounded by ancient standing stones and petroglyphs.  On one side there is a cross (?) which is inspired by a standing stone just ten feet from the A9 near Balinluig, the cup and ring marks are influenced by visiting the numerous ancient sites in the hills around the Tay.  The holes at the top are inspired by what are often called witches stones or punishment stones, reputedly the thumb of the person to be punished was jammed into the hole and they were left hanging there till they repented.  I called the piece “Is It” because during the research and making of it so many people were willing to share there theories about these symbols, their true meanings will most likely never be known.
 
This work is intended for interior or exterior display.  Douglas fir is extremely durable and will last outdoors for many years with little or no aftercare, it has had four coats of danish oil and will not need more unless showing significant signs of weathering."

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