Scott Irvine

Born in Edinburgh in 1970, throughout his childhood Scott could always be found in the garden shed with some blocks of wood and constructing his early creations. He left school at the age of 16 with good qualifications and advice to follow a different career to the one he had already set his heart on. However, he decided to fulfil his passion of working with wood and trained as a carpenter in a local firm in Balerno.

In 1993, following a paralysing illness (Guillain Barre Syndrome) which unfortunately left him with some residual weakness and pain in his feet, he was unable to return to carpentry as his full time profession. Having a great devotion to working with wood, he was determined to carry it on, which led him into the art of woodturning and carving which has been entirely self-taught.

After a few years of selling his work through a small number of galleries, he decided to set up his own business 'Harmonies in Wood' in 1998. Although Scott enjoyed working with wood, he want... [more]