‘Design is the key.’ So says Angus Ross, a furniture maker who has been running a successful business from his workshop in Aberfeldy for over twenty years.
Angus is best known for exquisite, sculptural furniture with a sense of dynamism and flow.
Biography
Angus is best known for exquisite, sculptural furniture with a sense of dynamism and flow. He has been innovating with wood for almost thirty years but he remains curious about the possibilities of solid wood. His studio-workshop in Aberfeldy, Perthshire has be in continuous use for woodwork since 1886. Timber is sourced from a beautiful collectively owned bluebell wood five miles away. Angus fells and mills a few trees each year to improve the biodiversity and overall health of the woodland and this supply of small section, characterful, richly coloured oak led to a deep exploration of steam-bending which is now his signature process.
Angus has a background in design and most furniture is made to commission for private collectors and public bodies including the National Trust, Historic Environment Scotland and museums, churches, art galleries across the UK.
Angus Ross is Selected Maker with the Crafts Council (UK), Selected Maker with Craftscotland, Fellow of Design Nation (UK), Member of Contemporary Applied Arts London. Winner Best Sustainable Product at Decroex 2020, nominated for TRADA Wood Awards Best Bespoke Furniture Product 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, Winner (lead artist) of Arts and Business Award and European Greenways Award 2002.
