Tim Stead's life's work extended into many areas, blurring the lines between furniture design and sculpture, business and conservation, poetry and teaching. Until his premature death in 2000 at the age of 48, he worked tirelessly on various and diverse projects but was most famous for the striking sculptures and furniture pieces he created mainly from elm, oak and ash. Many are represented in the With The Grain exhibition at An Tobar.
The memorials to this inspirational man are in the Woodschool he founded near Jedburgh; in the Borders Community Woodland which he created and the interior of the Café Gandolfi in Glasgow. These are amongst the numerous, extraordinary pieces he created during his life, from chess sets to cabinets to the Throne for Pope John Paul II's Edinburgh visit in 1982 and the Memorial Chapel in the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen in 1989.
His last project was the cladding of the Millennium Clock Tower in 1999 at the Royal Museums, a collaborative project with Eduard Bersudsky from Sharmanka, J Tubbecke, and Annica Sandstrom.
Tim Stead's tactile sculpture and dramatic furniture appeals to all ages and is testimony to a man who had a passion for wood in all of its manifestations. The exhibition is accompanied by the catalogue 'With the Grain' by Giles Sutherland.
PREVIEW: Monday 5th June, 6 - 8pm
Maggy Stead opens the exhibition at 7pm with Tim Stead - A Journey, an illustrated talk on the life of Tim Stead from 1972 - 1999
Gallery I & II, An Tobar
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sundays in July 1pm - 4pm |
