meet the artist - Sheila Quillin

Sheila Quillin has developed her ethos and method of working with found/felled woods while living with the people and places of New Zealand, Canada and Argyll; she has gained comprehensive knowledge of the native woods of Argyll as well as non-native woods which have made their way to Scotland after long journeys in service as utilitarian objects.

Sheila selects rough, abandoned pieces of wood which have become dispossessed from their previous phases of life; over a period of many years, Sheila uses a patient slow-process of cleaning the wood, just enough to reveal the lines, shapes, and forms of its intrinsic contours and patterns.

(Image Beth Chalmers)