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Carlyn Lindsay MSDC

Wood Carving & Turning

About Carlyn
Carlyn is known for designing and making striking laminated wooden objects. she is excited by linear structures. There is a lot of drawing, planning and models/maquettes involved in the creation of each piece. The laminating is an interesting and exciting process in itself, using hardwood planks and coloured veneers. Then the turning begins!
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Carlyn enjoys the whole process of making each piece, it is what being a maker is all about. “Yes, I love the feeling of completion but it’s the journey too”.

Her degree is 3Dimensional Art & Design, wood, metal & plastics.

The coloured veneer lines which run through her work draw the contours of the shapes she turns, but the juxtaposing of the straight lines with the parabolic curves and stretched lines is what gives her work its dynamism.

The importance of the design process is critical because each design has it's own precise configuration of lines which determine the construction of her laminated blocks.

Carlyn designs and executes complimentary pure forms then turns each piece to reveal the embedded design this is how she gives a classic form it's contemporary look.

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Education

BA(Hons) 3D Art & Design, wood, metal & plastics, Wolverhampton School of Art & Design

2 year Art Foundation, North Essex School of Art

Carlyn worked as a cabinet maker/furniture maker for 3 years before opening her studio as a full time Designer - Maker in 1989 designing and making objects from wood, some functional and other pieces purely decorative.

Exhibitions

  • 'Transformations' Exhibition at The Bankside Gallery, London
  • 2021-Wizardry in Wood-Carpenters Hall, London
  • 2016-Wizardry in Wood-Carpenters Hall, London
  • 2013-Designer Crafts at the Mall Galleries, Society of Designer Craftsmen
  • 2012-Wizardry in Wood-Carpenters Hall, London
  • 2003-2022 Annual Exhibitions with The Essex Craft Society
  • 2008-Beautifully Crafted-National Glass Centre, Sunderland
  • 2007-Wizardry in Wood-Carpenters Hall, London
  • 2006-12 Turners- 'From the Wood'
  • 2005-British Woodturning Show, Rufford, Nottinghamshire
  • 2004-Tony Boase Tribute Award
  • 2003-Worshipful Company of Turners Bursary Award
  • 1994 Women in Wood, Burnley, Lancashire
  • 1989-Wickes Bursary Award
  • 1989-Princes Youth Business Trust - Business Start up Grant
  • 1989-Princes Youth Business Trust - Test marketing Grant
  • 1985-LSDC Award, Society of Designer Craftsmen
  • 1984-Tim Turner Travelling Scholarship


Carlyn's work is regularly exhibited and she has an extensive client base including: Liberty, V&A Museum shop, Herbert Johnson-New Bond Street, Hermes, Sir Antony Gormley.

Carlyn is an active craftsperson and a committee member of the Register of Professional Turners and the Essex Craft Society.


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