 Wickerman Festival Giant 
Trevor is a renowned worker in willow and hazel. His creations range from Giant figures to creels, trugs and platters all made from sustainable locally sourced materials.
Description of Work | My workshop, which is in fact the old village school room, is situated in Main Street, Auchencairn at its junction with Spout Row. There is normally a stack of willow or hazel seasoning outside. These are the main materials that I use to work with and is grown in my nearby willow beds or harvested from the surrounding countryside. This allows me to be very selective with the natural shades and textures produced and incorporated into my designs to create works that have both strength and enduring appeal. I make larke scale figurative willow sculptures for festivals, performance events and public artworks - ofetn involving fire! I also make smaller scale sculptures for gardens as well as willowarbour seats, domes, tunnels and other 'living ' structures that can become a great feature for school environmental projects. At various times throughout the year I have a wide range of traditional and contemporary baskets, hampers, creels, trugs and platters in the workshop and local galleries. I also welcome commissions. | | Recent works | 2007 - Family of deer - private commission for Troquair House
2006 Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations - Dancing Bear. Aberdeen Archaeolink - Giant Figure.  Pushing the Boundaries Exhibition - Dancing Figures. Wickerman Festival - Giant. Scottish Natural Heritage - Giant Hedgehog.
2005 Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations - Giant Bull. Aberdeen Archaeolink - Giant Figures Shambellie House, New Abbey - Arbour Wickerman Festival - Giant Figure  Archaeolink Burning Giant
2004 Painful Creatures European Tour - Figures. Kirkcudbright Memorial Garden - Figure. Hallion Club, Edinburgh - Panels and seat. One World Shop, Glasgow - Sculpture Walk. Isle of Mull - Arbour. Wickerman Festival - Giant Figure.
2001 2000 Glasgow, West End Fire Festival - Burn Gigantic. Dumfries and Galloway, Millennium Lantern Procession.
1999 1998 | | Selected Exhibitions and Projects | Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, Fife. Broughton Gallery, Biggar, Lanarkshire. Collins Gallery, Glasgow. Edinburgh Colledge of Art, Scottish Crafts Today. Green Gallery, Aberfoyle, Argyll. Stables Gallery, Yetholm, Roxburghshire. Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. Castle Douglas Gallery. | | Personal History | Born in Chelsea, London Educated in Hertfordshire. I moved to Scotland in 1973 where I became interested in Romany Tradition, which led me to working with one of the last basket and creel makers in Cumbria. I moved to the Hebridean island of Eigg where I was strongly influenced by Gaelic culture. I returned to Galloway in 1990 where I have been based and worked professionaly since. | | Contact Details | Trevor Leat, Minnoch, Main Street, Auchencairn, Castle Douglas. DG7 1QU.Tel: 01556 640161 E-mail:
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