James Kean

Art House 41
Address: 33 Esplanade Terrace
Open: 7/8 and 14/15 September

James is showing a variety of his woodwork products; model boats, kitchen equipment and toys. He also makes drawings in unique frames. The work is all produced at home and is aesthetically pleasing and also functional.

James makes a range of wooden items as well as developing products in metal and plastic both for himself and as a consultant for others. A range of other items are displayed in the exhibition, including children’s wooden toys, garden furniture, and sea kayaking rescue equipment.

James has written and published several teaching textbooks on invention, 3D printing and STEM for children.

James was born and raised in the North of Scotland. Having studied engineering in Aberdeen, he worked on a fish farm for two years at Kylesku. He was inspired by the sense of space in the North West (and keeps returning there, where he uses his ultra-landscape sketchpads to their fullest!). He then trained as a teacher of technical education and worked for 23 years at Plockton High School specialising in woodwork and product design. He designed the Liveman Snowanchor™ and the Katie Mountain Rescue Stretcher, and exhibited his own wood creations for the first time at the Lochalsh Art Fair in 2011.Since then he has been a regular exhibitor at Porty Art Walk and the Portobello Farmer’s Market. Almost completely obsessed by bikes (pedal and motor) and Landrovers, he is also passionate about teaching pupils and students about creativity, and has written several teaching books on Intellectual Property Rights,3D printing, teaching STEM and “How to be an Inventor”.

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