Until 22 March 2025.

Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries.

The Scottish Furniture Makers Association in partnership with Scottish Forestry and the Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers present Ash Rise, an exhibition of new work from 20 of Scotland’s leading and emerging makers using wood from Scottish ash trees.

The exhibition and a documentary film were launched in September 2024 at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh to tell the story of this beautiful tree, its historic and contemporary brilliance as a material and the challenges of ash die-back.

The exhibition showcases new pieces of furniture and works of art and craft specially commissioned for Ash Rise. All the pieces are either made using timber from ash trees or have in some way been inspired by the trees themselves or the environment in which they grew. The ash trees for this project were sourced from Killearn Home Farm in Stirlingshire and were all felled as a result of being affected by the dieback disease.

Information on visiting Gracefield Arts Centre and for full details on the exhibition see www.scottishfurnituremakers.org.uk/exhibitions/ash-rise