Coming from a family of Scottish woodworkers, heritage and provenance are key to Kevin’s furniture. He uses only the best quality materials, growing his own oats on his family farm (just as early chair makers on the island did) to create the woven straw backs on his own Orkney Chairs. Kevin served a very traditional apprenticeship to learn these skills, but is not a strict traditionalist. He believes that craft should not stand still. It's this approach, of adapting and developing for the times that we live in, which has ensured his place in the contemporary craft world.