Callum Robinson makes all manner of things from all manner of woods for some of the most influential brands in the world. He is creative director at Method Studio, the company he established with his wife, designer and lecturer Marisa Giannasi, almost fifteen years ago. Taught by his father – now one of the UK’s foremost “Master Woodcarvers” – his work has been exhibited widely. He works and writes from a studio and workshop in a forest, beside a loch, nestled in the Scottish hills.
Robinson's first book is Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman, a memoir of his unorthodox creative education.
At the Guardian he tagged "five very different books about trees." One title on the list:
The Treeline by Ben RawlenceRead about another book on the list.
As our planet grows warmer, much of the natural world is on the move, and for the hardy trees of the vast boreal forest – a critical ecosystem circling the northern hemisphere – the climate crisis means climbing ever farther north. In this riveting, rigorous (and frankly terrifying) book, Rawlence follows the march of the pine, larch, fir, poplar, spruce and rowan that make their homes in our most brutal latitudes, skilfully blending their stories with those of the local people and scientists who live and work along the tree line, and starkly examining the ramifications for all future life on Earth.
Also see: seven books that celebrate trees in all of their glory.
--Marshal Zeringue
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