Grant Birse
Scottish Artist Craftsman specializing in unique hand carved Islamic Art.
My work is inspired by traditional decorative Islamic Arts and sacred Quranic calligraphy compositions,
creating a range of turned and carved forms in figured hardwoods that reveal a unique and
inner beauty appropriate to present the carved decorative and calligraphic designs symbolising and proclaiming the Divine.
These works are intended as contemplative artworks, whether it is the beauty in itself,
the composition or the words chosen, every created thing when viewed with a seeking eye
reveals something of its origin.
The traditional working practices employed in producing these works are an intrinsic part of
and a reflection of my own journey and the realisation of
Islam and the reality of the Divine.