TIM STEAD – A MAGICIAN WITH WOOD / Beatrix Wood

Screening is followed by a Q&A with Dumfries based film-maker Beatrix A. Wood of TrixPixMedia.

Magician With Wood has been in 15 international film festivals, won 4 awards and been nominated for 4 more.

Documentary film about the innovative wood sculptor/furniture designer Tim Stead and the battle to save the Grade A listed interior he created in his family home The Steading in the Borders, which is a work of art in itself. The film includes stories of how Tim also created the interior of Cafe Gandolfi in Glasgow, the Millennium Clock at the National Museum of Scotland, and many other popular public works. The film was completed via a successful Crowdfunder campaign and has been in 12 international festivals, won 3 awards, and been nominated for 3 more.

This internationally award-winning film is an inspirational story about Tim Stead, the innovative wood sculptor, furniture designer and environmentalist, and his widow Maggy’s rollercoaster journey as she battles to secure the future of their unique home, The Steading. It is a Grade A-listed work of art, sculpted from wood by Tim in the Scottish Borders. Can Maggy and her friends protect Tim’s legacy to inspire future generations to create and work with wood? Or will it be lost forever?

In parallel, the film weaves the remarkable stories of the passionate people who worked with Tim to explore how he evolved as a profound but accessible artist and his role in the creation of some of Scotland’s most popular public art, like the interior of Café Gandolfi in Glasgow and the Millennium Clock at the National Museum of Scotland.  The film traces how Tim’s belief to put back in more than he took out of the environment led to pioneering the creation of the first community woodland in Britain which kickstarted the community land ownership movement in Scotland and internationally.

“It’s not just the inside of a house, It’s somebody’s life, somebody’s beliefs, somebody’s passion. Somebody’s thoughts.  Each bit of wood has a reason for being there. There’s massive stories in here.” Rory MacLeod, former Chair of Borders Forest Trust

80 mins + Q&A