Scott E. Armstrong

Designer, Craftsman, 
and Artist.

  Scott E. Armstrong, designer, artist, 
and master craftsman, has had an intimate relationship with wood for 
more than thirty years.

 “Working with wood stimulates all my senses. It looks great, feels great and,
                                                                                  it usually smells great,” he says
                                                                                     by way of explaining the advantage 
                                                                                of his chosen career.

Scott's work is shaped by 35 years of artistic and creative living, learning and working. 
Growing up in northern Wyoming developed his independent spirit and
 love of natural materials. 


Getting his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the Kansas City Art Institute taught him to channel his creativity, showing him the value of the decorative arts, 
and the beauty of modern design. "I went to college to become an illustrator,
 but part of the program is to take three-dimensional classes, 
and I felt at home and had more fun working in the shop building something.  
Enjoying the shop more than studio I felt I could make a living building great furniture much easier than being an illustrator." 


After graduating he worked in various  small shops in Kansas City including the Art Institute shop, and later working for John Noel, his Furniture Design Instructor. 


Then on to eight years as a Senior Product Designer in the Furniture Industry which broadened his education in production methods and gave him a respect for 
traditional furniture forms and ornamentation. 

For the past 20 years he has been running his own studio and drawing 
on this varied background
to create graceful, animated, one of a kind, limited  production,
 and commissioned pieces of
Fine furniture and cabinetry.

 
 EDUCATION

 
1981-B.F.A. Design, Kansas City Art
   Institute
 
1986-Design for Industry and Chair Design and Development     
   Seminars at Anderson Ranch Art Center
   Snowmass, CO

 1988-20th Century Furniture Design Seminar
  Smithsonian, Institute
  Washington, DC       
 
            
WORK 

 
1982-1984 Technical Illustrator Morton Thiokol Brigham City, Utah 

1984-1992 Senior Product Designer Kimball International Jasper, IN.

1992-present Started  Arrowleaf  Studio and on to
  Scott E. Armstrong Furniture 
  Powell, Wyoming
       
          
  SHOWS


 1984 One's Off
  Nelson Gallery Jasper, Indiana

 1994 Design Conference
  Raven Fine Art Gallery
  Cody, Wyoming

 1995 Design Conference
  Raven Fine Art Gallery
  Cody, Wyoming
 
1996 American Society of Furniture Artists (ASOFA)
  Furniture of the 90’s
  Award of Excellence

 1996 Fine Woodworking Design Book Seven

 1996 Western Design Conference
  Cody, Wyoming
 
1997 ASOFA Invitational  
  Smoke and Mirrors
 
2007 Cody High Style
  Exhibitors Choice Award
  Buffalo Bill Historical Center
  Cody, Wyoming

2008 Cody High Style
  Exhibitors Choice Award and Switchback Ranch Purchase Award
  Buffalo Bill Historical Center
  Cody, Wyoming

2009 Cody High Style
  Buffalo Bill Historical Center
  Cody, Wyoming
  
2010 Cody High Style
  Buffalo Bill Historical Center
  Cody, Wyoming

2011 Cody High Style
  Best of Show Award
  Buffalo Bill Historical Center
  Cody, Wyoming

2012 Cody High Style
  Buffalo Bill Historical Center
  Cody, Wyoming

2012 The Artisan's Craft: The Fine Art of Woodworking
  Museum of the Rockies
  Bozeman, Montana

       

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