The Eighth Lecture of the 2024 / 2025 Season is on
Monday 10th February 2025
'The Life of John Vaughan: Architect & Furniture Designer '
by
David Vaughan
John Vaughan (1925 - 1995) was an architect and furniture designer. Born in mid-Wales, he moved to Liverpool and following war-time service, he qualified as an architect. His career took him eventually to Ross-shire, via Dublin, Plymouth and Clydebank. Fortrose became his family base where, after retiring from public service he was able to concentrate all his time and energy on designing and making contemporary furniture.
David Vaughan, John's son, is a retired biology teacher living in Cawdor. He grew up in Fortrose, and qualified as a teacher in Glasgow. David moved to Cawdor to take up a post at Nairn Academy, followed by a time at Elgin High School then another post back at Nairn Academy. Along the way, he acquired a family, built a house and developed interests in bee-keeping and kayaking. Having always taken a keen interest in his father's work he set out to try and manufacture his designs as he approached his own retirement.
David's life and work now revolves around his bee-keeping and reproducing his father's furniture designs. Last August, David produced a book about John's work and mounted an exhibition of it in Cromarty, close to his former home.
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