Iomhar has a Ba(hons) in Product design from Staffordshire University in Stoke on Trent . Following this he went on to Moray House School of Education in Edinburgh where he gained his PGCE in Art and Design . He taught Product Design at Stewats Melville College in the Capital between 1993 and 2004 .

Iomhar became a Director and Company Secretary of Beltane Studios Limited when it was launched in 1996 and combined his teaching career and foundry business before taking a full time interest in the foundry .

Ruaraig studied sculpture at Kent Institute of Art and Design , Canterbury where he graduated with a Ba(hons) in Fine Art . Whilst there he earned his keep and learned his trade by working in the College's bronze foundry which was operated as a commercial concern .

After College Ruaraig worked as a free lance sculptor / designer making original artwork for resin casting before returning to work in a Fine Art bronze foundry .

Ruaraig has been the in house sculptor at Beltane Studios ever since it was set up . Along with the commercial commissions for the foundry he has maintained his own practice exhibiting at the Royal Scottish Academy , the Royal Glasgow Institute and annually at the Paisley Art Institute . He was awarded the Paisley Art Institute's Diploma of Artist Membership ( PAI ) in 2015 .

With their joint academic backgrounds and over twenty five years of experience the Maciver brothers can offer a truly one stop , in house service to their clients no matter the scale of their projects .