Iris Carr graduated from the Newark School of Violinmaking with distinction in 1996 and was offered a job at Charles Beare’s shop in London where she trained as a Violin Restorer alongside very experienced and skilled craftsmen, working on fine violins, violas and cellos. After 8 years of working at J & A Beare, Iris set up her own business in Suffolk in the UK in 2004, concentrating on major restoration projects which have included instruments by Antonio Stradivari, the Guarneri and Amati family and many more. Since 2012, Iris has been teaching restoration work and her specialised subject of retouching in the UK and abroad, including France, the USA, Canada, Japan, Poland, Finland and Belgium. Prompted by Covid in 2020, Iris started creating online courses in restoration work including violin neckgrafts and crack repair as well as 3 Zoom lectures which were organised by the Rowan-Armour-Brown Trust. In recent years, Iris has become more involved again in instrument making, with a particular interest in the antiquing process in collaboration with her husband Tony.