Luis Emilio Rodriguez Carrington was born in 1955 in Mexico City. He has been making bows since 1976. In 1978, he moved to England. In 1980, he moved to the Netherlands, where he studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He graduated from there in 1985 and has been deeply rooted in The Hague ever since. Luis Emilio crafts bows for all instruments in the string family and specializes in bows for historical performance practice.