Toby Winteringham
Toby Winteringham's working life is split between his urge to design and his desire to make, and his furniture is similarly divided between, on the one hand the crisp clean-lined …
Rupert Williamson
Despite having a natural ability in the craft of furniture making, Rupert Williamson began his career using any other material except timber, rejecting wood because of its association with the …
Richard Williams
"I do not wont to get dragged away from the bench, I would miss it too much." Richard Williams All well-run businesses grow, and Richard's was no exception. He no …
Williams & Cleal
Justin Williams and Jane Cleal trained together at Buckinghamshire College and have worked in partnership since 1990. Their furniture, which is almost entirely for private clients, is designed by Jane …
Waywood
"We have never tried to blow people's socks off with the first look at something, it is much more persuasive than that. A lot of customers have said this to …
Wales & Wales
Rod and Alison Wales had been designing and making individual pieces of furniture for private clients for eight years when circumstances forced them to review all aspects of their business …
Andrew Varah
To meet this gentleman away from his workshop would give you no indication of the imaginative nature of his mind, but meet him in his design studio with photographs of …
Trannon
"One does change the world - that is exactly what creative art is about - exactly why one is an artist - absolutely! absolutely!" David Colwell David Colwell is the …
Stemmer & Sharp
To understand the unusual and make it into harmony is what I would like to achieve. In this world there are not enough things which are unusual but harmonious." Andrea …
Silver Lining
"It is the satisfaction ot knowing you have done a good job; the client feels it is value for money and that it is collectable." Mark Boddington Music cabinet Burr …
S. F. Furniture
S. F. Furniture is a partnership of two well - matched makers. Ian Heseltine, the more serious of the two, and Declan O'Donoghue, the irrepressibly optimistic Irishman. They work successfully …
Senior & Carmichael
"The hands-on element is very important to us because it improves our understanding of the pieces of furniture we can actually design. If we step aside from that we will …
David Savage
After six years of fine art training at the Ruskin School, Oxford and the Royal Academy, David Savage has spent many years in various fields of design and has been …
Nicholas Pryke
Nicholas Pryke comes from a background of structural engineering and architecture and this is strongly reflected in his work and his confident use of materials other than wood - stainless …
Alan Peters
Alan Peters epitomises all that one expects of a craftsman; he is the revered elder statesman. Dining table and chairs Inaian sisso rosewood ana sycamore. To seat ten. Table: 737 …
Gareth Neal
Gareth Neal describes himself as a functional artist, and his furniture as useful sculptures. His designs are based on natural organic forms where construction is secondary to form. This requires …
Tony McMullen
Tony McMullen is one the last breed of imakers who were apprenticed to the furniture trade, and trained in the art and craft of furniture making. He is steeped in …
John Makepeace
‘Arcade’ Detail of the side of a chest of drawers in cherry. John Makepeace is one of the few British furniture designers to achieve international recognition in his own lifetime, …
Lucinda Leech
Lucinda takes a serious environmental interest in the source of her raw materials and to this end has devoted much of her time to travelling extensively to research methods of …
Andrew Lawton
"Since I have been making furniture there has been a tremendous upsurge both in the number of good workshops and in the number of people who are interested in commissioning …
Philip Koomen
"...for creating is an expression of the human spirit in action." Philip Koomen Philip Koomen established his workshop in 1975 and employs a team of five craftsmen, including an apprentice. …
Adrian Jones
"I think furniture ought to be about more than looks - it should also be about feel and evocative aromas - cedar and camphor wood, echoes of earlier times." Adrian …
Robert Ingham
‘Quatrain’ chest of drawers Wenge and quilted maple with malachite pulls. 1370 x 400 x 400mm / 54 x 16 x 16 in. Wardrobe and dressing table Swiss pear and …
Rachel Hutchinson
"My designs come about through experimentation; through getting a piece of cardboard or a piece of thin plywood, manipulating it into a form that I like and developing that into …
Johnny Hawkes
Johnny Hawkes has had a long and eventful career in designing and making furniture. His enthusiasm for his work, his love of wood and his forward-looking optimism is reflected in …
Martin Grierson
Martin Grierson has strong traditional roots: having been good at both art and woodwork since the age of eight, he was encouraged to combine both of these interests in a …
David Gregson
Tower of drawers Burr elm, ebony and copper. 1220 x 600 x 550mm / 48 x 24 x 22 in. David Gregson was a portrait painter, and having made a …
Paul Gower
'Square Peg' table (above) Bleached English oak. 730 x 1750 x 550mm / 29 x 69 x 22 in. ‘Skyline’ desk Ripple maple. 730 x 2000 x 910mm / 29 …
Sean Feeney
Folding screen Cocobolo, ash and mother of pearl. 2000 x 1800mm /79x41 in. Whatnot Ash, cocoPolo and glass. 1800 x 1200 x 500mm / 71 x 47 x 20 in. …
Nicholas Dyson
'We will design and make something for our clients which is more than they could have imagined before they came to the door." Nicholas Dyson Nicholas Dyson only occasionally works …
Detail
Although trained as a furniture maker as well as a designer Gordon Russell now spend his time solely designing, drawing his inspiration, he tells me, from the sensuality of the …
John & Louise Cropper 33
Hall table and mirror Olive ash burr veneers with masur birch were used to create an 'aged' effect for this piece. The details below show the use of dyed veneers …
John and Louise Cropper
As a husband and wife team, John and Louise Cropper have been making furniture for many years, but operating mainly as makers for other designers. Their craftsmanship is of the …
Cato
"If you wolk into a room that hos a beautiful piece of furniture - you could say the same of a stunning work of art, even a superb rug, anything …
Ashley CXartwright
Bench for two Chestnut with coloured metal structural elements. The wide arms are for resting drinks. 1650mm / 65 in. Ashley Cartwright's wide academic training, his international reputation as an …
