Rachel Hutchinson
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"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 a piece of furniture. My aim within that is to be original as far as I can be, as aware as I am of what has gone before. I aim not to repeat but to innovate."
Rachel Hutchinson
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Martinsell’ chair Birch plywood and ripple sycamore. 780 x 600 x 600mm 31 x 24 x 24 in. |
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Rachel Hutchinson 73
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‘Zero X’ bathroom cabinet Sycamore and gold leaf with convex mirror. 150 x 600mm diameter / 6 x 24 in. |
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'Corset' pedestal
Ash and oak with plywood.
The upper corset hangs by an almost invisible nylon thread creating the impression of the sculpture suspended in mid-air.
900 x 420 x 420mm / 36 x 1 7 x 1 7 in.
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Of all the furniture designer-makers who have started and remained successfully in business over the last twenty years, it would not be a gross exaggeration to state that the bulk of them were trained at Parnham College under the guidance of its principal Robert Ingham. Robert's exacting standards and patient guidance have been a major influence on a string of graduates that are now the backbone of the British designer - making industry. After twenty years at Parnham, creating furniture as and when his commitments would allow, Robert has now settled in a beautiful valley in North Wales designing and making furniture full time.
