Another one I forgot about - Richard Williams - richardwilliamsfurniture.com
Quite agree. He makes glorious furniture hinting at the campaign furniture style. Did he ever sell that writing desk in Macassar Ebony ? !Another one I forgot about - Richard Williams - richardwilliamsfurniture.com
No idea, I only know of his work via his websiteQuite agree. He makes glorious furniture hinting at the campaign furniture style. Did he ever sell that writing desk in Macassar Ebony ? !
Hasn't he popped off this mortal coil ?
Yes.Hasn't he popped off this mortal coil ?
It's the same chap!Never heard of Tim Stead. Very entertaining!
There was another extravagant Scottish maker who was well known a few years back, I used to have his book but have forgotten his name. Sort of heavy gothic style. Anybody recall his name? @Sgian Dubh mentioned him some years ago - might have known him?
,,,....
No I think it was T Stead I have in mind. He seemed to have studied/worked mostly in Scotland.Unlikely. Tim Stead is English.
" There was another extravagant Scottish maker who was well known a few years back"
Rob Elliot ?.
View attachment 160360
Scottish furniture makers association - If anyone is looking for ahem....'ideas'
https://www.scottishfurnituremakers.org.uk/furniture-search/
Regarding your earlier post suggesting I knew another Scottish maker who worked in a monumental style, I'm pretty sure it was Tim Stead because he was sometimes known disparagingly as Stonehenge Stead. In truth, I recall him being a very enthusiastic and personable woodworker happy to share his stories and journey into the craft - he was quite unconventional in many ways. He would happily come into the art college where I worked and undertake lectures and Q&A sessions, as well as hosting groups of undergraduates at his home and workshop (one and the same), plus enthuse about the purchase of and management of woodland in the Borders of which he was a prime instigator to get off the ground, so to speak - of course a woodland can't really physically 'get off the ground' ... as far as I know, ha, ha. Slainte.No I think it was T Stead I have in mind. He seemed to have studied/worked mostly in Scotland.
Rob Elliot a bit of a hobbit perhaps? It became a style after the film, crossed with Steam Punk.
Have a look at Doucette and Wolf, in my humble opinion great workHello,
The 20th century had its fair share of great cabinet makers/woodworkers, e.g. Ernest Gimson, Edward Barnsley, Alan Peters, Karl Malmsten, Gustav Stickley, Robert Thomson, James Krenov, Charles Sumner and Henry Mather Greene, George Nakashima, etc. - some of them were actually designers/architects only.
What are the currently living furniture makers that you think people will remember from the beginning of this century?
Whose work of the living artisans do you consider remarkable?
Thank you.
Born in Cheshire.No I think it was T Stead I have in mind. He seemed to have studied/worked mostly in Scotland.
Rob Elliot a bit of a hobbit perhaps? It became a style after the film, crossed with Steam Punk.
Creating something unoriginal and ordinary is also a challenge! That's largely what the Shakers did but with just an extra touch of style of their own.Woodworking like music has a limited amount of joints and styles, same with notes and chords trying to create something original and unique is a challenge,has already been done personally the arts and crafts or shaker styles are my favourites unpretentious,and form and usefulness over style
More or less what I imagined. He seems to have constructed his temple of excellence without much experience in the untidy world of woodwork as most of us know it. Hence the absence of furniture in his "Furniture Making Techniques" book. Maybe he caught up with book 2 but I haven't seen it.He made DVDs Actually, @MikeK studied with him, so he might have seen some of his furniture in person. As far as I know, after completing his studies with Edward Baly (founding member of Devon Guild of Craftsmen, also mentioned in the book written by Alan Peters), he started to teach woodworking shortly after, so maybe he did not have a professional career as a cabinet maker.
Unfortunately there's a huge amount of Stockhausen furniture about.Woodworking like music has a limited amount of joints and styles, same with notes and chords trying to create something original and unique is a challenge,has already been done personally the arts and crafts or shaker styles are my favourites unpretentious,and form and usefulness over style
Famous for his rocking chair which is often copied. His furniture can be a bit chunky but living in California he obviously had an abundant supply of walnut.Nobody mentioned Sam Maloof yet? He probably did most of his famous work before y2k though.
Enter your email address to join: