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Mark Newson

Subject:
Crafts > Furniture

Age Suitability:
For Adults

Description:

My interest in wood dates back to my school days where I had an inspirational woodwork master. Whilst at school I made a table and waste bin for the school foyer. However, being a Grammar School a career in a trade was frowned upon and being a 'sensible' boy took a 'safe' career in retail banking. Twenty-five years later I was facing 'voluntary' redundancy.

Now not being so 'sensible' and not that much of a boy it was time for a change in career so in 1997 I enrolled on a one year furniture designing and making course at Rycotewood College in Thame. I enjoyed myself finding that I was one of the more able students and finished the year having won the prize for the best piece of contemporary design at the year-end show.

Buoyed up by this I set off as self employed and have since then been either dealing directly with my clients, working jointly with other designer makers or collaborating with designers to bring their ideas to reality. This has allowed me to explore a wide range of ideas and techniques in a relatively short time to the advantage of the service I can give my customers.

I offer a personal service working closely with my clients designing furniture that is complementary to its surroundings. By keeping the lines simple and picking up details from the immediate environment the furniture can suit any style of home, using long established constructional methods blended with other techniques made possible by modern machinery and materials. .

The timber I use is obtained from sustainable sources and is mainly temperate hardwoods like oak, ash, maple and cherry. Should a more exotic timber be needed these are now coming from properly managed forests.

 

See my website for further information.

Address: 20 Parkfield Avenue

Post Code: HP6 6BE

Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Contact Number: 01494 728364

Email: marknewson@furniture.fsnet.co.uk

Website: http://www.marknewson.co.uk

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