The Workshop
Old methods, kept on purpose
These trades were solved centuries ago. The tools have not improved much, and neither has the honest way of using them — so the bench here works the way the bench always worked.
Drawn first
Nothing is cut before it is drawn full scale on paper. The cartoon settles proportion, lead lines, and how light will move across the finished piece.
Worked hot and cold
Glass is cut and leaded, iron is drawn out at the anvil, enamel is packed and fired, leather is stitched by hand. One pair of hands, start to finish.
Finished and recorded
Every piece is waxed or patinated, measured, photographed, and written up with its materials before it is wrapped in wool and sent out.
Process
Bring a room, a measurement, and an idea.
Commissions begin with a conversation and a sketch, not a deposit. If the piece is not right for this bench, I will say so plainly.
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