Roland Fraser II

Roland Fraser again composes his furniture and work from harvested reclaimed timber, utilising the marks of its previous incarnation to add to the beauty of his craft. Rolands work is also part of this years VAS exhibition in Edinburgh.

My wooden constructions are a synthesis of assemblage, collage and traditional craftsmanship. Timber is culled from old furniture carcases, farm buildings and skips. I select pieces that have an accumulation of surface markings and general evidence of human traffic. Traces from missing locks, hinges and structural joints also have a particular resonance for me as they refer to previous incarnations. This visceral combination of wear and history imbues the material with an almost totemic quality. Roland Fraser

Pawel Grunert II

Pawel Grunert's chairs from reeds and cane.

Pawel Grunert I

Pawel Grunert makes the furniture of fairy tales, In 1990 he graduated in 1990 from the Department of Interior Design on Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw. with a honourable mention from Studio of Furniture for work titled my chair.

Pawel Grunert designs and made hundreds of furniture objects, sculptures and three-dimensional arrangements.

Reed Hansuld II

More exquisite lines and craftsmanship from the workshop of Reed Hansuld.

Michael Beitz II

" My current work is concerned with parallels between human emotional states and the mass produced design objects we live with and within . . . my experience as a furniture maker working in various shops for the past ten years has started to influence my present work, as I have started to use furniture design itself to discuss and interpret my own interpersonal relationships." Michael Beitz

Michael Beitz I

Michael Beitz is a furniture maker turned sculptor who pushes the boundaries of both disciplines and creates his own aesthetic that creates so many possibilities for design that it is genius and completely inspirational. (interview)

Wycliffe Stutchbury I

Wycliffe Stutchbury makes these beautiful compositions from discarded or fallen timber, and are all about the beauty of wood. (Top two images are created from discarded roofing batons, bottom two from branches of common holly.)

"The origin of the material used is central to my work. Whether it be discarded floorboards from a Victorian terraced house, a garden fence, a branch of sycamore . . . or a 4 year old oak gate post, the sense of place is very important." Wycliffe Stutchbury

Wycliffe trained at the London School of Furniture and worked as a furniture maker in Sussex, Ireland and London. He founded Blue Monkey Studio and worked as a model maker and tutor before returning to the medium of wood and finding himself completely absorbed by the stories it has to tell.