Furniture Making

I studied Windsor Chair making under Howard Archbold.
The remainder of my training came from my time at E. K. Cole in Southend on Sea where I was an apprentice toolmaker. The rest of the training came from the School of Hard Knocks.

Furniture Restoration: A PHI:OSOPHY

There are two basic philosophies regarding renovation practice:

The first requires that the restoration is obvious: the onlooker will see how the object appeared when it was first built, but any restored parts are deliberately repaired using a different colour or texture.

The second philosophy strives to leave the object as original as possible, and ensures that any replaced parts are invisible.

The first option may be perfect for the broken shards of a Grecian urn displayed in amuseum cabinet, but when it comes to antique furniture - particularly chairs still in everyday use - this is neither practical nor desireable.

Therefore, all the restored items illustrated follow the second philosophy.