Stuart Faulkner, Stuart Faulkner (Studio Furniture 2018)

Stuart Faulkner is the owner of Sydney based woodwork school Heartwood Creative Woodworking. Leaving a successful design partnership to pursue a career as a furniture maker, Stuart graduated from the Sturt School for Wood in 1997. Commissions and exhibition works were supported and then replaced by fulltime teaching as Stuart became Head of Design at Lidcombe TAFE and later, Director of the Sturt School for Wood. Stuart Faulkner has long been interested in the marriage of technology and traditional woodworking and was awarded The Edge “Green Design Award” in 2010 for his Felix Stool at the Sydney International Furniture Fair. This theme remains part of his design thinking and is illustrated by Stuart’s woodwork bench Mybench. The first to admit that his own practice has taken a back seat in recent times, he cites the 2016 student exhibition ‘Heartwood’ as a career highlight showcasing the passion and commitment of his students and teachers. Website: www.heartwoodcreative.com.au

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