Profiles

How can makers safeguard ownership of their designs in a world that thrives on broadscale digital ‘sharing’? Greg Klassen’s much imitated River Table design brought success, and unexpected consequences.

A love of handcut joinery drives Bern Chandley to create furniture that draws on the Windsor style.

Paper and wood

Combining materials can open up a world of colour and graphic possibilities.

Creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of UK designer maker Marc Fish.

"I usually argue that what I make is made by hand when it is my hands that do all the designing, programming, and making", says digital fabrication master Nick Berchtold.

Finnish maker Visa Meisalmi combines Scandinavian mythology and wood and veneer bending traditions in his award winning work.

Featured Maker of the Year presented by Carbitool entrant Danny Lucin leads a Renaissance music ensemble and makes the instruments he plays.

Terry Martin explains how traditional skills are passed on in changing times.

"We were asked to remove our shoes at the door before being allowed to enter his immaculately clean, bright and tidy work studio."

Some may see a graveyard of twisted tree stumps, but for Guy Breay these are a playground for his imagination.

Josh Carmody is a Melbourne based architect and furniture designer maker who thrives on challenges and large scale commissions.

New techniques, complex processes and fixing mistakes – they’re all part of the challenges happily embraced by Sydney furniture designer maker Nick Pedulla.

What happens when an engineering patternmaker uses wood as a medium for creating art?

Thirty years of working in wood have not diminished Sydney designer maker Brian Dawson's passion. His first solo woodwork exhibition will soon open.

When Ron Hock met James Krenov, it led to the creation of the fine edge tools his brand is synonymous with.

After a three year hiatus, Col Hosie is pleased to once again offer his popular boxmaking and joinery courses in 2023.