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AWARDS
BOOKS
COMMISSIONS
EXHIBITIONS
LECTURES/TEACHING
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ARTICLES


Gareth Williams, Furniture Futures, Jerwood Prize 1999, CRAFTS, No.160, September / October 1999

Julia Thrift, Variety Pack - Jerwood Prize 1999, BLUEPRINT, N0. 164, September 1999

Adam Fulcher, Jerwood Prize 1999, LIFE The Observer Magazine, 22 August 1999

Alison Forrest, Scottish Design Awards 1998, THE DRUM, Vol.14 No.10, May 29, 1998

Philippa Swann, Commissions - Art.tm, CRAFTS, No.152, May /June 1998

Richard Carr, Look of Revelation, BUILDING DESIGN, No.1341, March 6, 1998

Liz Hoggard, Shortform - Athletic Challenge, CRAFTS, No.149, November / December1997

Nicky Churchill, Talent Spotting, DESIGN WEEK, October 1997

Margot Coatts, Shortform - On The Shelf, CRAFTS, No.139, March / April 1996

Joanna Watt, Furniture Designers - The Rest of the Best, PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHITECTURE, October 1995

David Redhead, Up & Coming, BLUEPRINT, December/January 1995

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AWARDS


1999 Shortlisted for the 1999 FX Int. Interior Design Awards : Best product for public spaces - Wave benches

1999 Shortlisted for The Jerwood Prize For Applied Arts 1999 : Furniture

1999 Finalist in the furniture category of the 1999 Design Week Awards, Wave Benches for Art.tm, Inverness

1998 South West Arts Craft Award, Exeter

1998 Winner of Furniture category, The Scottish Design Awards 1998, Wave Benches for Art.tm, Inverness

1997 Winner - Vale of White Horse District Council Design Awards,Tilsley Park & Sculpture, Abingdon, Oxon

1997 Commendation, Furniture Futures Awards, Design Week and Selfridges, London

1997 The Edward Marshall Trust Prize for the Highlands Gallery Commission, Inverness

1996 Winner - Ness Furniture Design Award, Ness Furniture, Croxdale, England

1995 Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council

1994 First Prize, British Steel Melchett Awards, British Steel

1994 Ron Lenthal Award for Fine Craftsmanship, Royal College of Art

1994 First Prize for design, Storage for Europe Competition, Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers

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BOOKS


Garry Olson & Peter Toaig, ONE TREE, Merrell 2001

Peta Levi, NEW BRITISH DESIGN 1998, Mitchell Beazley 1998

Roger Holmes, THE COMPLETE WOODWORKERS' COMPANION, Conran Octopus 1996

Jeremy Myerson, MAKEPEACE: A SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE IN CRAFT AND DESIGN, Conran Octopus 1995

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COMMISSIONS


2002 'Axis' sculpture for Aylesbury Vale Park, commissioned by Aylesbury Vale Arts Council through Artpoint - view

2001 'Dovetail' Console table with integral low tables in solid oak for private collector - view

2001 'New Dawn' Gates and Railing commission for Look Ahead Housing and Care housing project in Kensington - view

2000 'Genetic Decoding' courtyard sculpture for new hospital in Durham. North Durham Health Care NHS Trust. - view

2000 Benches and bins for Fakenham Town Center, Norfolk. Commissioned by North Norfolk District Council. - view

2000 Millennium sculpture and associated works for Landkey Millennium green, North Devon. - view

1999 Two maple Japanese dovetail desks for offices of the Goodwood Sculpture Park.

1999 'Park & Rest' three benches for the National Cycle Network on Exmoor.
         Commissioned by Sustrans, Exmoor National Park and Devon, North Devon and Somerset District Councils. - view

1998 4 meter long, eliptical boardroom table in oak, maple and glass. Commissioned by S.P.International, London

1998 Round Meeting Table in glass and maple. Commissioned by Writing Machine, Winchester - view

1998 'Tree' Public Art Sculpture for the Atrium space at 111 Old Broad Street, London. Commissioned by Andovia Ltd,
          a joint venture development by The Grosvenor Estate and Unilever.  - view

1998 Gallery seating (set of six benches), Art.tm, Inverness. Commissioned by The Edward Marshall Trust and Art.tm - view

1997 12 Seater Extending Boardroom table in oak and elm. Commissioned by AIT Plc, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

1997 Stacking Contract Chair, commissioned by Ness Furniture Ltd, Croxdale, Durham

1997 'Crossing The Line' a gateway sculpture to Tilsley Athletics Park, Abingdon.
          Commissioned by the Vale of White Horse District Council - view

1996 Meeting Table, in oak and maple, commissioned by AIT Plc, Henley-on-Thames - view

1995 Ecchinswell village bench, Berkshire, commissioned by Ecchinswell Parish Council

1995 Gallery Furniture, reception desk, shelving, plynths, Six Chapel Row, Bath

1995 Low Table and Bench for Arts Workshop slide library, Newbury

1995 Display cabinets for Milner-White studio ceramic collection, commissioned by Southampton City Art Gallery/Southern Arts

1995 Golden Section Tables, commissioned by Cappellini, Milan. Made in Douglas fir with Japanese dovetails

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EXHIBITIONS


2002 Art & Garden, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art & Craft Gallery, Eastleigh

2002 Summerhouse, Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset

2001 One Tree, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (catalogue, tour) - view

2001 SOFA Chicago with Crafts Council stand, USA

2001 Fresh Air 2001, Quenington Sculpture Show, Gloucestershire

2000 South West Craft Award Winners - Six Chapel Row Contemporary Art, Bath

2000 Shipley Art Gallery - A season of Furniture - furniture focus.

1999 Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 1999 : Furniture, Crafts Council Gallery, London (catalogue, tour)

1999 Design Resolutions '99, Royal Festival Hall, London, group show of members of Design Nation

1999 Fresh Air 1999, Quenington Sculpture Show, Gloucestershire

1998 Southern Craft Makers, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art & Craft Gallery, Eastleigh (catalogue, tour)

1998 Decorative Arts Today '98, Bonhams, London

1997 Spectrum '97, Royal College of Art, London

1997 Flexible Furniture, Crafts Council Gallery (catalogue, tour)

1997 Fresh Air 97, Quenington Sculpture Show, Gloucestershire

1997 Above the earth, beneath the sky, Six Chapel Row Contemporary Art, Bath

1997 Britain in Hanover, Hanover Industry Fair, Hanover (catalogue)

1997 A Room with a View, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool

1996 Summer Show, Six Chapel Row Contemporary Art, Bath

1996 Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London (catalogue)

1996 Cappellini: Identities, Analogies, Contradictions seen by Achille Castiglioni, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst,

Cologne, Germany (catalogue)

1995 Structures in Wood, Metal &Stone, Watermill Theatre, Newbury, organised by Arts Workshop

1995 Milan Furniture Fair, Magazzini Cappellini, Milan, Italy (catalogue)

1994 New Designers RCA/Blueprint stand, Business Design Centre, London (catalogue)

1994 Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London (catalogue)

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LECTURES/TEACHING


2000 Shipley Art Gallery, Visions and Reality - discussion on contemporary practice in furniture

1999 Crafts Council, Furniture discussion in conjunction with the Jerwood Prize

1999 Parnham College, Dorset, visiting lecturer with funiture students

1999 Loughborough University, Leicestershire, visiting lecturer with furniture students

1998 Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Furniture lecture in association with the touring Flexible Furniture Exhibition

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RESIDENCY/WORKSHOPS


2000 Ashmead County Combined School, Aylesbury, Bucks, residency linked with Vale Park Commission

1998 The Ceilidh Place Club House, Ullapool, Furniture Craft Workshop organised by art.tm, Inverness

1998 Broadlands School, Keynsham, Bristol, Three day workshop with GNVQ students on Flexible Furniture

1997 Long Furlong Primary Scool, Abingdon, Oxon, Two week residency linked with Tilsley Park Commission

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TRAINING


1992 - 1994 Royal College of Art

1989 - 1991 Parnham College

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