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Alex was approached by SparcStudio Design to create a set of bespoke tables for Calcot Spa. The commission involved crafting four custom tables for the spa’s light relaxation area, where the designer sought to incorporate Alex's signature organic style. After some...
Alex has just completed a unique commission - a bespoke design to protect a bell purchased by the client. After discussing ideas with his brother Ed, they settled on a design inspired by forked trees, which became the foundation for the structure. The forked trees...
Alex recently revisited a project he and his brother Ed completed for the City of London, located right next to the Houses of Parliament: Horseferry Park. The bespoke wooden play equipment they crafted is still standing strong and continues to be enjoyed by children....
The 'Chapman' spalted beech natural live edge coffee table has such unique spalted wood markings. The handmade metal legs follow the undulations of the waney organic edges. Available to buy from Dansel Gallery, and I have access to various fascinating pieces of timber...
The owner of the wonderful wood based Dansel Gallery (where I sell many pieces) contacted me recently to organise a wedding present for her daughter Tilia, from her friends. The ‘Brooks’ burr oak trunk coffee table worked on so many levels and was ordered as a...
‘Latmore’ tree trunk slice coffee table in spalted beech: This collection received a recent commission at Dorset Art Weeks. There are still slices available with one in the making on the workbench, and another already completed and in the Sou'-Sou'-West Arts Gallery,...
Helios - A creative celebration of sun, sea and sky. Curator Alison Shelton Brown has invited artists and makers from around the South West to display a wide variety of materials and techniques at a range of prices. There will be painting, jewellery, leatherwork,...
I bloody love wood. Always have. From carving walking sticks with my Grandad, through climbing every tree in the vicinity of our rural childhood home, all leading to my career making outdoor and indoor furniture. It’s not just the working with wood that I love, but...
Go back 5 years and consider what has happened up to now, you’d never believe it! It's been a difficult few years in business - at the end of 2019, having decided to stop promoting outdoor furniture via my brother company www.edbrooks.com, the shops then shut due to...
What we consider when sourcing the timber... Will we find it in the first place!? Dad keeps his ear to the ground. He grew up in the area and so knows a lot of the farmers and landowners. Often after a storm he may hear about a fallen tree and he will try and contact...