Hummerston Ward began in Addiscombe, South London in February 1988. It was started by two long-standing friends, after months of design and product development. The aim was to batch produce a range of Victorian influenced bathroom furniture, which was at the height of fashion at that time. A series of events during the first 2 years, not least of which being the economic down turn of the late eighties/early nineties and the departure of one of the partners, lead to the business focusing on producing bespoke bathroom and other furniture for a small number of design studios in the Surrey area. Initially, for many years the design studios in Surrey continued to provide the bulk of my work. An interesting departure was to be commissioned by the museums department of Somerset County Council to make display and storage cabinets for both the military museum in Taunton and The Doll Museum in Dunster.
