Over the past 38 years I have also undertaken work for a number of different designers such as Wales & Wales and Illingworth & Partridge. In particular, between 1990 and 2001, I was senior craftsman in the John Makepeace Workshops at Parnham House. Here I was able to develop new techniques and skills whilst working on a wide variety of John’s designs. I have also had the privilege of working in collaboration with highly skilled craftsmen from other disciplines, such as the clock maker Julius Schoonhoven. Together we made contemporary longcase clocks, such as ‘Grace’, with handmade movements in brass. ‘Grace’, my ‘Somerset Chair’, and a display cabinet made for the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers have all received Guild Mark awards from the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers. You can see these pieces and other work that I have made, in the Gallery of Tom’s Work.
