From very early ages Both Darren and Andrew have appreciated the natural beauty of timber, and the endless ways in which it can be worked. In 1999 We both moved from Perth to Dwellingup, Western Australia to independently pursue our dream to equip ourselves with the skills required to become a successful craftsman. Dwellingup's School of Wood is W.A.'s only specialist fine wood training facility. Based upon the world-leading course run at Parnham College in Dorset, U.K., it has an annual intake of only 12 students and concentrates on craftsmanship, design and business skills.
Together we have more than 20 years of experience in fine furniture design and construction.
After graduating from the School of Wood with a Diploma of Arts (furniture design) we had an excellent knowledge of:
• Working with clients and other industry personnel
• Working within the arts community
• Operating a business
• Marketing products
• Operating a wide variety of furniture production equipment as a designer-maker
• Working safely as a designer in a manufacturing environment
• Production of drawing for concept development and production purposes
• Manufacture of prototype and final product as a designer-maker
• A wide variety of timbers and their properties
• Design of unique commissioned furniture items
• Design of production furniture items
Having completed this course, naturally the next step would be to start our own company, which we did in January 2001.
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