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Extraordinary Fine Furniture
Jonathan Markovitz designs and makes unique, highly-engaging contemporary and modern furniture to commission.
“I design and make one-off pieces for private individuals seeking beautifully-made bespoke furniture for their homes, as well as custom-made furniture for interior designers’ and architects’ own residential and commercial projects. Good design is both about what is changing and what is timeless.” |
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Contemporary Bespoke Furniture Design
Jonathan’s versatile creativity - coupled with a subtle feel for proportion and detail - enables him to work closely to each individual client’s unique desires and stylistic instincts.
“Successful design is about completely absorbing the client’s wishes while taking creative, innovative risks – often with spectacular results.” |
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Natural Woods
Jonathan’s beautiful furniture is hand-made using mainly European and native hardwoods.
“The range of species available gives my clients a wide choice of colour, tone, figuring, and structural suitability. In crafting fine furniture, each piece of wood used is carefully worked and hand-finished to bring out its own inherent beauty and warmth.” | |
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40 Wk Furniture and Cabinet-Making Course
If you’re looking for a professional, workshop-based furniture and cabinet-making course, then Jonathan’s intensive year-long furnituremaker training is for you.
Centrally located in beautiful surroundings on the Oxfordshire-Berkshire borders, Jonathan teaches adult students (especially those seeking a career-change and a more creative, fulfilling lifestyle) to design and make fine furniture to the highest standards of craftsmanship. | |
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The Art of Craftmanship
Trained as a fine artist before becoming a furniture designer-maker, Jonathan applies his critical eye and craftsman’s experience to the whole process of designing and making one-off pieces of furniture – from the initial design concept through to the finest craft details.
Underlying his innovative designs is the principle that all Jonathan’s furniture must be both visually-coherent and fit for purpose – in function and enduring use – and so each element of making is carried out with consummate skill. | |
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Short Courses:
-Intermediate & Advanced Furnituremaking (2-13 weeks) If you already have some experience and are unable to undertake a full years training, Jonathan also provides tailor-made courses to develop your making and design skills up to professional levels.
-Introduction to Woodworking (2 weeks) This woodworking taster course is an ideal introduction to furniture-making for beginners.
-Tool Preparation (1 week) The tool preparation course is based on fine-tuning edge-tools, which is suitable for all levels of experience. | |
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