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.”

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

Short Courses:

-Intermediate & Advanced Furnituremaking (2-13 weeks)
If you already have some experience and are unable to undertake a full year’s 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.