Hello Again, this is the 4th installment to the store blog.
Today I want to tell you about a the carpenter who made the screen in the picture. Kate Giljam. I met Kate last year when she had started to do a carpentry course and roped her into working Saturday's in the store. I was soon to discover that she had ambitions to make furniture.
Then I got a client in who wanted us to make her a coffee table out of an existing set of legs and and existing farm door. So I approached Kate with the idea, asking her if she would be prepared to make the table. She jumped at the opportunity and consequently made the coffee table. Needless to say, the client was happy, Kate was happy and I was thrilled.
Then in the beginning of this year we approached her with some designs for screens and some other simple furniture items. We gave her a brief saying that we wanted her to use reclaimed timber and the dimensions and let her come back to us with a product.
The screen is what she came back to us with.
Not bad for a girl of 23.
We plan on doing more work with her if she wants to work with us.
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