Steambox Studio

During the autumn of 2020 I decided to make a change from a three decade long IT career and spend the rest of my days bending wood.

 

My first project was to create a workshop space to do it in.  

 

I designed and made it all from scratch, almost entirely with hand-tools. I will soon be creating a page about how I constructed it.

 

I have been interested in woodworking since my father inspired me when I was a child.  He made many practical things for the family in his spare time, including a single bed frame for me (so I no longer had to sleep on a mattress on the floor) and the bed is still in use 50 years later.

 

During secondary school woodworking lessons, the first thing I made was a wooden model car and I loved how beautiful the pattern of the grain was, especially as I sanded and then varnished it.

 

All of these things and more led me to undertake woodworking projects for my own family including a fortress style adventure playground for my children.

 

Nowadays I like to focus on bending wood using steam to create beautiful, unusual and useful things…

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I love making bespoke pieces so, if you have an idea, why not contact me and tell me what you would like.   Otherwise enjoy browsing our gallery, join the mailing list or order one of my handmade creations from the shop.