PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING

INDEPENDENT FURNITURE DESIGNERS AND MAKERS

ACROSS SCOTLAND

The Scottish Furniture Makers Association is a membership body which promotes and supports independent furniture designers and makers across Scotland, celebrating their art, craft and creativity.

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News & Events

October 15, 2023

Peebles Woodmarket '23

The Peebles Woodmarket returns on 21st October, in the familiar setting of the Peebles Community Centre (the Drill Hall). This favourite Borders event is an annual showcase for makers in wood from the Borders and beyond. And it’s FREE!

July 23, 2023

New Scottish Furniture Exhibition 2023 at the Glasgow Art Club

Twelve members from across Scotland will be exhibiting their work. The exhibition will be running in tandem with the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Exhibition.

May 1, 2023

Ash Rise Documentary Part 1

We’re delighted to present the first phase of Ash Rise in this short film shot on location at Killearn Home Farm and Scottish Wood. Click through and follow the Vimeo link to see the documentary.

April 24, 2023

Ash Rise Call Out

Scottish Furniture Makers Association, Scottish Forestry and Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers are delighted to join forces to present Ash Rise. A celebration of ash and its long history as an outstanding material, we invite SFMA members and makers, craftspeople, designers, artists, architects from across Scotland, to propose a design for an exceptional object made from Scottish ash.

Members Journal

Members Interviews

Interview - Richard England

How would you describe the style of your work?

My style is evolving but I guess it could be described loosely as contemporary. Form is what interests me most. Materials and design details follow from that.

What are your favourite materials to work with and why?

Probably walnut. It’s such a beautiful looking timber and a joy to work with.

What are the benefits for you of being a member of the SFMA?

Being part of a supportive community of passionate, like-minded people.

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Members Interviews

Interview - Jonathan Rose

I am drawn to pieces that find a place in my home. I was brought up in the 60’s and the new clean post utility fashion was strong, made with increasin...

Members Interviews

Interview - Stephen Finch

I’m very much a materials focused designer. I enjoy choosing wood that complements my designs and aim to use it in a sympathetic way. My style constan...

Members Interviews

Interview - Max McCance

I prefer working in solid wood because it is both technically challenging, and extremely beautiful. Nothing can replace or emulate the look of a fine...

Members Interviews

Interview - Colin Semple

My work is mostly commission based so each piece is a bit different but I tend to make pieces that are a bit contemporary and feature flowing, organic...

Members Interviews

Interview - Daniel Lacey

As a designer/maker of contemporary wooden furniture – my favourite material for my work is, not surprisingly, wood. More precisely where I use a win...

Members Interviews

Interview - Richard England

The perfect chair! Ultimately, it’s an unachievable goal – marrying form, function and fortitude to such a degree – but it won’t stop me trying.

Members Interviews

Interview - Janie Morris

I love working with Scottish hardwoods, they have so much unique character and I love that it’s a local sustainable product.

Members Interviews

Interview - Adrian McCurdy

I create a style of simplicity with shapes of inner-tree growth and joints of pegs and wedges. Variations of a simple stool can be endless. In essence...

Members Articles

An Identity in Wood - Richard England & Janie Morris

The new podcast - An Identity in Wood - is a series of conversations between designer-makers discussing their work, inspirations and all things wood.

The third podcast features Richard England as he shares with Janie Morrison and Jonathan Rose the transition into a second career, one of making things in wood.

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Members Articles

An Identity in Wood - Stephen Finch & Janie Morris

In the fourth podcast Stephen Finch and Janie Morrison talk to Jonathan Rose about what it’s like to work with wood and being designer makers in Edinb...

Members Articles

An Identity in Wood - Richard England & Janie Morris

The third podcast features Richard England as he shares with Janie Morrison and Jonathan Rose the transition into a second career, one of making thing...

Members Articles

An Identity in Wood - Jack Sheahan

In the second podcast of the series, Jonathan Rose is in conversation with fellow designer-maker Jack Sheahan who talks about his new life in Edinburg...

Members Articles

An Identity in Wood - Tom Addy

In the first podcast of the series, Jonathan Rose talks to fellow designer-maker Tom Addy about his work and life in rural Aberdeenshire and the Ash R...

Members Articles

Local wood local maker - Tom Cooper

When I was approached by The Royal College of Surgeons to design and make a bespoke lectern as a gift for the American College of Surgeons, they were ...

PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING

INDEPENDENT FURNITURE DESIGNERS AND MAKERS

ACROSS SCOTLAND

The Scottish Furniture Makers Association is a membership body which promotes and supports independent furniture designers and makers across Scotland, celebrating their art, craft and creativity.

News & Events

Members Journal

Interview - Richard England

How would you describe the style of your work?

What are your favourite materials to work with and why?

What are the benefits for you of being a member of the SFMA?

Members Interviews

An Identity in Wood - Richard England & Janie Morris

Members Articles

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PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING

INDEPENDENT FURNITURE DESIGNERS AND MAKERS

ACROSS SCOTLAND

The Scottish Furniture Makers Association is a membership body which promotes and supports independent furniture designers and makers across Scotland, celebrating their art, craft and creativity.

News & Events

The Scottish Furniture Makers Association showcases the beauty and diversity of furniture being designed and made in Scotland today

Members Journal

Interview - Richard England

How would you describe the style of your work?

What are your favourite materials to work with and why?

What are the benefits for you of being a member of the SFMA?

Members Interviews

An Identity in Wood - Richard England & Janie Morris

Members Articles

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