Designed for now and forever
- John is a furniture maker based in Warwickshire
- He specialises in solid wood
- He is a graduate of Norwich School of Art & Design
Wood has fascinated John Eadon since his childhood years. Designing and making furniture from wood seemed a very natural progression for him. After graduating from Norwich School of Art & Design, John became a freelance carpenter joiner and artist technician for galleries, arts programmes, and artists. Working alongside other craftspeople, he developed furniture making skills and honed his unique approaches. John took his first private commissions in 2010 and opened a Warwickshire-based workshop set in a farm in 2013. He uses time-tested traditional techniques such as hand-cut joinery, steam bending, and fuming of wood and aims to push their use in creating contemporary form and expression. His objects improve everyday living and are made with sustainability and durability in mind.
Interview
- Do you remember the moment when you first thought of picking up this craft?
- As my skills had developed and I worked on more complex jobs, I realised that I had moved away from an artistic practice. Having developed many traditional furniture making skills, I decided to focus on making my own designs.
- What do you love most about furniture making?
- Taking a raw and beautiful natural material with incredible unique properties and using this to create new things of value and beauty to leave behind in the world. Being able to take a stack of wood and turn it into an object never ceases to amaze and inspire me.
- What does 'well made' mean to you?
- To me it means working with the material, not against it, and using its properties to its best advantage. Making with a sensitivity and awareness of the material, the function of the piece, and how it is joined to last, age well, and forever fulfill its purpose.
- What are your sources of inspiration?
- I take a lot of inspiration from 20th-century design and in particular Danish and Scandinavian design which in turn took influence from other European, British, and Japanese aesthetics and design principles. Often I am inspired by the making processes themselves.
John Eadon is an expert artisan: he began his career in 2008
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