Suffolk in the City 2025

As our first exhibition with London Craft Week approaches, we’d like to spotlight some more of the exceptional craftspeople who will be joining us in this exciting new venture. 

 

Tim Germain – Tim creates one-of-a-kind furniture pieces, all made to commission. He handles every part of the process himself—from design to cutting the planks, machining the timber, shaping, jointing, sanding, and finishing. Tim strives to create simple yet strong designs that showcase the beauty of the English hardwoods he works with, ensuring each piece exudes originality. 

 

Dennis Hales – Dennis works with locally sourced sycamore, holly, ash, and maple, using these white woods as a natural canvas to incorporate a variety of finishing techniques. His craftsmanship includes turned, carved, and textured surfaces, which are finished with water-soluble dyes and metal leaf to enhance the wood’s natural features. Dennis’s work includes fruit displays, sycamore bowls embellished with silver leaf, and ash wall plates adorned with copper leaf. 

 

Adrian Parfitt – Adrian has a deep appreciation for the beauty and integrity of northern hemisphere hardwoods, particularly Oak, Ash, and Walnut, which he sources from a trusted sawmill with a relationship that has spanned over four decades. His furniture is a testament to traditional joinery techniques such as mortise and tenon, dovetails, and halving joints. Adrian also embraces wood lamination to create sculptural shapes that solid wood alone could not achieve. With more time to dedicate to his craft in semi-retirement, he looks forward to exploring this technique further. 

 

Mark Dyvig - Mark, a blacksmith and art metal worker, explores a range of textures and materials in his practice. Using metal as his primary medium, he integrates elements like glass and stone, employing forging, machining, engineering, and patination. He also designs and builds his own tools, ensuring every detail aligns with his creative vision 

 

Simon Turner – Simon combines wooden panels with acrylic paint to create sea and landscape-inspired works, drawn from his love of the Suffolk Coast. Recently, he has expanded his expertise in woodworking to produce small sculptures using locally sourced timbers, applying techniques such as ebonising. Simon’s work ranges from smaller pieces like bookshelf art, seagull panels, and marsh grass pictures, to larger sculptures designed for the outdoors, all created using local timbers and traditional finishing methods. 

 

Toby Winteringham – Toby’s designs are bold in line and form, with an economy of structure that creates dynamic, statement pieces with lasting appeal. Primarily working in solid wood and veneers, Toby emphasizes hand skills in his craft. Some of his pieces are decorated with distinctive trompe l’oeil marquetry designs and motifs, adding a unique dimension to the work. Toby also creates smaller items, such as mirrors, magazine holders, trays, and jewellery. 

 

Learn more about Suffolk in the City and the artists joining us here >>