Devon Furniture Makers Summer Exhibition

If you're down in South Devon, England over the weekend its well worth popping in to the Dartington College of Arts Gallery at Dartington Hall near Totnes where there's a fabulous exhibition of hand made furniture on display by a group of incredibly talented furniture designer makers.

The Devon Furniture Makers Association was formed to promote the work of professional furniture makers operating throughout the county. All are self-employed and work largely on their own designing and making furniture to the highest standards.

Their work is primarily to commission for private clients and covers the whole range of domestic furniture. Typically, they will create bespoke one-off items of furniture or small batches of exclusive designs. Items are made from both native and imported hardwoods and care is taken to ensure these originate from legitimate and sustainable sources. Indeed, if at all possible makers like to use the beautiful timber grown in Devon, England.

Each year they stage an exhibition of their work and this year they are showing at The Gallery at Dartington College of Arts until Sunday 5th August. The Gallery is on the grounds of the beautiful Dartington Hall estate, near Totnes. Dartington Estate is an impressive setting and well worth a visit, so please do go and see their work.

If you like what you see you could consider commissioning one of the Devon Furniture Makers to design and craft you a beautiful piece of furniture like a bed or a table, for your new home, out of local timber. It will last a lifetime and become a family heirloom. Ask your guests to contribute towards this commission as their wedding gift. As long as they know what it's for they will be content to give money towards the commission, happy in the knowledge that their gift is a lasting one.