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Daniel Harrison
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About
Daniel Harrison is a designer-maker of bespoke, free-standing and fitted furniture. He designs and creates pieces from his workshop located a short drive from the stunning Brecon Beacons mountain range to the north and world-class beaches of the Gower Peninsular in South Wales. Daniel uses a combination of traditional hand tools alongside modern digital machinery, essential for the precision required to make contemporary fine furniture. Embracing new processes and equipment allows Daniel the freedom to innovate and push the boundaries, creating pieces that reflect his own unique style.
Daniel endeavours to use native and sustainable woods in all his work, often using trees that once stood within the grounds of his studio workshop. He works closely with local sawmills and hand selects the timber for his projects. His deep respect for wood ensures that it’s natural beauty is celebrated and lives on in a new form for future generations. Inspiration comes from a range of sources - a church spire in Oxford, a poem by Wordsworth, a Kandinsky painting - all have sparked ideas, initially captured in hand-bound sketchbooks. Once formed, the idea is carefully drawn to scale before watercolours are used to lift the design from the page. Models and prototypes are often made in the workshop to perfect proportions before creating the finished piece.
There is something spiritual about the nature of trees - majestic giants in harmony with their surroundings, supporting life. We have been using wood since the dawn of humankind and today we can still connect with this most magnificent material. A piece of hand made furniture has a very different feel from one that is mass-produced: the spirit of the tree lives on in another form for another generation.
I hope my furniture brings a sense of joy and meaning to others; whether working to a client’s brief or making a new speculative piece, I strive to do justice to the tree from where the wood came.
DH
Daniel endeavours to use native and sustainable woods in all his work, often using trees that once stood within the grounds of his studio workshop. He works closely with local sawmills and hand selects the timber for his projects. His deep respect for wood ensures that it’s natural beauty is celebrated and lives on in a new form for future generations. Inspiration comes from a range of sources - a church spire in Oxford, a poem by Wordsworth, a Kandinsky painting - all have sparked ideas, initially captured in hand-bound sketchbooks. Once formed, the idea is carefully drawn to scale before watercolours are used to lift the design from the page. Models and prototypes are often made in the workshop to perfect proportions before creating the finished piece.
There is something spiritual about the nature of trees - majestic giants in harmony with their surroundings, supporting life. We have been using wood since the dawn of humankind and today we can still connect with this most magnificent material. A piece of hand made furniture has a very different feel from one that is mass-produced: the spirit of the tree lives on in another form for another generation.
I hope my furniture brings a sense of joy and meaning to others; whether working to a client’s brief or making a new speculative piece, I strive to do justice to the tree from where the wood came.
DH
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