What Jody and I are up to and Koomen Gallery Items for Sale

At present I am preoccupied preparing for my forthcoming exhibition Forest to Furniture: Ideas in the Making, an Arts Council England supported project coinciding with my celebrating 40 years of furniture making! This will take place at the River Rowing Museum 14 February - 7 June 2015.  

Jody Koomen has had a fruitful and successful year developing his own furniture design and making direction, which he was able to exhibit and demonstrate at this year's Art in Action (Waterperry, Oxford). He is very busy working on a number of commissions.

For these reasons we will not this winter be able to host a specific, seasonal open day.

However, we do have some ready-made, lovely items for sale in our Koomen Gallery at Wheelers Barn, Checkendon.  

Below are shown images of most of the items for sale at the gallery.

You are most welcome to drop by the workshop/gallery if you wanted to have a look or say hello but please telephone first to check someone is available to let you in!

Delven Table

Burr White Ash

£390 

  

Delven Table

Burr White Ash

£420 

 Delven Table

Burr Elm

£640 

Stromen Writing table / Dressing table

Oxfordshire Cherry

£2900

Kei Coffee Table

Burr Oak

£900

Tripod Table

Burr Oak

£320 

Delven Stool

Burr White Ash

£450

Magazine Rack

Checkendon Cherry

£280

Koomen Gallery
Wheelers Barn
Bradleys Street
Checkendon
Near Henley on Thames
South Oxfordshire
RG8 0NJ
01491 681122

Oxfordshire Artweeks* Open Workshop

Sale of Work

It's that time of year again and soon Oxfordshire Artweeks will be happening. this year South Oxfordshire is kicking off weeks of artists and crafts people's open studios and workshops around Oxfordshire. You are very welcome to visit our workshop in Checkendon, South Oxfordshire, over the weekends 3-4 and 10-11 May (11-4pm) when we will be open for Artweeks as well as holding a Sale of Work of exhibition pieces.

The Koomen Gallery, a collaboration between Philip and Jody Koomen, will also be open. This is where you can buy from a selection of a range of boxes, magazine racks, tables and mirrors, priced from £100 - £500.

*Artweeks is an opportunity to come, look, enjoy and talk to us without feeling obligated to buy. A free catalogue and local trail map of open studios will be available from the workshop.

Tripod small tables

The ideal handmade present perhaps if you have a wedding, birthday, anniversary etc coming up or just to treat yourself. These tripod small tables come in a variety of local woods and cost £320 each.
At present we have these tables available in our workshop gallery (do visit w/o obligation) in tiger oak, brown oak, walnut and burr oak.

Tripod occasional tables

Walnut, burr oak, tiger oak and brown oak tops on turned oak legs

Oxfordshire Artweeks Workshop Exhibition

Our workshop is having open days once again during Oxfordshire Artweeks. You are welcome to drop by and visit us on Saturday and Sunday, 18 - 19 May, 12.00 - 6.00 pm

We are showing new designs and have a permanent space selling called The Koomen Gallery, which sells small items such as boxes by Jody Koomen and our furniture. You will be able to see Jody working on some of his items during the exhibition.

Jody smoothing and waxing a walnut box

Jody smoothing and waxing a walnut box.
In the foreground you can see some interesting shapes with which Philip could intrigue you! 

Spring Contemporary Arts Exhibition ~ ART at Goring Contemporary Art Gallery

I'm happy to have my furniture shown during April's Spring Contemporary Arts Exhibition at the excellent art gallery in Goring-on-Thames, ART at Goring Contemporary Art Gallery. This gallery specializes in selling original paintings from established artists and the work of talented emerging artists both locally around Oxfordshire and Berkshire and nationally.  

 

Address: 17A High Street, Goring-on-Thames,

Oxfordshire, RG8 9AR 

Tel: 01491 875609 

Private appointment: 07734415267 

Email: info@artatgoring.co.uk 

Opening Hours:

MONDAY	9.30am – 5.00pm
TUESDAY	9.30am – 5.00pm
WEDNESDAY	9.30am – 5.00pm
THURSDAY	10.30am – 7.00pm
FRIDAY	9.30am – 5.00pm
SATURDAY	9.30am – 5.00pm
SUNDAY	12.00am – 4.00pm

Clergy seating in situ, Dorchester Abbey

The clergy seating has now been installed next to the choir stalls in Dorchester Abbey.

Clergy seating with extra wide seat to allow for robes. Front legs extend to hand grips to enable ease in rising from the chair.  

The Dorchester Cross design on chair and desk

Clergy seating placed next to one set of the choir stalls

Clergy seating placed next to the other set of choir stalls

Guild Mark for Dorchester Abbey Choir Stalls

This week we heard the good news that the Dorchester Abbey choir stalls have been awarded the prestigious, bespoke Guild Mark by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, which represents Britain’s Furniture Industry. The award is given by a nine-person jury of the country’s top designers and craftsmen and is judged on the basis of excellence in design, materials, craftsmanship and function.

As can be seen from the images we also installed the clergy seating to complement the choir stalls this week.

Philip with the choir stalls and one of the clergy chairs and desks

One of the clergy seats and desks in front of the choirs stalls.

James actually working on the clergy desk: cutting out the cross in the side panel