About Paul Islip

My career has always been immersed in the world of furniture design and making, starting with a Masters Degree in Furniture Design and setting up a workshop making bespoke pieces.

This led to further opportunities to work for larger scale businesses, designing and manufacturing upholstery and cabinet product ranges for the main UK furniture retailers such as Marks and Spencer, John Lewis, Next and key independent stores.

My underlying ambition however, was to eventually return to artisan design and my attendance at a creative green woodworking course in 2018 ignited my desire to make this happen.

The workshop is based in beautiful North Wales with an abundant supply of sustainable and natural raw materials.

My passion is to design and make unique desirable home furnishing products made from locally sourced materials and using traditional woodworking skills, combined with modern techniques.