Crafts CouncilDirectoryChris EckersleyDesigner and MakerBirmingham, EnglandFurniture makingMetalworkingWoodworkingCraft educatorWebsiteE-mailInstagramAboutInfoAfter a long career in design and making I found myself in 2020 - like everyone else - in lockdown. When I first started I made everything myself, later I realised that I could get more done by making design prototypes for production by retailers and manufacturers. Lockdown changed this; projects evaporated overnight. My re-think solution was to go back to basics and so I swapped my design studio for a woodwork shop and began making pieces by hand again. Focus:FurnitureCommissions:Available for commissionsStockists:Messums WiltshireThe New Craftsman, St IvesAboutAfter a long career in design and making I found myself in 2020 - like everyone else - in lockdown. When I first started I made everything myself, later I realised that I could get more done by making design prototypes for production by retailers and manufacturers. Lockdown changed this; projects evaporated overnight. My re-think solution was to go back to basics and so I swapped my design studio for a woodwork shop and began making pieces by hand again. InfoFocus:FurnitureCommissions:Available for commissionsStockists:Messums WiltshireThe New Craftsman, St IvesWebsiteE-mailInstagramProjectDevon chairProjectBodging MilanoProjectTrombe garden benchProjectLittle CarlosProjectJuliette the wheelbarrow seatProjectTottenham Court bar stoolsProjectThe Wilson BenchProjectByrdhousesProjectModern Mendlesham