Grant Sonnex

The Gloucestershire Guild of Crafstmen spring show starts today with price reductions on 3 of my major pieces.

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Here’s a video describing the Land, Sea and Light project – a collection of fine furniture inspired by the St Davids peninsula in Pembrokeshire.

 

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I’m just back from the first field trip collecting photos and drawings for a new collection of furniture inspired by the cliffs and beaches of the Pembrokeshire coast.  It was spectacular, and included some enchanting seals! Continue reading →

I like it when I get the chance to show people round a piece of furniture and they go from just seeing it to really engaging with it.   So I’ve started recording some video tours of my furniture and including them on the gallery pages.

Many of these pieces have been months in the gestation and there’s usually a story to tell.   I hope you enjoy them. Continue reading →

Here’s one of a series of “making of” videos now on the site.  A coffee table designed to sit between two comfy cream sofas in front of the fire in the drawing room of a Georgian manor house.  Continue reading →

A while ago, sitting on a bridge in my local nature reserve and listening to a particularly soulful blackbird,  I realized that birdsong could be a great source of inspiration for the visual design of my furniture.  Now I’m about to start work on the first of a series of “birdsong tables”. Continue reading →

I heard today that I have been accepted for associate membership of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen.  It means that my work will be appearing in their rather splendid summer show in Painswick (30/7 – 21/8.. well worth a visit) and that I should get the chance to meet other high quality designer/makers from a whole range of contemporary crafts…. a nice way to start the week.

 

 

 

Last year was the first that Wotton-under-Edge held an open workshop weekend for it’s artists and craftspeople.  It was a huge success with lots of enthusiasm and warmth from makers and visitors alike.  So, happily, it’s happening again.  June 11 and 12 from 10am. till 4 pm. each day. Continue reading →

Just wanted to let you know that the quintet of boxes I’ve been working on are now all done and photographed.  They are themed on times of day from dawn to dusk and I’ve made them from English yew, ripple sycamore, and walnut.  Continue reading →

Boxes are a sorbet for the furniture maker – they refresh the palate between heavier and more complex pieces.  But they are also a reminder of the fundamental qualities of wood which make it a unique and living medium. Continue reading →