Craft Maker

John MacKinnon, JMK Designs

   Edinburgh, Midlothian
Established 2000
Web Address: www.jmkdesigns.co.ukEmail: Telephone: 01506 854004Mobile: 07904 112210
John MacKinnon

Gogar Cabinetworks
194 Glasgow Road
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH12 9BR
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Accepts Commissions

Price Range

£200 - £6000

Visitor count: 506

I produce contemporary, modern bespoke furniture. My aim is to make pieces which have clean, elegant and sweeping lines and forms. Many of my pieces have a strong architectural element, using details reminiscent of those found on a much larger scale. I am interested in using high quality birch ply with edges exposed to allow the structure of the ply to become evident. Additionally, I use solid timber (mainly sycamore or maple, ash, yew and elm) with inlays of exotic materials such as ivory, tortoiseshell, abalone, etc. (nowadays available in the form of high quality artificial substitute materials), and timber stringing and banding, and timber veneers and inlays. I am also interested in incorporating various other materials such as Perspex, glass, metal and fabrics as decorative elements. All materials are from renewable sources.

I have also received permission from Californian furniture maker/sculptor Ken Smythe to reproduce his designs on this side of the Atlantic. Ken's chairs are made from ply and Colorcore. They are complex and colourful objects, and are in effect functional sculptures.