If one was to write a book of 10 makers that were of significance that came from the world of craft woodwork where would you start? Alan Peters is essential, few would dispute this, his connection to history is significant, his work too. John Makepeace must come next. His school trained so many, his self promotion put us all on the map. His sheer prolific output of ideas leaves all others behind. His eloquence has explained an angle of deep importance. Fred Baier has made objects that cannot be easily categorised. He has gone through many phases, each expanding the envelope of possibillity, created perhaps the most historically important work of all of his generation. The effects of his work spread to the Memphis movement and he is the only designer maker whose vision has had an impact on architecture.
Where do you go from here? Rupert Williamson brought an angle that added to Makepeace, Jeremy Broun added a vision, David Colwell brought production approaches to craft. It doesn't go much further.
There are the main three. The rest start to blur. I shall give this more thought.
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