David J. Paddison

I am an experienced cabinetmaker, member of the Norfolk Furniture Makers Association and design and create high quality furniture in my South Norfolk workshop. I learnt my trade by spending two years working for an advanced craft City & Guilds qualification at Norwich City College.  I spent the next thirteen years with Edwin Turner Partnership in Suffolk mostly making fine reproduction chairs and other interesting furniture including a large octagonal bench for The National Gallery.

Using traditional joints (dovetails mortise & tenon joints etc) and skills as well as modern joints (dowels & biscuit joints etc) and methods, my furniture is handmade to meet customers individual design requirements to the highest level of craftsmanship. I tend to have classical influences in my designs and particularly like elliptical and parabolic curves. I work in a variety of hardwoods such as oak, elm, ash and cherry and also sometimes use the more exotic rosewood or ebony for decorative details, producing distinctive furniture in either contemporary or traditional styles.