Tom Kealy
Somerset, UK
Twisted Bench
Red Oak
Price: $600
Tom Kealy
Tom designs and makes one-off furniture for private, corporate and ecclesiastical clients in Buckland St. Mary, Somerset, England. He originally trained at Parnham College, graduating in 1979. In addition to making his own designs, Tom often works with other designers and for more than a decade made furniture for John Makepeace, running the Makepeace workshop for much of that time. Tom currently teaches short courses at West Dean College and formerly taught at Parnham College. Tom teaches the self-directed project of the Comprehensive.
“The Twist Bench was created purely as a result of playing with a log of oak that had been split down the centre. Before splitting the log I had no idea what I would make from it, I just enjoyed letting the shape and form of the cleft wood guide my response.”
Tom Kealy