David Upfill-Brown
Tasmania, Australia
Amatory Chair
Cherry & Leather
Price: $9,300
Photo Credit – Jim Dugan
David Upfill-Brown
David is the Center’s Lead Instructor. He graduated from Parnham College in 1981 and moved to Canberra, Australia, where he established a reputation as a designer and maker of fine furniture, working on commission for domestic and architectural clients. Public commissions include work for the parliaments of Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands. David has an equally strong background in teaching and served as Academic Director and Principal of the Australian School of Fine Furniture in Tasmania for four years before joining our staff in 2004 to lead the Nine-month Comprehensive course.
“An exploration of tying together fluid sculptural forms with the ergonomic and structural constraints of a chair.”
David Upfill-Brown