BEN ATKINSON

I've been making bespoke furniture for about ten years now. It takes a lot of patience and skill to make something right the first time round (there's never much money for prototyping!). But I love what I do, I love the materials I use, but mostly I love the fact that I'm part of a tradition that will carry these skills into the future. My great-grandfather was a joiner. I have some of his furniture at home. With a little luck some of my furniture will weather just as well, passing from one generation to the next.

Primary location: Consett United Kingdom