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Jonathon Vaiksaar MSDC

Furniture & Boxes

About Jonathon
Jonathon creates contemporary boxes combining sustainably grown UK timbers and resin casting techniques. His aim is to create work that invokes a desire to touch and to use rather than simply being admired from behind a glass case and is found in private homes, palaces and yachts around the world.
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Following a rudimentary introduction to woodworking, design and metal work at school Jonathon continued to work with wood, making furniture for himself whilst pursuing a career in business where he worked in supply chain management for 15 years. Jonathon decided in 2013 to leave the corporate world to focus on a more creative outlet and started his woodworking career, building up his workshop and experience ever since. Jonathon has been making boxes professionally for 10 years now.

Jonathon has and continues to exhibit at several shows across the UK including London Craft week at Future Icons, the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair and Celebration of Craftsmanship & Design in Cheltenham. His work has been highly commended by Woodland Heritage for its innovative use of British timbers, and has received commissions from The Furniture History Society, along with many private clients across the globe.

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Recent Exhibitions / commissions:

  • 2025 – Great Northern Contemporary Craft fair
  • 2025 – London Craft Week – Future Icons Selects
  • 2024 – The Lake Gallery Open
  • 2022 – Made London - Angel
  • 2022 – Art in the Pen
  • 2022 – Wirral open studio tour
  • 2021 – Hand Made in Chelsea
  • 2021 – Great Northern Contemporary Craft fair
  • 2021 – Tea boxes (x2) for yacht build
  • 2020 – John Makepeace commission for the Furniture history society
  • 2020 – Humidor commission (x4) for palace refurbishment in Qatar
  • 2019 – Celebration of Craftsmanship and design Cheltenham
  • 2019 – Highly commended English woodland heritage
  • 2019 – Handmade in Oxford
  • 2019 – Art & York
  • 2019 – Mostyn gallery craft exhibition
  • 2019 – Great Northern Contemporary Craft fair
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