Mark Ripley MSDC
Furniture & Boxes
Mark has a lifelong passion for vernacular woodwork whether in boats, buildings or furniture and also makes and plays his own fretted musical instruments. His furniture has slowly evolved into its current expression, a distinctive interpretation of traditional themes. This is available as stock designs including dining and rocking chairs, wine and console tables. He also undertakes commissions from his Hampshire studio.
Training
BA Hons Leicester Polytechnic 3 Dimensional Design (Furniture) 1977-1980
Making
Full-time designer- maker since 1990..
Teaching
Visiting Lecturer Building Crafts College 2012-2016
Visiting Tutor Boat Building Academy Lyme Regis 2012-present
September 2018 - September 2021 full time instructor in fine woodworking skills at The Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis
Writing
Contributor to Woodworker Magazine 1985-1995
Co Author: Hamlyn Book of Woodworking 1996
Regular Contributor to Furniture and Cabinet Making Magazine 1998-2008
Author: Furniture Making Projects and Plans GMC Publications 2008 (reprinted 2012)
Exhibitions
Craft and Design Experience
Society of Designer Craftsmen Annual exhibitions
Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design
Hampshire and Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen
Galleries
Dansel, Rodden Row, Abbotsbury, Dorset
Artifex, Sutton Coldfield
Public Works
Lecterns for Archbishop of Canterbury's Chapel, Lambeth Palace, London
Gallery Seating for The Mall Galleries, London
Lectern for The Graduation Hall, Reading University
Lectern for Watts Gallery, Farnham
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