Furniture Designer and Maker
Ian Cresswell
Furniture Designer and Maker
Freestanding pieces;
to personal needs, to a common theme.
Individually made from selected solid wood, using traditional and improved methods, predominantly by hand.
A preference for clear and measured form, detailed through structure, light and shade.
Avoiding the superficial.
A few examples below, of previously commissioned and speculative work.
Fly over
Low table from French oak.
Top 112 x 50cm, 39cm high.
Oiled finish.
5-drawer chest
from steamed pear, with pulls of African ebony.
Drawers graduated (+5mm) from top to bottom.
118cm high, 63cm wide, 45cm deep.
oil finish.
Pedestal Table
from American black walnut.
Shallow curve along front face and concealed
storage in pedestal.
80cm high, 80cm wide, 42cm deep.
oil finish.
Display Cabinet
from English sycamore.
Glass on five sides, glass shelves,
door pull lined with African blackwood.
80cm long, 40cm wide, 22cm deep.
Wax finish.
5-drawer chest
from steamed beech, with pulls and detail
of African blackwood.
Drawers graduated (+5mm) from top to bottom.
A play on “form follows function”, from a view of
Louis Sullivans Wainwright Building, St. Louis 1891
130cm high, 76cm wide, 45cm deep.
oil finish
For further information and details on commissioning, please contact;
Ian Cresswell
14 Berry Gardens
Winshill
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire
DE15 0EE
Phone: 01283 531447
E-mail: iancresswell@virgin.net