Rycotewood students have successful graduate show at Furniture Makers’ Hall

Students from Rycotewood Furniture Centre invited visitors to touch, sit and perch on more than 30 unique pieces of handcrafted furniture at a show at Furniture Makers’ Hall last week.

Twelve graduating students from the BA (Hons) Furniture Design and Make programme exhibited a range of work at the ‘In The Making’ event on 12 July.

The work on display communicated each graduate’s design process and response to two separate briefs: ‘A Boardroom for Two’, set by Hands of Wycombe, and a personal project brief.

Tony Smart, Senior Warden, opened the event by welcoming visitors to the hall and wishing graduates successful careers in the industry and the support of the livery company.

Rycotewood alumni, renowned furniture designer and multiple Furniture Makers’ Company award-winner Simon Pengelly followed with a passionate speech highlighting the key contributions the college makes to both the education of furniture students and industry as a whole.

The event was supported by close friends of the programme, Axminster Tools and Machinery, Y. Goldberg and Mundy Veneer, who all generously provided sponsorship.

Staff and graduates would also like to recognise the significant and ongoing support from the whole team at Hands of Wycombe.

For more information about Rycotewood, go to: www.cityofoxford.ac.uk/our-courses/furniture