I came to woodwork crafting after a successful career in the NHS.  All of my life I have had a love of wood, dating back to my final year at school when I designed and made a wooden cot for my niece in my woodwork class.  Many years have passed since then but the interest in the craft has not waned. I trained at Building Craft College, East London  as a mature student, where I completed the Diploma in Fine Furniture. 

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After completing my course I founded AnnaCornish Essentially Wood to devote my energies full time to creating individual and long lasting pieces at affordable prices. In this process my interests and life experience have come to inform the design, making and the final product. I work from Blackhorse Workshop, a community workshop based in Walthamstow where I have a full time studio. 

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I have four strands to my work, Home Essentials,  Birds and Bees, Handmade Furniture,  and Bespoke.

 

The object of the Home Essential line is to translate the essential into an objest of beauty whilst maintaining the functionality.  Birds and Bees produces bird and bee nesting boxes inline with the specifications from the RSPB and Bee protection organisations to ensure that they are effective and safe for their inhabitants.  Furniture pieces are to my own design and made to order, Custom made offers projects to your own design (with my help if necessary) and specification large or small. 

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I also design furniture for commercial manufacture and work as a partime compliance manager at Blackhorse Workshop, Walthamstowe, London.

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Anna Cornish

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