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Welcome to Jim Sharples Furniture

I am a Furniture Maker based in Bristol, my service combines your ideas with wood from local sustainable woodlands.
Each piece is designed and handmade to order and therefore totally bespoke to your requirements.
Being a self employed sole trader I pride myself in my work, creating a unique piece for every client.

Background

I grew up in the Cumbrian coastal village of Rampside, close to the town of Barrow-in-Furness.
After enjoying woodwork and winning a local competition in furniture design at school in Barrow, I went to Salford University to study Analytical Chemistry in the mid nineties.
I rekindled my interest in Furniture Making by studying the Handcrafted Furniture City and Guilds course at The City of Bristol College when I moved here in 2000.

Following this I worked in the industry learning larger scale production skills. During this time I set up my first workshop space in Montpelier (Bristol) using a friend's garage.

With the help of the New Entrepreneur Award Scheme, set up within the BRAVE Agency in St Pauls, I learned the strategies needed to develop in business. The award scheme is three months of focused meetings aiming towards the development of a personal business plan. The development of such a plan gives strength to ideas and awareness of the market place.

I soon outgrew the small workshop in Montpelier and at the beginning of 2006 moved to larger premises in the Portbury area. After 18 months at Portbury I have now moved to large shared workshop space just outside the village of Chelvey, near Backwell south of Bristol. At this new workshop there is the facility to plank felled trees. So I am now able to offer the service of planking a tree, drying the timber and making a piece of furniture.

Please contact me if you care to visit or to discuss your furniture requirements.

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