From a young age, Nick Kary enjoyed working with his hands. After studying art history, he apprenticed to a model engineer and cabinetmaker before going on to complete a master’s in furniture design. For the last 35 years, Nick has been a professional furniture maker, crafting pieces for clients in the UK and around the world. Currently, he splits his time between making, writing and teaching at his workshops in Devon and at Plymouth University and Schumacher College. He lives with his wife and youngest daughter near Totnes, among a cluster of cabins, workshops and wooden structures.
Material: The Art of Handcrafting Beautiful Objects in a Digital Age
This book is a fluid path from an idea, along a stream bed whose variations, detours and eddies are unknown until the water that flows into it finds itself moved.
September 10, 2024
Material: Excerpt
I write this book to help me understand the relationship that we all have fashioning our lives within the material structure of this planet. Looking back to see how a word has changed meanings over time, what its roots are, helps me in this process.
October 13, 2020