Welcome! Let’s get to know each other…  

 

Crafted is myself, Therese, an AMUSF trained upholsterer with experience in both modern and traditional upholstery.

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Completing my upholstery training over three years at the School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University. I studied under the expertise of a third generation upholsterer whose excellent teaching laid the foundations for my own practice.

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Born from a life long love affair with colour and textiles and the joy and frustration of making things with your own hands, I founded Crafted in 2017 from a teeny, tiny studio tucked into a workshop at the back of a tapas restaurant - sadly though it was less tasty free lunches and more crumbs on the upholstery when my workshop was used for extra bread storage!

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Joining Sit Collective in 2018, a female led upholstery workspace in East London, I make up one quarter of the collective. Working alongside a truly wonderful group of peers where we share our knowledge and experience between us.

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Invested in the concept of sustainable living, I am passionate about upholstery as an antidote to the culture of disposability in mass produced furniture. I believe that by connecting with the process of refurbishing, investing in what we already have, we can help to break the cycle of a throwaway society. Diverting items away from landfill and creating future heirlooms instead.