The photos (incidentally) were done for various ‘Meet the Designer’ type features in interior design magazines.
Not so! It was the brainchild of Zolt, our Hungarian master craftsman who has been with us about 7 years. These days he has a jet set Fly in-Fly out lifestyle where he spends half his time tending his vineyard in Budapest and Lake Ballaton, and half his time working flat out in the workshops. When he’s here he gets totally focussed on brilliant design and manufacturing techniques for hardwood furniture, but he also has the long, lonely nights to contend with (unless it’s Morrison’s night of course).
So his idea last year was to produce a handmade elm tie for Kenny, for the rare occasions when he scrubs up for something. In the end it took Zolt about ten times as long as he thought it was going to and he wished he’d never started (please, please don’t order one, he begs). It looks great though, as you can see in this photo of Kenny, Claire and Fudge taken before Hamish was born.
