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Richard Jones is a furniture maker and educator who has put pen to paper, allowing the reader to dive deep into his eclectic take on timber, trees, history and furniture design. Richard has spent most of his life designing and building furniture in the UK. In 1993 he moved to the US and set up a furniture making business. Richard returned to the UK in 2003 to take up lecturing positions in furniture design.

Each of the 15 chapters in this glorious tome are further divided into six to 18 sections. Each section has a nugget

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