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The Furniture Makers’ Company awarded six Bespoke Guild Marks — including Josey Garbutt’s Lines Puzzle Cabinet (BGM 501) — bringing the programme’s 67-year total to over 500 and recognising excellence in UK bespoke furniture design and craftsmanship.

Josey Garbutt turned an early passion for woodworking into formal training at Rycotewood and multiple industry awards, leading to high-profile commissions such as Obelisk 3 for John Makepeace.

Award-winning designer-maker Josey Garbutt combines maths and art to produce gallery-grade bespoke furniture, co-founding Foris Studio after earning major industry prizes and high-profile commissions.

Rycotewood Furniture students from City of Oxford College — including award-winner Josey Garbutt — were recognised by leading industry partners at the Furniture & Joinery Conference in Birmingham

Foris Studio - Josey Garbutt, Krav Metcalfe and Thom O'Nions - produced Obelisk 3, a blackened oak cabinet with a rippled sycamore interior commissioned by John Makepeace OBE and recently exhibited by Sarah Myerscough Gallery at TEFAF Maastricht.