WoodWorks specialises in making reproduction Shaker furniture.
 "When I first `discovered` the Shakers about fifteen years ago, it came as a revelation. Here were craftsmen and women who treated working with their hand as an act of worship, who made everything from a simple candle sconce to large items of built-in furniture to the very best of their ability. Each piece was made with the same care and attention to detail achieving a high level of craftsmanship and a reputation for quality that has long outlived them.
In my own way, I have tried to follow these ideals. I use traditional methods of construction, ones the Shakers would have been very familiar with, together with American hardwoods like Black Cherry and Rock Maple to reproduce their designs which have a natural charm and timeless beauty. It is my sincere hope that anyone who buys a piece of my furniture will have as much pleasure from living with it as I had in making it for them." - Colin Ashman
"Tis the gift to be simple"
History of the Shakers
 The noise and confusion of our electronic world is a stark contrast to the tranquility of the rural setting in which the Shakers lived, worked and worshipped. Yet today, The Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, as they are far more formally known, still generates great interest in those who appreciate the quality and simplicity of Shaker workmanship.
Founded by a Manchester woman Ann Lee and eight followers who sailed to the New World in 1774 to escape religious persecution. The Shakers achieved a social order based on equality, sharing and personal anonymity. From a modern perspective it is hard to understand this pervasive selflessness,
yet Shakerism flourished spiritually and economically. By the time of the Civil War almost six thousand souls lived in eighteen communities scattered from Main to Southwest Kentucky. read more>>
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