Kent-based furniture maker @sean_evelegh has won the second annual Young Woodworker of the Year Award, supported by @axminstertools, including a £1,000 prize awarded at a special presentation at Eltham Palace on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
The award celebrates a young woodworker who has made an outstanding start to their craft career. The winner is highly skilled amongst their peers, whilst raising the perceived value of their craft through sharing and awareness raising. They have given themselves a fantastic chance of achieving long-term success, perhaps overcoming disadvantage or setbacks along the way.
Sean Evelegh set up his own furniture making business straight out of university, making pieces for clients all around the world. In 2020 he won a TV show called ‘The Chop’, to be crowned Britain’s top woodworker, competing as a teenager against experienced professionals. He was recently recognised by the Furniture Makers’ Company as one of 60 future leaders in the furniture industry.
The two other finalists for the award were @jessiehills.design, who studied 3D Design and Craft at Brighton University, and went on to study fine furniture making at Robinson House Studio under the guidance of renowned makers Marc Fish and Theo Cook, and Lizzie Jarvis, who started working alongside a carpenter at age 13, and at age 14 started her own workshop to delve further into woodworking. At age 16 she set up her own business, @bramblecarpentry, and recently completed her Silver Arts Award.
Global suppliers of woodworking tools and machinery, Axminster Tools has spent 50 years building their family business into the renowned organisation it is today. Working together with makers and creators at all levels, from trade professionals through to craft enthusiasts, their commitment to supporting woodworking skills fits perfectly with the ethos of Heritage Crafts.
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