Jeremy Broun is a self-taught designer who trained as a Handicrafts teacher at Shoreditch College where he gained a distinction in 1966. He established his own workshop in 1973 in Bath creating innovative furniture in his own style both speculatively and to commission. He has exhibited extensively in the UK and also in Finland and the USA. His numerous awards range from a Churchill Travel Scholarship to Scandinavia and Italy in 1979 and The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers Ambrose Heal Award 1988, to the Professional Woodworker of the Year Award 2005 (The Woodworker magazine). He has been a Fellow of The Society of Designer Craftsmen since 1979 and a Member of the Crafts Council index of Selected Makers since 1980. In 2009 was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts. He is a seasoned author and produces films under the label Thinking Hand Video.  He is also a performing guitarist playing instruments that he builds. These websites cover his activities. is part of about the tutor Copyright Jeremy Broun 2005-2011 design and make in wood is a unique intensive woodworking course devised and run by Jeremy Broun