Nick Allen
Nick Allen and his company design and produce furniture, ceramics, glassware, metalwork and lighting for the corporate sector and individuals through private commission.Clients range from 'The Queens Chair' in Westminster Cathedral to furniture for Ruby Wax.
It is indeed materials that inspire and underpin Nick Allen's successful design practice. His Studio has built up a unique expertise in combining materials to produce original and imaginative architecture, furniture, lighting, tableware and other furnishings and accessories.
Together with a creative use of technology and a state-of-the-art workshop, this experience has led to a series of private and public commissions, fulfilled with the help of a team of skilled and dedicated artists/craftspeople.
The Nick Allen Studio portfolio has included both architectural fittings and functional art objects – from glass goblets to bronze doors, furniture and lighting - in materials as typically varied as cast and fused glass, high –fired Limoges porcelain, cast bronze, pewter, silver and exotic veneers and wood.
Nick is both consultant and team member. He takes on two projects a year advising and managing schemes as the lead artist. This has a dual role. It provides the chance to "‘test" his workshop's facilities and explore the potential of the Studio's gifted craftspeople.