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We are London-based furniture makers. We create products with precision, love and an intimate understanding of materials.

22/06/2026

Two exciting opportunities to join our workshop this summer. We’re looking for furniture makers.

This is an in-person role at our S.E. London studio, full time, 5 days a week. We’re ideally looking for an immediate start. You must have a valid work permit.

One of our makers is moving on, and we’re looking for someone senior to fill that space, ideally 8–10 years’ experience working with solid timber. A person who shares our passion for designing and making in solid timber, takes ownership of technically demanding work and thrives in a design-led environment. Freelance to start, with the opportunity to grow into a permanent position.

We also have a team member heading off on leave, so we’re looking for a capable, enthusiastic mid-level maker, around 5 years’ experience, to cover July and August, with the chance to continue beyond that, if it’s the right fit.

Both roles are hands-on and bench-based, working with beautiful British-grown timbers on bespoke commissions, sculptural objects and demanding joinery.

If you take pride in your craft, love solving problems and want to be part of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, submit a portfolio, CV and your availability to [email protected], along with your phone number and a few lines on what you can bring to the role. Please use “Senior” or “Mid-weight Furniture Maker Role” as the subject heading.

Read the full description on our website (link in our bio). Please get in touch, or share with anyone you think would be suitable.

Applications close 5th July.

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10/06/2026

One of the best testaments to quality design is simple — does it last?

In 2015 we were commissioned by University of the Arts London to design furniture for their canteen space at Camberwell College of Arts. A table, stool, bench and stackable chair. Reclaimed Douglas Fir sourced, machined and finessed within a 7 mile radius of the college, paired with British grown Ash from National Trust continuous cover forestry in the South West.

From Camberwell to Chelsea to Lime Grove. Three institutions, thousands of students daily, over a decade of continuous use. Solid timber, honest joinery, enduring quality.

A decade on, not a single piece has returned to our Woolwich workshop due to defective workmanship. Not one. The table tops refreshed with additional finish — necessary nourishment for a decade of daily use.

When something is made with genuine care, people feel it. They look after it. That relationship between maker and owner is where real longevity lives.

Commission well. Invest in enduring quality. Long live well designed furniture.

Much love to and all the project design team in accommodation catering and retail who got us involved back in 2015. Images

22/05/2026

Bowater cabinet with signature ripple handle.

This double fronted beauty combines an Olive Ash cabinet with incredible Brown Oak, a special piece created for After multiple coats of burnished oil, the cabinet develops a luscious sheen that illuminates the oak’s beauty.

Brown oak is naturally coloured by the bracket fungus Fistulina Hepatica, commonly known as the beef steak fungus. Once oiled, it showcases the complex colour and grain structure, revealing intricate patterns and flavoursome hues.

If the rhythm, the flow, and the feeling of our Bowater Cabinet stimulate your senses, enquire about creating a bespoke piece of your own.

12/05/2026

The Avon & Kennet Bowl is an 18-sided statement piece.

An Octadecagon presentation bowl crafted from baked ripple sycamore and reclaimed oak salvaged from an Avon & Kennet canal lock gate.

The sycamore has been baked to 210°C, transforming its natural creamy white into rich caramel and toasted golden tones through the caramelisation of the timber’s natural sugars. This extra special variety also displays natural ripple chatoyancy, a rare shimmering optical effect that creates movement and depth across the surface as the light shifts.

The reclaimed oak tells an equally remarkable story. Decades of contact with the lock gate’s ironmongery caused a natural reaction with the oak’s tannins, producing dramatic black and blue staining deep within the grain. Entirely natural. Entirely unrepeatable.

Every facet reveals a different contrast of tone, texture and reflection, balancing precision geometry with the raw unpredictability of the material itself.

Available for purchase. Can ship worldwide.

Let me know if you’re interested.

07/03/2026

An Offering — an exhibition for the senses.
Timber, touch, and the quiet presence of cedar.

New work emerging from the studio, alongside a few seasoned pieces, now on view at .place 134 Old Street, London, until 17 April.

Dancing Women
Rising from laminated cherry timber stems, the sculpture moves in a gentle upward rhythm. Its hand-carved twisting texture transitions from deep, expressive cuts into a soft, shallow fade, tracing lines first drawn digitally and then shaped by hand — a quiet dialogue between technology and craft.

The exhibition brings together wooden sculptures, crafted furniture, and small maquettes in a collective installation guided by a logic of “Timber and Technique.” Carving, turning, stacking, and alignment become rhythmic acts of assembly, unfolding between material knowledge and embodied making.

An Offering is a curatorial collaboration between Jan Hendzel and British-Ghanaian artist and architect

The exhibition acts as a reciprocal gesture: the studio’s work is offered to the space, emerging from the offering made by Forefront Gallery through their unique platform. In turn, the gallery becomes an intimate place of process, memory, and making — where the scent of cedar fills the room, the mind wanders instinctively toward touch, and a quiet sense of nostalgia begins to surface.

We very much hope you can join us and look forward to welcoming you there.

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Forefront
134 Old Street
London EC1V 9BL

Opening hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10am – 5pm
(also available by appointment)

02/03/2026

We are pleased to announce that An Offering is now officially open at Forefront until April 17th.

Featured works include:

- Dancing Women: Composed of laminated cherry main stems with a hand-carved twisting texture that fades from deep carves into a subtle finish. These meet stacked and segmented ash discs at a “kissing point” of balance, all set upon a base of heavily brushed Douglas fir that accentuates the timber’s natural annual rings.

- Oddjob: Two turned sections of hard maple—one carved with deep V-groove incisions and the other smooth—featuring an angular section of reclaimed CLT (cross-laminated timber) from Norwegian spruce.

The exhibition presents a series of works that unfold between material knowledge and embodied making. Wooden sculptures, crafted furniture, and small maquettes form a collective installation conceived through a logic of “Timber and Technique,” where carving, turning, stacking, and alignment become rhythmic acts of assembly.

An Offering is a curatorial collaboration between Jan Hendzel and British-Ghanaian artist and architect Giles Tettey Nartey (). Shaped as a reciprocal gesture between the artist and the gallery, the space is transformed into an intimate place of process, memory, and making.

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We invite you to visit us during our opening hours or by appointment.

Exhibition Details:
An Offering
Forefront
134 Old Street
London, EC1V 9BL

Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10am – 5pm
(Also available by appointment)

01/03/2026

We are pleased to announce 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 is now officially open at 134 Forefront on until April 17th.

𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 presents a series of works by Jan Hendzel that unfold between material knowledge and embodied making. Wooden sculptures, crafted furniture pieces and small maquettes form a collective installation conceived through a logic Hendzel calls ‘Timber and Technique’, where carving, turning, stacking and alignment become rhythmic acts of assembly.

The exhibition is shaped as a reciprocal gesture: Hendzel’s work is offered to those who encounter it, emerging from the offering made by the gallery through the commission and platform. As a result, the space is transformed into an intimate place of process, memory and making.

𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 has been formed through a curatorial collaboration between Hendzel and British-Ghanaian artist and architect Giles Tettey Nartey,

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𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨
Forefront
134 Old Street
London, EC1V 9BL
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday; 10am – 5pm and by appointment

19/02/2026

We’re delighted to announce our upcoming exhibition, An Offering - curated by Giles Tettey Nartey.

The Exhibition run’s from 27th February – 17th April at Forefont Gallery a new cultural platform founded by Professor Sadie Morgan OBE, co-founder of dRMM, and Dicle Guntas, the managing director of developer HGG, with the mission of fostering dialogue between artists, cultural institutions, developers and landowners.

The Exhibition

An Offering presents a series of works by Jan Hendzel Studio that unfold between material knowledge and embodied making. Wooden sculptures, crafted furniture pieces and small maquettes form a collective installation conceived through a logic defined by timber and technique, where carving, turning, stacking and alignment become rhythmic acts of assembly.

The exhibition acts as a reciprocal gesture: The Studio’s work is offered to the space, emerging from the offering made by Forefront gallery through their unique platform. As a result, the space is transformed into an intimate place of process, memory and making..
We very much hope you can join us and look forward to seeing you there.

Gallery Address: Forefront Gallery, 134 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BL

27th - 17th April
10am - 5pm
(Mon, Tue, Wed)
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31/10/2025

Jan Hendzel Studio is celebrating 10 years of practice! To mark this significant milestone, we are hosting a four-day Retrospective exhibition and sale from October 30th to November 2nd, 2025.

Join us this weekend for the chance to win a prize worth up to £395 with every purchase made; big or small, during our 4 day event SALE OF A DECADE - a Retrospective Exhibition and sale celebrating 10 years of Jan Hendzel Studio.

Location
The event will take place at the Thames-Side Studio’s Photography Studio,
TB-21, Unit 8, Harrington Way, London, SE18 5NR, Woolwich. close to our workshop.

Open Daily
30th October – 2nd November 2025.
10am - 6pm

Open to the general public. No ticket required. Visit our website for more information www.janhendzel.com or reach out via [email protected]

We look forward to celebrating with you!

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Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 18:00
Thursday	09:00 - 18:00
Friday	09:00 - 18:00
Saturday	09:00 - 13:00

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+442088544870

Website

https://www.janhendzel.com/

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