Takahashi McGil
portrait photographs by James Skeffington
Takahashi McGil | Furniture | Devon
Takahashi McGil is run by husband-and-wife team who create functional homeware and furniture made from a mix of local or sustainable Green and seasoned wood.
Mark McGilvray and Kaori Takahashi-McGilvray both graduated Fine Art at the Wimbledon School of Art.
Though they started making simple pieces for themselves, their craft has now happily become their livelihood. In their Devon studio, they combine time-honoured Japanese traditions honed in Tokyo with western techniques.
Together they plane, chisel, turn, wax and lacquer with great precision and attention to detail. Each considered piece celebrates the natural beauty of the material.