CRAFTSMANSHIP

Close-up view of wooden furniture featuring an oak and leather luggage rack, a fumed oak credenza with open drawer and brass handle detail on a carved oak door to a drinks cabinet.
One of our craftsman applying finish to a wooden woven panel in a workshop setting.

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Close-up view of wooden furniture featuring an oak and leather luggage rack, a fumed oak credenza with open drawer and brass handle detail on a carved oak door to a drinks cabinet.
One of our craftsman applying finish to a wooden woven panel in a workshop setting.

Carefully weaving technical skill with a mastery of materials, we are driven by the desire to bring joy to our customers.

We combine traditional and contemporary design principles with fine joinery and furniture making techniques, always executed with precise tolerances to exacting standards. The latest technology and hand skills are brought together while the makers soul remains ever present.

We champion natural materials and native timbers which are carefully sourced, selected and sensitively placed within the project.

Carefully weaving technical skill with a mastery of materials, we are driven by the desire to bring joy to our customers.

We combine traditional and contemporary design principles with fine joinery and furniture making techniques, always executed with precise tolerances to exacting standards. The latest technology and hand skills are brought together while the makers soul remains ever present.

We champion natural materials and native timbers which are carefully sourced, selected and sensitively placed within the project.

A black and white photo of our founder Marc Ellis with the SBF logo

Marc Ellis

With a colourful creative history and traditional training in fine furniture making and design, Special Branch’s founder Marc Ellis cultivated a unique approach to a modern furniture studio. His background in sub-culture and performance art brings an unprecedented versatility to the workshop, with a receptive and tailored approach to the commissioning process. With over 160 years of combined making experience, Marc leads a small yet very strong team with honesty, integrity, and passion.

Marc Ellis

With a colourful creative history and traditional training in fine furniture making and design, Special Branch’s founder Marc Ellis cultivated a unique approach to a modern furniture studio. His background in sub-culture and performance art brings an unprecedented versatility to the workshop, with a receptive and tailored approach to the commissioning process. With over 160 years of combined making experience, Marc leads a small yet very strong team with honesty, integrity, and passion.

A black and white photo of our founder Marc Ellis with the SBF logo
A black and white photo of our founder Marc Ellis with the SBF logo

Marc Ellis

With a colourful creative history and traditional training in fine furniture making and design, Special Branch’s founder Marc Ellis cultivated a unique approach to a modern furniture studio. His background in sub-culture and performance art brings an unprecedented versatility to the workshop, with a receptive and tailored approach to the commissioning process. With over 160 years of combined making experience, Marc leads a small yet very strong team with honesty, integrity, and passion.

Furniture Workshop + Design Studio

Furniture Workshop + Design Studio

Two of our craftsmen reviewing drawings in our workshop
Interior view of a furniture workshop with woodworking equipment and materials in a rural setting.
Two of our craftsmen reviewing drawings in our workshop

Driven by a passion for great craftsmanship, our highly experienced, creative and dedicated team bring a wealth of expertise to every commission. A designer, project manager and lead cabinet maker will advise and oversee each job from concept through to completion.

Driven by a passion for great craftsmanship, our highly experienced, creative and dedicated team bring a wealth of expertise to every commission. A designer, project manager and lead cabinet maker will advise and oversee each job from concept through to completion..

Sustainability

Sustainability

pictures of trees and wany edged timber
pictures of trees and wany edged timber
Making with a conscience – we are forward-thinking, forever focused on our environmental impact and ways to improve it. From a solar panelled workshop to plastic free packaging wherever possible, we strive to promote recyclable, compostable materials and invest in creating furniture built for a lifetime.
Making with a conscience – we are forward-thinking, forever focused on our environmental impact and ways to improve it. From a solar panelled workshop to plastic free packaging wherever possible, we strive to promote recyclable, compostable materials and invest in creating furniture built for a lifetime.

“WE BELIEVE IN CREATING JOY THROUGH OUR CREATIONS AND COLLABORATE WITH TALENTED CRAFTSMEN AND SUPPLIERS WHO SHARE OUR VISION”

MARC ELLIS
– FOUNDER + DIRECTOR

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