I'm Jake Lunniss. I make furniture by hand in a small workshop in Ocean Grove — Ming Dynasty joinery in Australian timbers, marquetry, and whatever else takes too long. I write here about the foolhardy business of doing it all the hard way.
A recent commission brief caused a few disparate memories to crash into each other in my mind and the penny finally dropped about things I've been thinking about, forgotten about, intended to do and forgotten I wanted to.
15 April 2026 · 1 min read min readThe first time a chisel bit into a piece of timber the lie of the digital world was exposed.Read the manifesto →