Biography
BIOGRAPHY
Robyn Wood is a designer/maker of natural luxury furniture and objects, based at The Mill, Adelaide.
She studied and practiced as a teacher, but her passion for design won out and she returned to study in the field.
She has a Bachelor of Design–Interior Design, University of South Australia.
She has worked for an Australian joinery firm, during which time she was involved in a project for embassy residences in Paris for three years. She has also worked as an interior designer on commercial and government projects.
Over the past four years she has developed and produced one-off pieces and small production runs, which were launched at Bowerbird in 2014. She has showcased new work at Bowerbird, Adelaide and the Big Design Market, Melbourne and Sydney in 2018 and in her solo exhibition Natural Progression at the Mill Adelaide in 2019.
In 2018-2020 she undertook mentorships with two traditional woodworkers, learning techniques in both the use of hand tools and traditional joinery.
She is currently curating a group design exhibition, working with commercial clients on commissioned furniture and collaborating with other artisan makers on a new collection of furniture and objects developed for production.