About Hugh Stansfield
I started my working life during the 1960’s as a textile engineer, from this I moved into production engineering with a company of pump manufacturers.
In the 1980’s I became a self employed industrial engineering consultant developing software for time and attendance and job/employee monitoring systems; initially in the engineering industry but later in many other industries.
I have always enjoyed combining my creativity with my practical nature by making things in my spare time and over the years I have explored a range of activities, with a particular interest in wood turning, which linked back to turning in my textile engineering days. There is something intriguing and amazing about taking a piece of wood and discovering something new and unique in the wood once it has been turned.
I decided to enrol on an evening class in furniture making at Burnley College upon my retirement to be taught the basics of furniture making. I found the course fascinating and with the encouragement of my tutor Gary Wilson I made my first piece of furniture.
It is difficult to explain the satisfaction I gain from working in wood particularly with my hand tools. The texture, feeling and warmth of wood perhaps explains why many engineers turn to working in wood. My pleasure in taking some planks of rough timber and producing a finished piece of furniture is difficult to describe, I trust users of the furniture will get equal pleasure in the pieces in years to come.
In the 1980’s I became a self employed industrial engineering consultant developing software for time and attendance and job/employee monitoring systems; initially in the engineering industry but later in many other industries.
I have always enjoyed combining my creativity with my practical nature by making things in my spare time and over the years I have explored a range of activities, with a particular interest in wood turning, which linked back to turning in my textile engineering days. There is something intriguing and amazing about taking a piece of wood and discovering something new and unique in the wood once it has been turned.
I decided to enrol on an evening class in furniture making at Burnley College upon my retirement to be taught the basics of furniture making. I found the course fascinating and with the encouragement of my tutor Gary Wilson I made my first piece of furniture.
It is difficult to explain the satisfaction I gain from working in wood particularly with my hand tools. The texture, feeling and warmth of wood perhaps explains why many engineers turn to working in wood. My pleasure in taking some planks of rough timber and producing a finished piece of furniture is difficult to describe, I trust users of the furniture will get equal pleasure in the pieces in years to come.