Tom Trimmins started woodworking as an eight year old child when he was given his first workbench and tools, and it's been a lifelong passion ever since. After years of making projects at home as a kid and hanging around a local cabinet maker's workshop, he studied furniture making at degree level in Buckinghamshire. After that he worked for several high-end furniture workshops before starting his own business in 2009. He has now been teaching woodwork every week for nearly 8 years and has worked professionally for 12 years. Tom now teaches woodworking classes and makes fine furniture at his workshop on a city farm in Islington. He works on commissions or teaches during the day and teaches two evening classes every week. Tom is a traditionally trained craftsman, but also has a very fashionable and modern Japanese and midcentury-influenced style.