Ian Laval
 
furnituremaker
     Vancouver Island,
     British Columbia, Canada

 
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Ian Laval's  workshop is at Brentwood Bay in the Saanich Peninsula 15 kilometers north of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He enjoys talking about trees, wood and furniture design and is contactable at 
ian@ianlaval.com or
250-882-4720

Furniture can be delivered world-wide.


Other interesting web-pages:

 

Ian Laval began his career  as a foreign correspondent for Reuters news agency in Asia and West Africa.
He returned to his native Cumberland in northwest England in 1970 to open a workshop and restore the ancient house at
Meadowbank Farm, Curthwaite, Cumbria.
In 1999 he sold Meadowbank Farm to go to British Columbia to begin an
ocean
sailing voyage, completed in 2003.

Michael King Jewellery (UK): 
www.kingjewellery.com -- hand-made, original designs.

Kitty Lloyd: 
www.kelloyd.com -- Vancouver Island marine biologist and nature conservation consultant.

David Kelbert: Vancouver Island stone sculptor -- 
www.davidekelbert.com/index.php

 

Sue Glassford: www.meadowbankfarm.co.uk/studio.htm - Northern English artist whose studio is now on the site of Ian Laval's former workshop in the UK.

Edensaw Woods -- excellent supplier of good quality furniture woods.

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