Oliver Piepereit

Oliver Piepereit is a trained interior designer, furniture maker and traditional and contemporary furniture re-finisher with 15 years' experience in the design industry.

A large proportion of Oliver’s time is dedicated to teaching furniture refinishing workshops specialising in traditional French polishing and contemporary re-finishing.

Describe your approach to teaching. 
I believe in practical teaching methods with accompanying in-depth tuition notes. Each stage I’ll demonstrate, followed by the students putting what they’ve learned into practice.

What inspires your own work? 
I’m a lover of design and all arts and crafts, contemporary and traditional. Keeping old traditions alive inspires me as does creating something completely innovative.

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