David Emery has been designing and making fine furniture in his studio/workshop at Kyneton, one hour north of Melbourne in the Macedon Ranges, since 1975.

The workshop is now producing furniture, both domestic and corporate, of a clean uncluttered nature, with an emphasis on balance and proportion.

Workshop skills are mainly in the use of timber, with an emphasis on veneering, as this enables greater flexibility in design by avoiding the limitations of solid timber construction. All veneers are pressed in the workshop, after components have been cut to size and had timber lippings applied to their edges. This process, standard with quality European makers, gives a better edge detail than can be achieved using pre-veneered board, and gives greater versatility in the ways that the veneers can be applied within a project. Materials other than timber - glass, metals and stone - are used extensively in the work, but the specialist application of veneers is still an area with much to offer within the small workshop. Whatever the materials or techniques, the focus of the workshop is always on the end user, so that he or she enjoys using and owning the furniture produced. Working in conjunction with architects and designers is a special interest, especially when it is possible to become involved during the design process. The designer is then able to exploit the benefits associated with the techniques used to achieve results not possible using more conventional methods. From this work over many years, the pyramid and 4D tables, and the seraf entertainment unit, have evolved into the "Studio Collection". These, as well as some other pieces are now being made as small production runs, retailing in Melbourne through Image Interiors, Church Street, Richmond.