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A detour into music helped furniture maker Ross Thompson discover a creative side he never knew he had.<\/p>\n

Thompson stepped away from a woodworking apprenticeship in 2010 to study music before returning to craftsmanship with a new perspective on creativity and design.<\/p>\n

“As much as I loved [music], it just wasn’t really for me,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I decided to marry up the creative side I’d been experimenting with through the music degree with the practical skills of the woodwork.<\/p>\n

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The Cocktail Cabinet; a commission piece. Photo: Tess Kelly Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“I realised there’s a whole other world out there of practical arts. All through history, people have made a career out of that and I hadn’t explored that before.”<\/p>\n

But it was music, Thompson said, that revealed a side of himself he had not previously explored, one that continues to influence the work produced through his South Geelong business, Ross Thompson Furniture.<\/p>\n

“Through music I unearthed a creative side I didn’t know I had,” Thompson said. “I just needed a different medium to channel it through.<\/p>\n

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For Thompson, cabinetry offers the ideal canvas for bringing the creative and practical together. Photo: Tess Kelly Photography. ABOVE: Ross Thompson started Ross Thompson Furniture in 2016. Photo: Tess Kelly Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“There can be a 50\/50 split of ‘Are you practical or creative?’ They don’t have to be exclusive but I’ve found myself right in the middle.”<\/p>\n

Thompson believes it is this combination of creative thinking and technical expertise that has become a defining feature of his work.<\/p>\n

“I just knew I probably had a good dose of both, and that was a really good advantage,” he said.<\/p>\n

For Thompson, cabinetry offers the ideal canvas for bringing the two influences together.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Tess Kelly Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“You can experiment a lot with shapes because if you think about a chair or a table, they’ve obviously got a very specific and designated purpose whereas a cabinet can be quite arbitrary,” he said.<\/p>\n

The flexibility gives Thompson greater scope to explore different forms, materials and design ideas.<\/p>\n

“It also gives you an ability to work with timbers in a different way,” he said. “You can also use veneers to create some pretty intricate patterns.<\/p>\n

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Thompson’s work ranges from collaborations with interior designers to bespoke commissions for individual clients. Photo: Tess Kelly Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“You can definitely use the strength of timber and its grain and its visual appeal, and you can use that in all sorts of different ways.”<\/p>\n

Thompson sources most of his timber from Melbourne and also works with imported species from North America, alongside Australian timbers such as Tasmanian oak and blackwood.<\/p>\n

He said the availability of Australian timbers had changed significantly in recent years following the end of native forest logging, prompting many makers to seek out alternative and harder-to-find materials.<\/p>\n

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Ross Thompson on the tools in his workshop. Photo: Tess Kelly Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“I’ve followed a lot of people on Instagram who are backyard blokes who might go hunting for desert timbers or super-rare, exotic stuff, so you can often pick up some unique things you could not find anywhere else and store them in the shed for a rainy day,” Thompson said.<\/p>\n

While Thompson jokes that his dream project would be taking three years off to build his own house, he said he already considers himself fortunate.<\/p>\n

Today, his work ranges from collaborations with interior designers to bespoke commissions for individual clients.<\/p>\n

“I love the job and that to me is a dream project every day,” he said.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit rossthompson.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A detour into music helped furniture maker Ross Thompson discover a creative side he never knew he had. Thompson stepped away from a woodworking apprenticeship in 2010 to study music before returning to craftsmanship with a new perspective on creativity and design. “As much as I loved [music], it just wasn’t really for me,” he […]<\/p>\n

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