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“I enjoy taking something old and then updating it”
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It was once he was back on British soil, that Johnny
rekindled his love for carpentry, and his home is now
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the place where Johnny decides which pieces he’ll take further. Living with his designs helps him decide whether or not he really likes them. “I’ll have things in the house, sometimes for six months, before I realise that I actually do like them! Then I’ll carry on and actually make it as a product,” he says.
The inspiration for his designs comes from the
world around him. “I am inspired by so many things: colours, fashion, the shape of cars...” he says. “I
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