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Bruce's connections with the timber trade go back for three generations
and he has over twenty years experience in the furniture industry.
Serving his apprenticeship as a chair maker with James E Robertson
& Sons and gaining a good firm knowledge of all aspects of furniture
construction, he was presented the award of top student in his final
year at college.
In the Autumn of 1990 the company Bruce was employed by ceased trading
and this gave him the opportunity to realise an ambition, to set
up his own business. After attending a government business start
up course, Bruce Hamilton Furniture Makers was established in 1991.
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After 2 years
of trading, Bruce's business had outgrown his initial garage
workshop and the need for more space was necessary. Moving
to a bigger workshop in Johnstone, helped Bruce step up
production and tender for larger commissions. It was at
this workshop that he made the furniture for the House for
an Art Lover and also the Willow Tea Rooms in Buchanan Street,
both in Glasgow.
Subsequent commissions including choir stalls for Paisley
Abbey, Director’s Room chairs for the Glasgow School
of Art and a communion table for the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh
saw Bruce move to an even larger workshop in Linwood, Renfrewshire.
Bruce is currently still at this workshop in Linwood where
he now employs an apprentice and offers the services of
a French Polisher. With commissions from all the over the
world for his furniture, Bruce continues to provide a high
level of service to customers offering both reproduction
and bespoke, customised pieces.
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