Garden studio · Prior experience

Steyning Artist Studio

A two-storey timber studio in a Steyning garden, built for the artist Christopher Kettle. Before founding Tidal Drift, Julian built it as co-director of GE Paul and lead carpenter on the job, between May and August 2023.

The finished studio: black cladding under a red corrugated roof, with a wide window above glazed doors, between garden shrubs

Julian’s role

Julian was co-director of GE Paul and the lead carpenter and builder on this project, from the frame to the roof.

What went into it

It’s the same carpentry-led approach Tidal Drift brings to garden rooms and studios today.

From frame to studio

The ground floor of the studio in its timber frame, with a builder at a workbench
August 2023: the ground-floor frame
The upstairs room framed in timber and OSB, with a Velux window in the sloping roof
August 2023: the upstairs, framed, with a Velux window
Black cladding going on the studio's gable behind scaffolding
August 2023: the cladding going on
The red corrugated roof with a Velux window, above black cladding and a flowering buddleia
The red corrugated roof, with Velux windows
The upstairs studio lined in plywood, with easels and canvases on a long table under hanging lights
The upstairs studio, set up for painting
The upstairs studio with a table, chairs, a sofa and a cowhide rug under the roof lights
The upstairs studio today

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