Nicholas Hamilton Holmes is a sculptor and furniture maker living and working in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
HAMILTON HOLMES is a creative furniture studio with a foundation in craft, an interest in art, and ethics focused on sustainability.
The main themes of the studio work are traditional methods and contemporary style. The combination of time tested techniques like hand cut joinery or proportional design guarantee that all work meets a standard of quality higher than most other producers.
This studio prides itself on attention to detail, from the initial sketch to the finished piece --everything is artisan made and crafted.
We are proud to be a naturally green studio. Every piece is designed to last multiple generations because in theis contemporary climate, there is no option to throw away. There is only the option to love, care for, and trade our furniture. Our materials are geographically local and our furniture has an extremely low carbon footprint. We use low VOC finishes to protect our employees and consumers, we pay sustainable wages because we respect the craft, and we expect that our work will eventually be recycled or decompose back to the earth from whence it came.
Sculpture is a focus of the studio, both in terms of art works, as well as furniture design. Bent, shaped and moulded wood make the work both unique as well as valuable to collectors.
Holmes believes in designing and building work that will last the test of time. The aesthetic that he applies references the foundation of the past, and pushes the contemporary vanguard of the future.
Hamilton Holmes works with the design trade, offering designer discounts and wholesale pricing. Please contact us for information regarding our trade program and product information.
Hamilton Holmes has been shown in such Exhibitions as:
2022
-May—Wanted Design Lookbook (NYC)—Desert Chairs
-May—Salon Design (NYC)—Metamorphosis—OXALINO Peacock Table
2020
-May—Sight Unseen Offsite—OXALINO Collection
-January—Address Design Show (Toronto)—Various works as a part of Design TO
-January—’Themselves’—Design TO (Toronto)—Steve the Rack
2019
-October—Art Elysees Paris, France—’Teamwork’ Sculpture Collection
-May— Jonald Dudd, NYC—Steve the Rack
-March—Architectural Digest Design Show NYC— Black Arts Collection
-January—Design TO/ SMASH Salvage Toronto—Black Arts Collection
2018
-January--Interior Design Show Toronto--Shoreman's Bench [2x], Captain's Table--group exhibition
-January--Toronto Design Offsite Festival--'Useful/Useless'--solo exhibition of sculptural work
-January--Toronto Design Offsite Festival--'Matter'--group Exhibition **Awarded Designlines Love Tag #5**
2017
-August--Carnegie Gallery Dundas, Ontario--'Wooding'--Shoreman's Bench--group exhibition
-August--Art Gallery of Burlington--Canadian Craft Biennial--'Craft Ontario Provincial Exhibition: Nothing is Newer than Tradition'--Shoreman's Bench--group exhibition.
-May--Wanted Design New York City--'Launchpad'--Shoreman's Bench--group exhibition/ contest
-January--Interior Design Show Toronto--'Prototype'--Shoreman's Bench--group exhibition
2016
-November--Toronto International Interior Design Exhibition--'Woodshop'--Shell Table--group exhibition