ABOUT — THE MAKER
Ayyoob Afrasheem.
Carpenter, joiner and craftsman in the Maldives, working across fitted interiors, furniture, joinery and finer craft in resin and metal.
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Background
Ayyoob Afrasheem is a carpenter, joiner and craftsman in the Maldives. His work runs from fitted kitchens and wardrobes to pieces small enough to hold in the hand.
Cabinetry is at the centre of it: kitchens and wardrobes built to fit the room and installed on site, with desks, dressing tables and shelving made in the workshop. Alongside it is timber joinery, including glazed doors made for the cabin of a wooden boat, followed here from rough stock on the bench to the finished pair hung in their opening.
The same attention to detail carries into other materials. The portfolio includes timber-built ship hulls and large carved sculpture for themed sets, a freestanding timber sculpture hung with cast resin crystals, resin work in a chess set and a table surface, and hand-made jewellery and metalwork. Wherever the making was photographed, it is shown beside the finished piece.
Hull ribs · Pirate Island
Filing at the bench peg
CONCRETE-LOOK KITCHEN — FITTED KITCHENS & WARDROBES
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What the work shows
Areas of experience.
The projects on this site include fitted cabinetry built and installed on site, timber and marine joinery, freestanding furniture, resin work, and large timber-built and carved pieces for themed sets. Earlier work includes hand-made jewellery and metalwork.
Fitted kitchens
Base, wall and tall units, worktops cut for sink and hob, pull-out racks and corner carousels.
Fitted wardrobes and storage
Full-wall wardrobes built floor to ceiling, with hanging rails, shelf towers and top boxes.
Freestanding furniture
Desks, dressing tables, shelving and a wall-mounted vanity cabinet with a framed mirror.
Timber joinery
A pair of framed and glazed doors for a boat cabin, made in the workshop and fitted in place.
Hull construction for scenic builds
Ship hulls built at full scale for themed sets, with bent ribs and plank cladding.
Timber formwork
Formwork for reinforced-concrete beams, with faced panels and timber bracing.
Workshop machining
Sawing, planing, routing and drilling.
Resin work
Cast chess pieces and crystals, resin-filled inlay and a layered resin table surface.
Carving and scenic finishing
Foam carving, texturing and scenic painting at large scale.
Metalwork and jewellery
Piercing, soldering, forming, wax carving for casting, and enamel.
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Approach
How the work gets done.
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Built to fit
Fitted work is made for the room it goes into, from full-wall wardrobes to worktops cut for sink and hob.
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Care at every scale
A full-wall wardrobe and a cast pendant are finished with the same attention to detail.
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Shown in the making
Many projects were photographed stage by stage, so the construction can be seen as well as the result.