Fiona Campbell Furniture

The Running Waiter - Champagne Trays

2011-11-11T19:14:00.002Z

www.champagnetrays.com

Champagne Trays at Royal Ascot

2011-06-16T17:33:00.003+01:00

Champagne Trays have been put to excellent use this week at Royal Ascot!

Champagne Trays at Taste Festivals

2011-06-11T13:51:00.004+01:00

Champagne Trays will again be exhibiting with Lovely Bubbly this June and July at Taste of London and Taste of Edinburgh. Come along for a glass of lovely bubbly champagne and enjoy the food, drink and atmosphere.

Taste of London 17 - 20 June in Regent's Park
Taste of Edinburgh 1 - 3 July in the Meadows

Champagne Trays Video

2011-03-16T09:00:00.002Z

Champagne Trays designed by Fiona Campbell

Painted Coffee Table

2011-03-15T15:47:00.003Z

Large coffee table designed and made by Fiona Campbell Furniture.

Key Features
- solid sycamore top
- painted base and shelf
- book matched top

1m x 1m x 40cm

Love to chop

2011-03-15T15:43:00.004Z

Heart shaped chopping boards made out of recycled solid oak Ikea worktops.

Matching side tables

2011-03-15T15:33:00.005Z

Solid Sycamore side tables made to go with Charles Renie McIntosh wall table.

Key Features
- loop leg design
- toughened 12mm glass top
- laminated legs

2011-03-15T15:30:00.000Z

Rennie MacIntosh Occasional Wall Table

2011-03-15T15:27:00.003Z

Solid Sycamore occasional wall table designed for an Edinburgh based customer. She asked for the design to be based on her favourite earrings.

Key Features
- loop leg design
- purple stain glass inside legs
- toughened 12mm glass top
- matching side tables
- laminated legs

180cm x 90cm x 32cm

Spice, Slice and Stripes

2011-01-20T18:46:00.002Z

This set of kitchen furniture was designed by Fiona Campbell Furniture for, and with a local customer. They wanted a versatile kitchen island that would allow different types of storage and act as a kitchen table for eating suppers. It was to become the hub of the kitchen. The walnut strips flow through the stools, handles and top giving continuity. It is set on four castors so that it can be wheeled in and out of the kitchen. This piece was a joy to make.

Island - Key Features :

Solid oak, solid walnut and oak veneered boards.
Spice racks
Two large drawers
Flap down bread drawer
Removable shelving
Matching stools that slot into the unit
Two hidden cupboards
Flap up surface for eating.
Shadow gap on top and stools

This island has over 100 joints and required four people to lift it.

Matching Stools

2011-01-20T18:28:00.002Z

These stools were designed to match the oak and walnut kitchen island. The pair slide easily into each end of the unit.

Key features :

Solid oak
Solid walnut stripes
Shadow gap
Foot rest
Slanted back rest

Onto The Pipeline

2010-12-20T19:10:00.001Z

Fiona Campbell Champagne Trays has been accepted on to Business Gateways Growth Pipeline. Achieving a place on the Pipeline comes after a lot of hard work at the Chamber of Commerce and Business Gateway. A big thanks to everyone who helped. Very excited about the next two years.

The plan is to the develop the original design, commercialize the product, go global and develop future products and ranges.

Edinburgh Reporter Chats to Fiona Campbell

2010-11-29T12:43:00.003Z

Phyllis Stephen at the Edinburgh Reporter published this interview with Fiona Campbell this week. Fiona and Phyllis chat about what it is like to run a business and work in the city of Edinburgh.

Please follow this link to read the full article.

Essentially Catering Feature

2010-10-28T11:54:00.002+01:00

Champagne Trays feature in the news section of Essentially Catering magazine this month.

"As ever, the simple ideas are the best. Designed by Fiona Campbell - who graduated as 'Student of the Year' from the Chippendale International School of Furniture in 2000 - these stackable trays, which are available in a range of colours, allow glasses (champagne, red and white wine) to sit snugly in holes making life as a wine waiter or waitress a whole lot easier."

BBC Good Food Show Scotland at the SECC

2010-10-26T09:16:00.004+01:00

A fantastic weekend at the Good Food Show Scotland in Glasgow. Many thanks to Lovely Bubbly!

BBC Good Food Show Scotland

2010-10-21T12:13:00.005+01:00

Fiona Campbell Champagne Trays will be on exhibition this weekend at BBC Good Food Show Scotland in the SECC, Glasgow.

Gulp Foods has donated beautiful bottomless silver champagne flutes and Matz Borgstrom shot glasses to show with the trays.

We will be on stand D44 - come along and find us and enjoy a glass of Lovely Bubbly Champagne.

Channel 4 Wedding House - Champagne Tray

2010-10-05T20:30:00.006+01:00

Fiona Campbell Champagne Trays had their television debut on Channel 4s Wedding House tonight. The producers were looking to find a tray that would eliminate the problem of their waiters or the wind toppling glasses of champagne or wine whilst serving drinks in the grounds of the wedding venue, Sundridge Park Manor.

Grand Designs LIVE

2010-10-04T13:52:00.003+01:00

Champagne Trays will be on exhibition with Lovely Bubbly at Grand Designs LIVE from 8th - 10th October in Birmingham NEC.

Grand Desings LIVE is the UK’s number one, award-winning home show packed with design and inspiration for your home. Come along and have a lovely glass of bubbly at stand F17 in the Grand Food Court if you are around.

Gone Limited

2010-09-25T19:23:00.001+01:00

Champagne Trays Ltd. as of today

Press Release

2010-09-25T12:18:00.007+01:00

No more spilled champagne and broken glasses! Fiona Campbell designs and produces an innovative tray for serving champagne and wine. Fiona Campbell Furniture launches its new website and full range of Perspex and wooden Champagne Trays on 8^th October at Grand Designs LIVE.

About

Fiona Campbell, who graduated as ‘Student of the Year’ at the Chippendale International School of Furniture in 2000, set up her business, Fiona Campbell Furniture, in 2001. She later gained a Master’s degree in Design from Dundee University.

Applying traditional cabinet making to contemporary design techniques, Fiona produces pieces that are innovative and enduring.

Champagne Trays

Fiona’s latest range takes her business in a new direction. She has designed a series of safe drinks trays that eliminate the problem of dropping glasses while serving champagne or wine.

Background

Fiona was commissioned to design and make wooden trays for a local catering company. They asked her to come up with a design that would overcome the problem of spillages and breakages in busy, confined spaces, as they estimated they lost £50 worth of glasses and champagne a week in dropped trays.

Fiona, who has worked as a waitress in the past, developed a unique design that allows glasses to sit snuggly in holes around the tray. The trays provide a high quality, aesthetic accessory for safely serving champagne flutes, and red and white wine glasses.

The trays, which are stackable, are now available in a range of colours of Perspex manufactured in an Edinburgh-based factory. Fiona is particularly proud that the trays are designed and manufactured in Scotland.

She says, ‘The way the glasses are suspended adds to the theatre and beauty of serving. Saving catering companies the embarrassment and expense of broken glasses and wasted champagne also adds real value.’

Website Launch

This year, Fiona’s website has undergone a complete update and revamp, introducing a blog and links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. With these additions, the site has become an interactive media. Fiona encourages visitors to the site to comment on her work, recommend it to their friends and give feedback.

Sales

Champagne Trays have become regularly used in some of the country’s most prestigious hotels, catering companies, theatres and restaurants since their soft launch in May 2010. The trays also feature in Channel 4’s newest wedding programme, Wedding House.

Exhibitions

This year, Fiona has exhibited her trays in:

Wych Elm Exhibition, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Studio D Presents, East Lothian

Method Furnishings, Edinburgh

Taste of London, Regents Park, London

Foodies Festival, Edinburgh

Scotland’s Countryside Festival, Glamis Castle, Scotland

Gulp, North Berwick

Upcoming events:

Grand Designs LIVE, Birmingham NEC, 8 – 10^th October 2010 – launch of Champagne Trays

Taste of Christmas, ExCel, London, 3 – 5^th December 2010

Further information and high-resolution images are available on request.

The Scotsman Article

2010-09-25T11:05:00.005+01:00

Fiona Campbell Furniture features on page 3 in the Homes and Interiors section of The Scotsman newspaper today.

An image of Under Stair Unit is included.

Stylish Homes

2010-09-24T17:33:00.004+01:00

Article in Daily Record - Stylish Homes

"... This is something Fiona Campbell of Fiona Campbell Furniture has been very aware of over the past year, with many customers looking for style which will last. “ I think it is true that people are investing more in their homes, “ she says

“ Some people will be aware of lovely pieces of furniture in their family which have stood the test of time for generations and decide that they too want something very special which won’t just last a lifetime but will be passed on so I have a lot of requests for items like dining tables which can have timeless styles which won’t go out of fashion. "

Having worked with wood now for ten years, Fiona is very adept at designing specific pieces to fit a home. “ I’m actually working on a really interesting commission at the moment which could well sum up both the current interest in recycling and vintage furnishings, “ she says “I’m making shelving for a customer out of an old oak kitchen worktop and they are determined that I use every last piece, so as well as the main large piece I’m making smaller shelves and then using the leftover pieces to make a chopping board and door stops. Nothing is going to waste and it’s lovely to see something as practical and beautiful as that wood continuing to be both useful and attractive.

That’s as good a description as any for the prevailing trends for this autumn. It’s the perfect summing up for the warmth of the colours, the appeal of lasting style and the sense that your home is the one place you want to be when the long dark evenings draw in."

Tweets

2010-09-14T18:41:00.002+01:00

Champagne Trays are now on Twitter - get the latest by following https://twitter.com/champagnetrays

Dirleton Gallery Exhibition

2010-09-14T10:24:00.003+01:00

Fiona Campbell Furniture's Flush Top Bench is currently being exhibited in Dirleton Gallery, East Lothian.

Solid oak with rounded off flush top legs

1400 x 450 x 340mm

£950

Scotland's Countryside Festival

2010-09-06T19:18:00.006+01:00

Champagne Trays were exhibiting with Lovely Bubbly this weekend in the beautiful Glamis Castle at Scotland's Countryside Festival. The weather was fantastic and the champagne was flowing. A great success all round.

Many thanks to Lovely Bubbly...

3 R's

2010-09-06T18:10:00.005+01:00

In this day and age, recycling hardwood timber is really important. My latest project involves turning old Ikea solid oak worktops into shelving for a family based in North Berwick. They recently had a new kitchen installed and instead of chucking out their old worktop, they have opted to turn it into seven floating shelves and a bathroom worktop.

This kind of job is fantastic as the wood has seasoned for years in their home so will be very unlikely to move.

I have not wasted a scrap of the wood, turning the remainder small pieces into door stops, cutting boards and small shelves.

Foodies

2010-08-16T11:01:00.006+01:00

Fiona Campbell Champagne Trays exhibited at Foodies Festival this weekend with Gulp Foods.

Gulp Foods will be selling Fiona Campbell Champagne Trays from now on in their newly opened shop and in their extensive online store.

Gulp sells 'everything (inedible!) for cooking, eating , drinking, entertaining and giving.' The founder Miriam, has put together a fantastic collection of all her favourite glassware, kitchen utensils and catering equipment.

Her passion for food and all that comes with it can be seen through her blog and website.

Miriam says "I love things that work, things that do what they say on the box.
I love things that are lovely to look at and lovely to hold (some would say, beautifully designed.)
My favourite things are functional as well as either fun or smart (smart clever or smart looking.)"

Solid Oak Cross

2010-08-13T17:15:00.001+01:00

I spent the afternoon installing this solid oak cross headstone in the local cemetery. The family of the deceased wanted a sculptural hard wood headstone that was to be inspired by two stones they had found.

I hand sculpted the oak to recreate the smooth finish of the rocks that had been worn smooth over time. We had brass plaques made up at the local engravers. The cross is finished with Osmo Oil, a green outdoor oil finish.

Foodies Festival

2010-08-13T08:09:00.003+01:00

Fiona Campbell Champagne Trays will be exhibiting at Foodies Festival this weekend with Gulp Foods.

Foodies Festival takes place in Edinburghs Holyrood Park from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August.

http://www.foodiesfestival.com/

Vino

2010-07-26T15:56:00.006+01:00

Vino Wine Shop will now be selling Champagne Trays on behalf of Fiona Campbell Furniture.

The trays are retailing at £39 each. Available at Vino are Patron (white), Satin Black and Orbital (glass look - pictured) drinks carriers.

Each suspension tray holds 9 glasses. The trays are suitable for champagne flutes, white wine and red wine glasses.

If you would like to order a Champagne Tray you can purchase them in all Vino Wine Shops or online at www.champagnetrays.com

Butchers Block Kitchen Island

2010-07-01T15:14:00.003+01:00

This oak and beech Kitchen Island was produced for London based customers. They wanted a large butchers block top that could be used daily for preparing food.

The unit will mainly be positioned in the centre of their large kitchen but they wanted to be able to wheel it away and to store it in the corner of the kitchen so we went for knobs on one side and no handles on the other side.

The top is oiled with food safe, high grade mineral oil.

Key features:

- Solid beech butchers block top - 5cm deep solid book marked end grain top
- Shadow gap
- Handle and two wheels
- Large push pull drawer

Taste Of London

2010-06-28T14:04:00.005+01:00

Taste Of London was a great success. Lots of orders, lots of interest and a fantastic way to spend a weekend. A big thanks to Lovely Bubbly for all the help.

Taste of London - "The Worlds Greatest Restaurant Festival"

2010-06-16T18:21:00.005+01:00

'Taste' is the annual celebration of the finest food and drink the capital has to offer in conjunction with Channel 4 and in partnership with British Airways.

This weekend we are exhibiting Champagne Trays at Taste of London with Lovely Bubbly, an expert team of champagne importers who specialise in offering the customer the complete champagne experience.

Taste of London is in its seventh year of bringing together the worlds top food and drink experts. This year exhibitors include Heston Blumenthal, Giorgio Locatelli, Michel Roux Jr, Tamarind, The Cinnamon Club, Gaucho and Tom's Kitchen.

www.lovelybubbly.co.uk

www.tastefestivals.com/london

Every party needs champagne..

2010-06-15T14:34:00.015+01:00

The Debut Exhibition of Method Furniture will be held in a secret location in Edinburgh on 19th June. They have asked a handful of other artists and designers to add pieces to their exhibition.

Champagne Trays will be exhibited and used to serve drinks on the night. They are expecting a large turnout and do not want any spillages!

Method furniture is a collaboration between Callum Robinson, a Designer / Cabinetmaker, and Architect Marisa Giannasi. I love their series of Method Test Cubes (see photo). I wish them all the luck with their launch.

www.methodfurniture.co.uk

Champagne Trays Video Ad

2010-05-01T10:04:00.003+01:00

www.champagnetrays.com

Champagne Tray

Wedding House - Channel 4

2010-04-20T19:37:00.003+01:00

Champagne Trays feature in Channel 4's latest wedding show where a top team of wedding planners, stylists and organisers will create each couples ideal ceremony. Wedding House is in the process of being filmed in Sundridge Park Manor, just 10 miles from London.

The idea behind the show is to take the hassle out of getting married by creating a one-stop wedding shop for couples looking to get married in exactly the way they want.

The producer called to say many of the weddings are filmed outside and they were finding loaded trays of champagne were toppling off their trays on windy days and they needed a solution.

www.sundridgeparkmanor.com
www.champagnetrays.com

Art News

2010-04-19T14:30:00.004+01:00

A photograph of a Fiona Campbell Loop Leg Planter and an article about 'Studio D Presents' was featured in this months edition of Art News.

Stramash!

2010-04-13T19:26:00.006+01:00

Completed today, a prototype of 'Stramash.'

Tony Mitchell, founder of Stramash Games Ltd., is currently launching the game.

Key features:

- Slide out lid with space for corporate logo
- 6 piece game for three to six players
- Baize lined
- Engraved box and pieces

Solid bubinga
Box size - 400 x 100 x 100 mm

Gallery Opening

2010-04-11T13:37:00.006+01:00

Alan Connell, Fiona Campbell, Nicolas Perring, Ray Todhunter, Patti Yuill, Catherine Cains, Robbie Reid and Louise Johnston

A successful opening for 'Studio D Presents' on Saturday night.
Paintings, furniture, photography and jewellery were exhibited in this collaborative exhibition in Dirleton Gallery.

Photography

2010-04-01T18:51:00.004+01:00

Photographer, Mathew Hay, took great shots of the Champagne Trays today. They will be used in the new website and promotional material.

Art Mag Feature

2010-04-01T14:30:00.003+01:00

artmag

Studio D Presents

2010-04-01T12:08:00.007+01:00

'Studio D Presents' opens today in Dirleton Gallery, East Lothian. Fiona Campbell Furniture is launching a range of Champagne Trays and exhibiting a range of oak mirrors, a flush top bench and a loop leg planter.

As an innovative way of celebrating her first year at Dirleton Gallery, Catherine Cains decided to put together a one-off exhibition of work from Studio D which includes painting, furniture, design, jewellery and installation art. Studio D houses a range of artists and cabinet makers working alonside each other in the Gilmerton Estate, East Lothian. The various elements will be accompanied by original music inspired by some of the works, composed and played by Louise Johnston and Ray Todhunter live at the preview.

Artists and cabinet makers include Fiona Campbell Furniture, Totum Woodworks, Patti Yuill, Chris Burgess, Robbie Ried Furniture, Grace Paul and Allan Connell.

www.dirletongallery.co.uk

Making The Video...

2010-03-28T13:00:00.001+01:00

We spent a day having a champagne and wine garden party whilst making a video for the website. Thanks everyone for helping out with the shoot.

Donald's Chair

2010-03-22T18:22:00.001Z

Solid oak child's chair with toy train, carved name and under seat drawer.

910 x 370 x 370 mm

"Donald's Chair" was designed for Donald's grandmother to give to her grandson. She ordered the "Angus Chair" for her other grandson a few years ago and asked for something similar but different for Donald.

Mirrors for Exhibition

2010-03-19T18:40:00.001Z

The latest range of mirrors, produced for Dirleton gallery's 'Studio D Presents', are all made from locally sourced oak.

Two have stained glass embedded.

Please see website for more details www.fionacampbellfurniture.co.uk/mirrors

Prototypes Arrive

2010-03-03T14:12:00.002Z

The prototype champagne trays came back from QD Plastics today. The new handles work perfectly - allowing the trays to be stackable, easily loaded and held comfortably and securely.

Nanny's Bench

2010-02-28T08:12:00.006Z

Solid green pithy oak memorial bench with brass plaques

L1810 x H1000 x W570 mm

In memory of my wonderful grandmother..

The Chippendale International School of Furniture

2010-02-26T16:36:00.003Z

Here is the latest video produced by the students of The Chippendale International School of Furniture. I attended the school in 2000, completing the Furniture Design, Making and Restoring course.

I have equally fond memories as the graduating class of 2010.

'Wych Elm' Review

2010-02-25T17:43:00.003Z

Fiona Campbell Furniture featured in a book that was published alongside the Wych Elm Exhibition in October.
Here is British Wildlife magazine's review.

Outdoor Oak Furniture Finishes

2010-01-23T17:47:00.002Z

We are currently making outdoor furniture. A grave, a memorial bench and a sculptural light piece.

A lot of research into using green timber and outdoor oak finishes has been carried out.

The main issues arise when water penetrates oak. It reacts with the high tannin content within the timber, resulting in 'blackening.' Also, the sun's UV rays will turn the oak to a silvery hue over time.

The aim is to avoid blackening whilst preserving the natural beauty of the wood and avoiding finishes cracking or peeling over time.

The best finish we have found so far is one coat of Barretine Wood Preserver followed by three coats of Osmo 420. The wood preserver protects against wood rot and fungi whilst the Osmo oil finish offers UV resistence and also contains biocide which helps protect against wet rot, dry rot and blue stone. The oil repels water and so prevents blackening. Osmo is also one of the greenest finishes out there.

Sycamore Stripe

2009-12-27T16:03:00.008Z

Fiona Campbell Furniture and a Bristol based customer, designed this large mirror to fit into a specific space in their home.

Construction was finished on Christmas eve.

1.75 m x 0.75 m.

Solid walnut with a solid sycamore stripe.

Perspex Swatches

2009-12-01T20:41:00.002Z

QD Plastics in Glasgow have agreed to mass produce a range of Perspex and high quality ply champagne trays.

There are endless options for materials, finishes and designs. We have decided to go for an anti scratch frosted surface, a clear aqua luminescent surface and a marine quality, hardwood ply tray for the initial prototyping stages.

www.qdplastics.co.uk

Wych Elm Published

2009-10-10T17:34:00.000+01:00

The hardback 'Wych Elm' has been published alongside the opening of the exhibition.

It describes the ecological and cultural history of Ulma glabra, the Wych or Scot's elm. Ravaged by Dutch elm disease but more resistant than field elms and hence still thriving in some of it's preferred cool habitats such as the Highlands and West coast of Scotland.

The second half of the book is a celebration of a 200 year old tree felled in Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. It describes how it has been utilised by some of Scotland's cabinet makers in a series of commissioned pieces for the Wych Elm project and exhibition, and also features work by artists who have incorporated the timber in diverse ways into their work.

Wych Elm Project Exhibition

2009-10-09T13:54:00.005+01:00

Fiona Campbell Furniture is currently exhibiting work in the Wych Elm Project which runs for the next five months.

www.wychelmproject.org

The exhibition celebrates the opening of the beautiful new building, The John Hope Gateway, in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden.

The Wych Elm Project is unique in that all the work has been commissioned. The Botanic Gardens commissioned six champagne trays for them to exhibit and use on opening night to serve drinks.

The Wych Elm Project follows on from two very successful exhibitions seen at the gardens. In 1993 Tim Stead used all of an ash tree from the Botanic Garden to make a huge range of sculpture and furniture. In 2001 the OneTree Exhibition brought a collection of art, sculpture and furniture made from a single English oak. The third in the trilogy is using a much loved elm tree that sadly had to be felled in the Botanic Garden.

The wood was dried out over several years and passed out to Scotlands leading craftspeople and makers to create pieces of art, sculpture, furniture and jewellery.

The exhibition also reports on the wych elm community projects that combine creativity and conservation.

Elms are rapidly disappearing from Edinburgh’s streets and parks due to dutch elm disease and the project aims to highlight the unique value of this tree and the timber it provides.

Back to work

2009-10-09T08:20:00.000+01:00

Fiona Campbell Furniture is officially back in business...

All machinery and tooling have been moved back into the workshop and the order book is full for now.

It is great to be back.

Onzo

2009-10-08T20:08:00.003+01:00

Onzo Ltd. are a multi award winning product and service design consultancy based in London.

I worked at Onzo for two months on their Graduate Development Programme while I was studying towards a Master of Design in May and June this year. I have just completed another two week stint there as Systems Test Analyst.

The role involved defining, undertaking and documenting test procedures on software systems and their hardware interfaces. Creating and maintaining test data and liaising with members of the technical development team to resolve issues on the Smart Energy Kit domestic energy-monitoring project.

onzo.com

Stapler project - done

2009-09-30T16:37:00.001+01:00

I have graduated the Master of Design course and have finished the Stapler Project after a year of research, design and development.

The project involved redesigning and rebranding a surgical stapler for a Chinese medical engineering company alongside the Intitute of Medical Science and Technology (IMSaT).

Design outputs included a range of rendered 3D CAD models and fully resolved rapid prototypes. I worked with key stakeholders to produce a research driven and user-focused innovative product that is currently being considered for mass production.