Measure Twice, Cut Once at Weavers Factory

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Measure Twice, Cut Once

7-29 September 2019

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Measure Twice, Cut Once at the Weavers Factory
Jack-Victor Westerdale, Ivon Haywood
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Design graduates Jack-Victor Westerdale and Ivon Haywood launch their first furniture range exclusively at the Weavers Factory. After meeting on the Furniture Design and Make course in Oxford, Jack and Ivon moved north to Ivon’s hometown of Littleborough in Rochdale to set up a workshop. Measure Twice, Cut Once at the Weavers Factory will be the only opportunity to purchase one-off prototypes from Jack and Ivon’s post-graduation furniture range before it goes on sale to the general public.

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