workspaces

The internet is the link between our two physical workspaces and allows us to work in either.

In 2007 we decided we wanted an inner-city London base and found live/work space in The Jam Factory in Bermondsey.

In 1999 architect Ian Simpson married contemporary design to the Jam Factory’s typical Edwardian industrial architecture; as part of a wider, established community in a fast-regenerating area, it’s become home to a dynamic twenty-first century community, many of whom are creative artists.

In 2002 we bought this stone house in Corca Dhuibhne, at the extreme end of the Dingle Peninsula in Southern Ireland. The first language of Corca Dhuibhne is Irish (Gaelic) and its living tradition of music and storytelling is very strong.

Several decades previously this had been a “rambling house” – one in which the neighbouring community used to gather to talk and make music.

In an 18 month JHM project, Wilfred gutted and rebuilt the interior, providing writing and living space (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom), and restoring the high ceilinged, hard-surfaced central room, making it suitable for its previous use.

Both workspaces are practical explorations of JHM’s cultural values, pursuing a modernist discipline drawn from ecological awareness and respect for the work and skills of the past.