Bailey Rockell
BIO
Bailey Rockell is a Furniture Designer and Maker from Swaffham, England. He moved to Canada in 2016 and found a lack of quality historical buildings, like at home. Growing up around great classical buildings, he wanted to bring the quality of the buildings he grew up around to his furniture works. Drawing on his English heritage, he is able to create high-quality pieces of furniture with a pronounced architectural feel.
His Craft and Design path started with Sheridan. His high school's lack of furniture programs led him to want to try making things with his hands, and he found the Sheridan Furniture program to be the best opportunity. Through his time in the program, he has flourished as a designer and a maker, making things he once thought impossible.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
THE LISTENING SPACE
For my capstone I am working on making furniture for a listening space, specifically for listening to music. The seating, aesthetically based on my personal heritage and experience with Romanesque and Gothic architecture, is to stand out in any space it’s in while disappearing while in use. I accomplish this through the use of classical structural elements and historical materials. The fabrics, wood, and sword speak to my heritage, the place I grew up and the buildings in those places. Functionally, the seating needs to be comfortable for long periods of time and not force the user to be uncomfortable at all. In totality the pieces need to be a harmonious blend of classical stylings with a contemporary purpose, and a comfortable one at that.
FEATURED Work
Title: The Abbey Collection
Dimensions: 70 x 34.5 x 45 in.
Year: 2025
Materials: European Oak, English Brown Oak, Tiger Wood, Cotton weave Upholstery, Sword: Steal, Brass, and Walnut
Title: The Abbey Collection
Dimensions: 70 x 34.5 x 45 in.
Year: 2025
Materials: European Oak, English Brown Oak, Tiger Wood, Cotton weave Upholstery, Sword: Steal, Brass, and Walnut
Title: The Abbey Collection
Dimensions: 70 x 34.5 x 45 in.
Year: 2025
Materials: European Oak, English Brown Oak, Tiger Wood, Cotton weave Upholstery, Sword: Steal, Brass, and Walnut
Title: The Abbey Collection
Dimensions: 70 x 34.5 x 45 in.
Year: 2025
Materials: European Oak, English Brown Oak, Tiger Wood, Cotton weave Upholstery, Sword: Steal, Brass, and Walnut
Title: The Abbey Collection
Dimensions: 70 x 34.5 x 45 in.
Year: 2025
Materials: European Oak, English Brown Oak, Tiger Wood, Cotton weave Upholstery, Sword: Steal, Brass, and Walnut