Pru Ingham - A Creative Life
Pru showing a chair made from wenge, jasper and glass at an exhibition at the Craft Council of Act building, June 1997 (Photo: Terry Milligan)
Celebrating Pru at her beautiful, Japanese-inspired home
Working bee: polishing the leathern inserts of the ‘Poppy Chair.
Working Bee: restoring furniture and prototype models by late furniture designer and maker Pru Ingham (Shaw) for upcoming exhibitions of her work.
Benches made by Pru for the National Gallery of Australia in 1986 (Canberra Times 16 Jan 1986, Photo: Porter), which were considered to set a ‘new benchmark’.
The ‘Poppy Chair’ looks impeccable again after being polished!
Pru with her daughter Cate at GAD - Fashionably Early, Canberra, dressing up in sustainable fashion..
The benches by Pru Ingham in the NGA Australia.
In: Woodreview March 2023
Pru Shaw’s career as a woodworker started at the ANU School of Arts, where she also met her future husband Designer-Maker George Ingham.