Siegfried Chaloupka

Siegfried is a mechanical engineer based in Melbourne, Australia. He was trained in woodworking by his father – a German master cabinetmaker and conservator in the traditional approach, he focuses on combining engineering principles and thought with traditional woodworking. Siegfried hopes to shine the spotlight on the wonderful timbers unique to Australia and the unheralded craftsmen who utilise them and who have been so generous as to mentor him.