Exceptional
Craftsmanship
Unsworth Resin and Grain is the long-awaited dream of owners Nick and Emma Unsworth, with a great deal of encouragement from their daughter Lucy.
Nick and Emma have worked in many industries creating things from wood, from theatre sets to music stages, theatre props to outdoor decking. They’ve worked across four continents between them and chose to make Nova Scotia their family home in 2018.
Unsworth Resin and Grain came from the influence of their grandfathers Eddie (Nick) and Norman (Emma) who loved working with tools to create things and who instilled their love of this in Nick and Emma. Nick and Emma have taken their love of building unique pieces and developed that into their own vision of creating beautiful, highly detailed work for their customers.
They believe in sustainability and have plans to build their business to be able to survive and give back. One day moving to a plot of land where they can plant trees to replace the ones they use in their work. For now, they will do their best to eliminate waste and use every off-cut of wood to create something. They’re even hoping to work with a local animal shelter to donate their sawdust!
Our company is dedicated to our Grandads Eddie and Norman. May their love of tools and creativity live on through us.
Eddie Unsworth was born in Wigan, Lancashire on May 4th, 1920.
He went to school in Glasgow and wanted to study art, but family issues and the start of the Second World War meant that those plans changed. He joined the RAF and was part of a team keeping Lancaster bombers, Stirlings and Wellington bombers airworthy.
After he was demobbed he became an engineer in a Tannery near Kennington England and moved later to another Tannery in Combs, Suffolk, England.
He loved working with engines of all sorts. His retirement was very happy and he used his lathe to build a working miniature replica of a beam engine.
Norman Kettle was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England on 10 August 1921
Before the Second World War, he trained at Nottingham University to become a Chemist and joined the army in 1944 in the medical corp.
In 1971 he built his own home that included his own workshop. This is where he would spend most of his time outside of work.
He spent much of his retirement building aids for people with disabilities for an organisation called REMAP.
Once he repaired a friend's light aircraft engine by rebuilding a part for it.