About Leo

Leo Lowejko is the furniture maker who became a cane maker. He trained at the furniture department of Carl Malmsten's Capellagården, where he had the chance to work and study with skilled craftsmen from Japan. They opened his eyes to the Japanese tradition of exquisite woodwork and deep knowledge of tools. Leo also travelled to Japan to immerse himself in Japanese traditions of woodcraft and its philosophy. It is an experience he has carried with him, and it has shaped his whole working life as a craftsman.

He now has over twenty years of experience of using a cane and has experimented with many different materials and techniques. He buys his material from different parts of the world where beautiful wood and exciting burls are available – mainly from Indonesia and Tasmania, but also from other parts of the world. Today Leo's cane workshop is in the old listed building "Idelund furniture factory" in Lommaryd, in Aneby municipality. The factory is Sweden's oldest best-preserved furniture factory and was built in 1910. With fixtures, tools and working machines from the 1910s, Leo has the environment and the inspiration he needs to create the unique canes he makes.