Dear Timber Framers,

We read the above posts with great sadness regarding the loss of Ed Levin.



Ed was a motivating force in the creation of the UK Carpenters Fellowship and I have retrieved a picture of him from our photo archive taken now some 20 years ago at Cressing Temple, Essex, England when we were being challenged hard by Cecil Hewett on aspects of medieval timber-frame roof design.

Ed stayed with us and took to my son James - then an 8 year old school boy who was already beginning to show academic promise. Ed gifted him a little book and added an inscription inside the front cover :-



Ed followed James's development over the years with James eventually achieving Ed's wishes in growing to 6ft 5ins tall and gaining a 1st class Masters from Oxford University.

It is probably recognised by most who knew Ed that his key skills were not in the use of AutoCAD or running structural analysis numbers on timber-frame designs but more in the inspiration and encouragement of others to achieve their full potential.

My best regards to those touched by this sad loss.

Ken & James Hume