Ash
Chair for small person
Armchairs, Ash, chairs, coppiced wood, steam bending, UncategorizedThis Ash chair is possibly going to be for a book shop with a children’s section. It is also strong enough for an adult to stand on. It has 5 grown bends and 2 steam bent parts.
Chair parts
Ash, chairs, coppiced woodSteam bent components are stable once the wood has dried. Joints are then cut ready for assembly.
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Table to seat 10
Ash, TableThis Ash D
ining table will seat 10 with knee room all the way round.
Round table & chairs light grey finish
Ash, Table
I also make tables
Coppiced wood is used for chair making and to make the under-frame of the table. The table top is made from mature Ash sawn and seasoned in planks. English Ash usually gets brown streaks in it as the tree gets older.
Bradfield woods
Ash, chairs, coppiced wood
coppice regrowth 7 years
Here are two pictures of Bradfield woods in Suffolk. This wood has been continuously worked as a coppice since before 1252, so I am lucky to have such an amazing wood to supply me with the best coppiced Ash. Bradfield woods is also a site of special scientific interest.
The first picture shows the harvesting of coppiced Ash poles 6 to 8 inches in diameter, and the construction of a deer proof fence from brushwood.
The second picture shows a coppice ‘stool’ 7 years after the trees were cut down.
No.1 chair
Ash, chairs, coppiced woodThis is my best selling chair called No.1 chair. Made from coppiced Ash from Bradfield woods in Suffolk, I have been making this design for 20 years now, although it has developed over the years. The light blue chair is an earlier version.
Dan Hussey Chairmaker 