Norfolk show 1st & 2nd July

I will be at the Norfolk show in the woodland crafts area. People say it’s the nicest part of the show in amongst the trees.

Wood is amazing stuff

chairs, coppiced wood

I want to make chairs that make people want to choose wood over other materials, also wood from the type of trees that they might see on their way to work.

Chestnut trees in winter. Nacton, Suffolk

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 wood

This 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.