This shows the regrowth of coppice Sweet Chestnut in Castan Wood after 1 year.

This shows coppice regrowth after 25 years.

This shows the regrowth of coppice Sweet Chestnut in Castan Wood after 1 year.
This shows coppice regrowth after 25 years.
The shape of the front leg follows the grain in the Ash tree. When the leading shoot of the young tree is eaten by a deer a side shoot takes over and creates this pattern. If you split the tree in half 25 years later and season it for a year you get a right leg and a left leg. There are 9 grown bends in this design, and 25 steam bent parts.
High back Armchair in Ash, using some grown bends and some steam bent parts.
These 6 chairs just delivered to Leicester to go with a gate-legged Oak table.
Paintings by Honor Surie, Chairs by Dan Hussey
Three S1 chairs going to Melton Mowbray today.
Ash Armchair X design
These are some grown Ash bends split along the grain and tidied up on the saw. They will take about 6 months to dry. To be made into a new chair design.
Six chairs in Ash delivered in time for Christmas