grown, processed, sawn and crafted in Wales

table by Simon Moorhouse & bowl by Cole Woodturners

wood processing photographs courtesy photo library wales

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

spring back chair

Designer – David Colwell

TS table

Museum benching for the

National Museum of Wales

For further information:

products, philosophy,

Visit www.davidcolwell.co.uk

All photographs courtesy David Colwell

“For an object to be truly sustainable it must

be sound from raw material, through

production, to life long use.”. David Colwell

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Designer – David Colwell

Designed with sustainability, functionality and lasting style.

“Making things that are

a delight to own, because they satisfy

practically and

visually and don’t let you down.” David Colwell

All photographs courtesy David Colwell

“ All my designs have

flexible structures, essential as flexible chairs makes for

flexible people.” David Colewell.

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Designer – David Colwell“When looking for appropriate materials,

wood stands head and shoulders above

other structural materials. Merely growing it has environmental benefits.” David Colwell

All photographs courtesy David Colwell

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Ash stands out above all others. It is the toughest, and remarkably, is strongest when fast grown. … ash

together with Douglas Fir, absorbs more atmospheric carbon than any other tree” David Colwell.

Reclining chair and footstool – ash. David Colwell. 1981

“So, as well as looking great even as fashion changes it must work exceptionally well for a long time” David Colwell.

Designer – David Colwell

All photographs courtesy David Colwell

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Designer – David Colwell

Task – below are two version of the C12 Active Chair. One is the original design and the other an evolution/development of the chair. Study the chairs and identify the difference in the design features.

All photographs courtesy David Colwell

For further details of the development of the C12 Active Chair visit: www.davidcolwell.co.uk

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Designer + makers – Arthur & Rachel Cadman

For further information: products, philosophy,

Visit : www.

cadmanfurniture.com

photographs courtesy Cadman Furniture

The style of the furniture has a strong

accent on flowing lines and

curves. Other style influences

include Art Nouveau, Arts & Craft and the Orient.

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Designer + makers – Arthur & Rachel Cadman

photographs courtesy Cadman Furniture

Humour, personality and nature.

Can you think of other sources of inspiration the Cadman design team have used for their furniture?

Inspirational …innovative wood products made in Wales

Designer + makers – Arthur & Rachel Cadman

photographs courtesy Cadman Furniture

- ash, oak, sycamore, walnut and combined with unusual timbers such as tiger oak, 5000 year old bog oak and spalted beech.

The wood is sourced from

native sustainable woodlands

photographs courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk

Simon Gaiger – designer+maker

‘My sculptures are made from wood, metal and the

materials that I find around me, often remnants from the managed landscape; thinnings from local woodlands, crown and root ends of trees, and

discarded agricultural implements’. Simon Gaiger

‘Dugong Seat’, beech slab cut from fallen tree and steel fork legs.

Simon Gaiger – designer+maker

Phoenix seat – lightening struck ash

photographs courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk

“I work instinctively with wood; a material that in its wild form makes many decisions for you. Its natural twisting and turning, its flow, asks to be followed rather than diverted. I like its roughness and rawness, and do not try to disguise the natural processes but to emphasize and work with them.” Simon Gaiger

Seating – charred cedar

Simon Gaiger – designer+maker

photographs courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk

“I grew up in Africa and the South Pacific,

where art is part of the objects that

are central to everyday life. I hope in my own work to capture this spirit.” Simon Gaiger

www.greenoakcarpentry.co.uk

Amazing wood structure/craftsmanship

www.derekwelsh.co.uk – innovative and cutting edge furniture, based in Glassgow

www.designnation.co.uk

www.onetree.org.uk – lots of British designers designers

Sites of interest: Wood

Welsh designers + makers

www.davidcolwell.com – contemporary furniture- mid Waleswww.cadmanfurniture.com – contemporary furniture – south Waleswww.simon-moorhouse – contemporary furniture & wood products – mid Waleswww.simongaiger.co.uk – unique wood + metal products/recycled materials – west Waleshttp://robertjakes.co.uk – wood sculptor – Pembrokeshire www.woodturnedgifts.com – Jules Tattersall woodturner – Anglesey

Others sites of interests