Chris Eckersley: Devon Chair (European Oak)
Dimensions : 73cm high x 72cm wide x 43cm deep
This is a wide, low, comfortable chair, is made for relaxing - not dining height.
Made in European Oak it is of 'Windsor' construction: the legs and spindles fit into the solid seat.
The seat is cut to shape, then cut into three, angled, and re-assembled to form a gentle hollow
This chair was awarded a Design Guild Mark by the Worshipful Company of Furnituremakers in 2012
Individually made by hand by Chris Eckersley in his Birmingham workshop
Dimensions : 73cm high x 72cm wide x 43cm deep
This is a wide, low, comfortable chair, is made for relaxing - not dining height.
Made in European Oak it is of 'Windsor' construction: the legs and spindles fit into the solid seat.
The seat is cut to shape, then cut into three, angled, and re-assembled to form a gentle hollow
This chair was awarded a Design Guild Mark by the Worshipful Company of Furnituremakers in 2012
Individually made by hand by Chris Eckersley in his Birmingham workshop
Dimensions : 73cm high x 72cm wide x 43cm deep
This is a wide, low, comfortable chair, is made for relaxing - not dining height.
Made in European Oak it is of 'Windsor' construction: the legs and spindles fit into the solid seat.
The seat is cut to shape, then cut into three, angled, and re-assembled to form a gentle hollow
This chair was awarded a Design Guild Mark by the Worshipful Company of Furnituremakers in 2012
Individually made by hand by Chris Eckersley in his Birmingham workshop
About the Artist:
Chris Eckersley (b. 1952) is an artist and designer who originally studied Sculpture, and later Design at Central Saint Martins, London. His work covers drawing, installation, three-dimensional design, research into measurement and proportion, and designs for furniture. Chris is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and also of the Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects. He is co-founder of the experimental Bodging Milano project which promotes links between contemporary design, traditional craft, and improvised making.
The Devon Chair was awarded a Design Guild Mark by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers. It developed out of a residency he held in an Ash woodland in Herefordshire, where he learnt the ancient art of bodging (green-wood furniture making).
