New Insictor bench project will feature as part of the London design Festival, on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London from 18th to 23rd September.

2nd Office re fit well underway for Hancocks the Jewelers – working with James Huddlestone.
Layout for office desk space flow.

And these forms will all become perfectly clear – eventually – pair of folding/locking exterior benches for Southwark Borough Council.
Prep for concrete foundation blocking.

Here are a couple of images of the finished chairs for Hancocks the Jewelers Office.

News coming soon of where you will next be able to see the latest bench project – Insictor.

5 new office chairs near completion for Hancocks the Jewelers office in the Burlington Arcade, London, W1
Final clean up now underway, then oil burnish finish and application of stainless steel badge monogram, then off to upholsters for the final touch.
Will post more images when complete.

See earlier post – ‘Wood for the trees‘ – for original concept drawing for the chairs.
See earlier post – ‘New Year – Desks‘ – to see the desks that these chairs were designed for.

New Insictor bench wins prize at Best of the Best at ‘Art in Action’ July 2010.

The Insictor project received 3rd prize in this years Best of the Best Marquee at Art in Action.
Images:
1 to 4 Anja Rott for chaircreative
5,6 Michael Harvey

1st showing of the new Insictor bench project will be in the Best of the Best Marquee at
Art in Action from Thursday 15th – 18th July.

Here are a couple of pics of the near completed piece at the workshop.

Insictor – A landscape in motion.

Also on view;
‘Hammerhead’ chair and ‘Nebula Console’

Walrus Nebula – The large chestnut burr coffee table nears completion, now commencing final oil finishing. Legs in bleached ash.
meanwhile new chairs for ‘Hancocks’ the Jewellers taking shape.

Elsewhere, in another part of the world of chaircreative…

The accumulation of chair components – legs.

It is often so obvious of course it is easy to forget the magic of wood.
Wood of course grows – in trees!
Yes we of course all know this, however, sometimes it is really beneficial to feel or realize the connection of this.
That wonderful stuff that grows all around us. And on a spring day such as today an extra sparkle of magic.

Selecting cherry wood for the next set of chairs near Bore Place, W. Kent with John Waller.

Back at the workshop the start of the journey from trees to chairs. The 1st stage – cleaving the runs or billets for the legs. Cleft with the grain to maintain the full strength of the wood, these sections will be shaped then steam bent to a similar curve as to the example piece on top to form the front leg components of these chairs – Hancocks Nimm type

Experience hammerhead at 21st Century II – Arts & Crafts Legacy.
Exhibition runs till 25th April, Islington, London