Hand tools, shavings and a half-finished chair frame on a workshop bench

Craftsmanship

Material first. Everything else follows.

Five families of material, chosen because they age well and can be repaired rather than replaced.

Nothing here is sealed shut.

Lacquer hides a surface; oil lets it breathe. Pigment fixes a colour; bark tanning lets it move. Every finish decision in this workshop is made in favour of the piece twenty years from now, not the photograph taken on the day it ships.

Wood

Slow-grown, hand-finished, never sealed shut.

We work in walnut, European oak and ash from managed forests, air-dried before kilning. Surfaces are finished in hand-rubbed oil rather than lacquer so the grain stays open and repairable.

TablesBed platformsChair framesCasegoods

Stone

Cut once, from a single block.

Roman travertine and cream limestone selected slab by slab. Edges are hand-worked to a soft profile so the light gathers instead of glaring.

ConsolesCoffee tablesPlinthsTable tops

Fabric

Undyed where possible. Washed always.

Belgian linen, undyed bouclé and heavy cotton canvas, pre-washed so the upholstery relaxes rather than creases. Every cover is cut and sewn in the studio.

SofasHeadboardsDining chairsCushions

Leather

Vegetable-tanned. Meant to change.

Full-grain hides tanned with bark extract, left unpigmented. The colour deepens with light and use — a leather Orin at ten years is not the leather you received.

Lounge chairsSlung seatingBench topsDetailing

Metal

Bronze and blackened steel, used sparingly.

Metal appears only where it is structural — a foot, a stretcher, a shadow gap. Finishes are brushed and waxed by hand, never plated.

Table basesFeetShadow railsHardware

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