by Jason | Dec 4, 2016 | Greenwood Chairs, News
I have been in a bit of a lull lately, with the urge to create quietly subdued, and wondering when, or if, it would return. Then, quite suddenly, it did. For this, I have to thank Cai Guo-Qiang, his quest to fulfil a dream, and his mesmerising, “Sky...
by Jason | Sep 24, 2016 | News
Sometimes there are things that have to be done that take a lot of time but involve a lot of standing around with hands in pockets – like tending a fire, which only requires the odd poke, an extra bit of fuel chucking on and generally making sure errant sparks don’t...
by Jason | Sep 24, 2016 | News, Spoons
All winter and summer I have been cutting, carrying, collecting, unloading, logging, splitting and stacking wood. Come the dark nights and cold mornings of the coming months I will be comfy and content in the flickering flames of the fire in the heart of the stove, as...
by Jason | Jun 20, 2016 | Greenwood Chairs, News
Its been quite wet lately so, rather than go to the woods and get soaked to the skin, I decided to tidy up my workshop. I began by sitting with a coffee and watching the rain deluge from the skies for a good hour or so – there’s no point rushing into...
by Jason | May 14, 2016 | Greenwood Chairs, News
It’s been a funny couple of weeks, that have had their ups and down, but that I’m not sad to see the back of. I felt like going on a ramble, and the streets of Dublin were calling. Dublin is quite a beautiful city in a shabby way, and easily traversable on...
by Jason | May 3, 2016 | Greenwood Chairs, News
Tommie is a very patient man, and a pleasure to work with. After our initial conversation in which he basically gave me Carte Blanche to create a comfortable chair for him, he sat back and waited for my email. Well, today he got the email and the pictures – in...
