SEATING

Without doubt the greatest challenge for a furniture designer is to create a comfortable, attractive form of seating. These responses to the problem all take comfort as being a priority appropriate to their function, whether this is fully upholstered or hard.

Post-n-Rail

Inspired by farm gates seen on a walk through the Coromandel peninsula. Leg Posts made from Kauri with Rimu rails, Foam cushions wrapped with heavy Dacron and removable fabric covers.

Mr Pumpkin

Whilst working at Coloroll I was asked to design a sofa for a friend whose requirements were for a place to curl up in luxury and comfort and also a place to have a party. The huge arms are perfect for sitting on and it offers a wide range of relaxation positions.

Annies Rocker

Designed for my wife Anne as a comfortable seat in which to nurse our two boys. The design has since evolved into a personal challenge to design a supremely comfortable chair. The seat and rockers are all laminated and the support is coloured webbing.

Jakobs Ladderback

Inspired by traditional ladder-back chairs. Made in Cherry and sycamore. These are a highly crafted chair with hand carved sculpted seats, ebony wedged peg detail and dovetailed joint to the back legs.

Botanicals Bench

Designed by Neal Smith, The bench was designed for the new visitors center at the Auckland Botanical Gardens. Its form reflects both the architecture and expresses something of the fluidity inherent in natural forms. The original was made in bleached and limed pine with a cast steel under frame.

Bush Chair

Designed in response to a request from a local gallery and a desire to explore more the visual inspiration of New Zealand's  unique landscape and natural flora and fauna. The chair seats and legs are sculpted in a similar tradition to Windsor chair seats and the back legs are laminated from tapered strips of Rimu. The finished result is a seat and back designed for comfort and presence.

Ferns Stool

A simple looking Bar stool designed to reflect the extensive canopy of the fern trees. The turned support and seat has been carved in the tradition of the Windsor chair "bottomers" this has been mounted in a solid turned plywood base.

African Chairs

My brother in law arrived back from 4 years VSO work in Sudan he brought back version of these chairs carved with elephants. The chair had a very comfortable ergonomic position dispite looking quite severe and were so simple I made my own version. They are perfect for a tiny flat as they can be taken apart when not used and stored. These are Oak with decorative carved texture and shellac finish.

Kids furniture

Both the cot and rocking weta were designed for my sons Oliver and Henry with out doubt my greatest creation.

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