Valentin Loellmann

 Valentin Loellmann's bench in charred oak.

Fritz Baumann

Fritz Baumann of Hocker Stools turns oak vessels that have incredible rich textural grains and design.

Fritz's wonderful oak stools often feature singular butterfly joints.

George Johnson

George Johnson makes labyrinth like expanding tables inspired by the work of Cabinate maker and upholsterer Robert Jupe, who made and patented the first expanding circular dining tables in the 1830's.

George Johnson's table won best use of British Timber at the Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design at Cheltenham in August 2017.

Ernst Gamperl I

 Ernst Gamperl's 'Objects in Oak'. Having turned or carved a vessel Ernst then applies clay, earth and stone powder which on combining with the natural tannic acid of the wood, changes the colour and texture. He then removes this layer until he achieves the desired finish and fixes it with beeswax from his own bees.

Michele De Lucchi

'Michele De Lucchi and Sibylle Kicherer founded Produzione Privata in 1990 in order to design products to live with in our contemporary society
using man’s basic tools and talents: the hands and the mind. The creation finds its expression and refinement in numerous pencil drawings,
water-colours and studies.'

These tables are made of solid oak by Produzione Privata which is a small scale company founded on ideas of craftsmanship independent of ideas of industrial manufacture,carefully maintaining the identity and innate character of the materials and the dignity and skill of the craftsman.

John Lee I

Storm a table by John Lee made from solid oak with a swirling spiral of spars. The spiral base which has been sandblasted and textured to enhance the natural grain pattern.

Finn

A solid oak spindle backed chair by the Olive Tree

OAK

Oak was a collaboration activity between the 18 students from the BA and MA programs at Lund University School of Industrial Design. Jonas Lindvall led the workshop, encouraging the students to explore the archetypes and stereotypes of furniture and to consider the origins of furniture, the philosophical and sociological aspects and the way a piece of furniture functions in a room how it relates to other pieces of furniture and the interior space.

The participants were Amanda Österlin La Mont, DeeDee Kim, Elin Stavenow, Filip von Hauswolff, Gregory Hayter, Hanna Johansson, Jesper Nord, Karl Jönsson, Karl-Otto Saarman, Matthijs Braakman, Moses Kang, Mirko Ihrig, Olli Hirvonen, Patrik Eriksson, Piotr Szpryngwald, Rami Santala, Sandra Lundberg, Wang Huilong, though no name is attributed to individual pieces of furniture.

The Cleft Wood Company

"Fences for deer-parks are of various kinds, and nothing looks better, or harmonises more with the landscape, than the old-fashioned oak-paling, covered with lichen and mel- lowed with age."
Joseph Whitaker 1892

Established by Alex Moir in 1993, The Cleft Wood Company is a small team of craftsmen who specialise in traditional cleft oak fencing and gates. Cleft wood displays the individual character of each piece of wood used, blending with the landscape. The timber is sourced from thinnings, it is a renewable crop.

Galvin Brothers I

The Galvin Brothers developed their business on from their fathers cabinet making and joining business in 2012. They are based in Beverly Yorkshire, Mathew Galvin is a designer and his brother Andrew is a joiner, it is the perfect partnership creating beautifully crafted and designed pieces.

John P Johnston

John P Johnston's 'Pippy Oak bench'
"The furniture that I aim to produce is clean lined, simple and highly
functional, and wherever possible local sourced sustainable timbers are
employed. Often these are low to medium grade timbers, which are not
usually employed by the 'fine furniture' industry." John P Johnson

Lean tables

Flip Sellin and Markus Dilger from Coordination created the Lean Tables. Using a wedge, legs and a hexagonal boards from locally sourced oak, these monoped forms create structural entities. Upwards of three units are required to become a table. For structural reasons the legs are slanted and as a result the single pieces seem to lean against each other. The shape is contemporary yet individual, the table is available in two different sizes to allow playful combinations.

Robert Kilvington

The Kilvington Oak flat pack chair.

Gordon Young

Typographic tree columns by Why Not Associates in collaboration with Gordon Young for Crawley Library. A 'forest' of oak columns installed to resemble supporting columns, each column represents a different genre of literature (thanks).

Piet Hein Eek IV

With this shelf unit Piet Hein Eek has retained the integrity of the oak trunk used, making a uniquely beautiful piece.

Oak Trees Planted

Thank you tree planters xxxx

Jonah Takagi II

White oak, a series of surfaces and legs, purposeful, clean and simple design from Jonah Takagi.

Jonah Takagi I

Red Oak stepping stool by Jonah Takagi.

Oak

Above: 19C Belgian Slanted Sea trunk, Oak

Above: Oak Beams in Sainte-Girons, Monein, France,

Oak, there are approximately 600 species of Oak worldwide, they are native to the northern hemisphere and are both deciduous and evergreen.

The wood of Oak Quercus Robur and Quercus Petraea is very dense and therefore it is strong and hard, whilst also being resistant to insect and fungal attack.

Today it is principally used for the construction of timber framed buildings, beams, staircases, and fine furniture. Historically it has been used to make some of our finest buildings and for the construction of ships.

Oak trees can live for hundreds of years and they support the most diverse flora and fauna of any of our native trees. They have quite rapid growth for the first 80-120 years after 250-350 years, the tree is in decline. Oak trees do not produce acorns for the first 25-40 years.

As oak trees take so long to grow, think about this when you use a fine piece of oak timber.

Try to remember to gather acorns , plant them and make a difference. After 5-7 years you can plant them out in hedges with tree guards, ready for wildlife and future generations.