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Local Carbon. Stool
Local Carbon. Individual Stool
A direct proof of concept that thevariation and inconsistency caused bylocal timber is viable for furniture.
Materials and Origin
350 x 285 x 380mm (W x D x H)
Ash and sweet chestnut | Northumberland
Finished with UK grown hemp oil.
Handmade in the North of England.
2.6 kg
Trees are a powerful tool in fighting carbon emissions, but we have to consider how they are sourced and used. What if surfaces were left rough, timber was locally sourced and traceable, furniture was made to last, and expectations were raised? These stools have a story to tell and very step is traceable and considered.
Care
Indoor use only. Spillages should be quickly wiped away to prevent damage. Periodically refinish with beeswax to maintain finish.
About Henry
What do we owe the generations that follow us? For designer Henry Chantler, this question sits at the centre of a practice concerned with material, responsibility and the lasting consequences of making.
A graduate of Three Dimensional Design at Northumbria University, Henry challenges established ideas of production and consumption, exploring how objects might be made differently — and with greater consideration for the world they will inhabit.
His work begins with material. Its origins, its transformation, its environmental cost. Through research and hands-on experimentation, Henry investigates local resources, alternative processes and low-carbon methods, allowing the character and limitations of each material to inform the objects that emerge.
There is a quiet radicalism to his approach. Sustainability is neither an aesthetic nor an added virtue, but an inherent part of good design. Objects should be useful, repairable, considered and made to endure.
Underpinning his practice is a proposition: Our Grandchildren’s World. A call to look beyond the immediate, to reconsider what we produce and why, and to recognise that the things we make today belong, ultimately, to tomorrow.
