We are delighted to celebrate a new collaboration with ercol which will result in an exhibition during London Craft Week at the ercol Chelsea store.
The Sylva Wood School is educating the next generation of designers, makers, consumers and woodland owners in the value of home-grown timber. This closely matches with the philosophy at ercol, as reflected in its work with Grown in Britain (GiB) to produce classic ercol designs exclusively in home-grown ash. Producing more furniture-quality timber from British woodlands is a long-term vision for ercol and Sylva Foundation. It has the potential to transform not only our industry, but also our national environment, landscape, economy and climate response. We’re delighted to be working towards it together.
The outcome of this new collaboration is the creation of a hand-crafted box made from home-grown timber. ercol chairman, Henry Tadros, provided the creative brief: to make a small, timeless craft item using Grown in Britain (GiB) certified timber. The beautiful results include an exquisite coffret made from ash, with a textured sliding lid in sycamore, sweet chestnut, oak and beech. ercol and Sylva Foundation are now exploring the development of designs for future ercol products, all using home-grown timber from these other species, in addition to the ash used in this project.
During London Craft Week, ercol Chelsea will have a display about the collaboration with Sylva Foundation and the design process of creating the hand-crafted coffret boxes. At ercol Chelsea visitors will be able to purchase a coffret box with all proceeds going to Sylva Foundation.
ercol Chairman, Henry Tadros and Joseph Bray from Sylva Foundation will be welcoming visitors into the store from 2pm on Thursday 15th May.
Visit ercol Chelsea: Unit 5-6, 555 Kings Road, London, SW6 2EB (see on Google Maps).
