Hand-crafted stools made in collaboration with the National Trust
Sylva Foundation has teamed up with the National Trust to turn trees lost to Ash dieback into a range of hand-crafted stools, made at the Sylva Wood School.
Rycotewood Craftsperson-in-Residence appointed to Sylva Wood Centre
We are delighted to welcome our latest tenant to the Sylva Wood Centre, particularly as it heralds a new level of collaboration with a local further education college.
OneOak fine furniture competition winners
We announced recently that the judging had taken place of entries by Rycotewood students into the OneOak fine furniture competition – read more. We are delighted to announce the two winners. They are Matt Wakeham (18) and Harry Friday (19). We asked Matt and Harry to tell us more about themselves and their entries into…
OneOak Throne
Another of Britain’s leading designer makers, Robert Ingham, has started work on a piece of furniture using wood from the OneOak tree. Robert Ingham, based in Denbighshire, is creating a piece called ‘Throne’. Like all the OneOak pieces, we will be following the story of its creation over the next few months on this blog.…
Father and Son team start work on OneOak furniture
One of Britain’s leading designer makers, Philip Koomen, has started work on his OneOak piece of furniture. We will be following his progress over the next few months. He is collaborating with his son Jody Koomen, also a designer maker, who will be using the offcuts from Philip’s work to make his own pieces. Philip…
OneOak fine furniture competition
Last year, students from Oxford & Cherwell Valley College’s (OCVC) Rycotewood Furniture Centre worked with all the school children in the OneOak project to design outdoor seating (read more). The students based their designs on the work of the children, and five schools are now proud owners of some unique seating in their playgrounds, made…