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Designed by Alun Heslop
Hand crafted excellence in a sublime expression of unique character and attention to detail within a functional work of art.
A really good sculptural dining chair is an exacting challenge to create. There is a high performance criteria for the intended usage.
Where to start?
A dining chair is not a static object and it is generally part of a grouping of multiples working in unison with a larger flat surfaced structure. The silhouette forms should be strong with a subtle sense of dynamism without upstaging or hindering the view to the table they are pulled up to.
The chair starts with the person, sitter, occupant - together with the form they become the piece that elevates the conversation and magnificence of the table. The seated experience is comfortable, poised, elegant.
The form of course remains - a fluid, organic exercise in understated elegance. The space between things fills the whole experience.
So what stories will you tell at the table?
Images here show the Vennaxa chair carved in oak wood with a rich deep brown brushed surface and dark copper fabric upholstered seat base. The Vennaxa chair can also be created in alternative tonal finishes and textures from bleached off white through to charcoal black with a myriad of colour options and textures possible to for the upholstered seat base to harmonise with the intended emotive resonance at the desired location.
Material: Carved oak wood with a rich deep brown brushed surface and dark copper fabric upholstered seat base
Dimensions: W 68 x D 68 x H 118 cm
Weight: 9.5 kg
Slight variations and imperfections may apply due to a handmade production process. At OWN, we stand by these artistic choices and do not accept returns related to these intentional imperfections such as irregularities in stone or ceramics, patina on metal surfaces, wood cracking and more.
Design Year: 2024
Handmade in The UK
Images by Alun Heslop
Made to order
(Certificate of authenticity)
About the artist
Alun Heslop is a U.K. based artist, designer and maker primarily specialising in the creation of unique and exceptional sculptural chairs and seating, having initially studied Spatial design at Rochester KIAD and Fine Arts at Brighton University in the U.K. He became fascinated with the use of wood as a prime structural medium, shaping and carving and honed his skills and craftsmanship in the process of ‘green woodworking’. From that point his passion for the chair as an expression of an art form developed, exploring other materiality in making and pushing the boundaries of how new works could exist where its aesthetical appeal generates an expression that is far more than the sum of its parts would otherwise suggest.