Haiku Stool
Innovative tripod stool.
One steam-bent component is repeated three times and jointed to create a simple stool with optional engraving.
Option of no haiku text - £600 each.
Option of engraving - inside of each leg is engraved with haiku - £800 each
Choose one of the three haiku (see below).
Stacks well and also available as a set.
Haiku I
Absorbed in this grain
Sunlight and wingbeats and wind
The wild beauty stilled
Haiku II
Reminder to live
Like deep breaths after spring rain
Goodness lives and grows
Haiku III
Moonlight and sunlight
Infused now with finished wood
A place to be still
Haiku are by Jon Plunkett.
The Haiku Stools are a homage to our native ash trees currently being devastated by Ash Dieback Disease. Each tree lost negatively impacts soil organisms, mosses, lichens, insects and birds dependent on it. Some of the larger trees are suitable for fine furniture-making and rather than see these infected trees degrade back to the earth, or be used for firewood, we use them for furniture making locking in their carbon for the life of the stool. Using this wood supports a local circular economy of foresters, tree surgeons, and specialist saw-millers who care for these trees. Read more in our journal post here.
The Haiku Stools were photographed by the Glen Lyon Ash (the oldest ash tree in Scotland) by James T Millar.
Only available in Scottish ash. Our ash is from old trees and variations in grain pattern and colour are normal. Our ash tends to be darker than commercially grown ash and the steam-bending process also tends to make the colour richer. The stools are finished in natural, white pigmented oils. This is hard-wearing and easy to care for. We make Haiku stools to order so please allow six weeks for delivery.
Dimensions 48 x 48 x 48 cm.