WEIRDWOOD

WeirdWood - Here at WeirdWood we strive to produce Funky, Offbeat products predominantly from plywood. The majority of the materials we use are reclaimed, lessening the impact on our environment by keeping them out of landfill sites... I have always believed that art and functionality can and should co-exist. If you are going to admire yourself in a mirror why not admire the mirror as well as the reflection ? When you use a piece of art as a centre piece to a table dressing why not use it to display fruit ? When you hang a work of art on your wall why not hang a hat and coat on it ?... A lot of my work is sculpted from plywood, this is a material which has always fascinated me, its first recorded use was in ancient Egypt around 3500BC, they discovered by laminating thin sections of timber together with each layer at right angles to the previous layer it was possible to create a timber which was much stronger than an equivalent sized piece of solid timber. This inherent strength I use..

Primary location: United Kingdom