tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233465962009-04-01T11:42:59.647+01:00I'm Liz Child. Welcome to my blog page. I make chairs and furniture using traditional methods and hand tools. Using greenwood sourced from my local woodlands, and reusable quality timbers, I aim to be as sustainable as possible. Sustainability issues, artisanship and all things ecological interest me. So onward.........Liz Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962231021197582170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23346596.post-1143065499579902932006-03-22T21:29:00.000Z2007-03-23T08:49:32.656ZMy aim is to work full-time at making furniture and other woodland products. Inevitably, it's slow work growing a sole-trading business. However, the love of the workshop, the woodland environment, and the fun of having a website with a blog page is great. <br /><br />If you have visited my website, you will see that my style is freeform and contemporary. It's exploratory too, as I hope to involve other materials. Primarily though, wood is my medium - mostly Ash from local small wooded valleys, and currently, some small diametre Yew from a nearby church yard.<br /><br />Through this page I hope to meet other artisan craft workers, and customers/collectors who appreciate the methods as well as the product. For instance is there anyone out there who has developed a 'Slow Furniture Movement' yet? I heard there might be a connection with the 'Slow Food Movement'. Please post me if you know.<br /><br />I also grow willow on a small scale, and this week my first sale was to a local primary school who are going to make a living willow sculpture. A pleasing addition to my Natural Chairs business.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23346596-114306549957990293?l=natural-chairs.blogspot.com'/></div>Liz Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962231021197582170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23346596.post-1143029144496056892006-03-22T12:01:00.000Z2006-03-22T12:05:44.496ZHello and welcome.<br /><br />This is my first posting. I plan to post once a month and tell you about my furniture making projects.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23346596-114302914449605689?l=natural-chairs.blogspot.com'/></div>Liz Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962231021197582170noreply@blogger.com0