Elder Chair

front2.jpg

The Elder Chair

The walnut for this limited edition of Elder Chairs comes from the hybrid paradox walnut tree developed by Luther Burbank in the late nineteenth century, which crossed the English walnut with native, California claro walnut rootstock. California walnuts graced dining tables across Victorian America, and were prized as a versatile food, staple dessert and as a remedy for ‘ailments of the head’.

The highly figured wood has its origins in a sequence of related trees who lived a fruitful life as well-tended nut producers in nearby orchards. The wood was lovingly cut and air-dried by my friend Evan Shively, who sequenced the boards and organized them by tree. I designed the chair to feature the natural symmetries of the resulting book-matched cuts, placing the most dramatic grain where it will be polished by the most frequent body contact.

stacked1.jpg

The Elder Chair combines luxury and versatility, traditional joinery with contemporary proportions and functionality. The chairs stack for ease of shipping and storage, and are equally at home living alongside antiques, indigenous craft and mid-century modernism.

I currently have a batch of four Elder chairs available for immediate sale, and will be taking orders on up to an additional 20, which will require approximately six months to manufacture. The Elder chair is the inaugural product available under the ‘deep’ brand, and we will be developing a product line befitting the Deep Craft ethos in the coming months. Each purchase will include a pint of our own homemade nocino, bottled in a hand blown container.

If you are interested in placing an order or arranging a commission, please contact me directly at Scott@deepcraft.org for further details. As our sales capacity increases, Deep Craft will offer other ordering and payment options. We look forward to hearing from you and to finding a good home for these classic chairs.

walnutdetail.jpg

detail of the uniquely figured grain of the rare paradox walnut

Join the Conversation

2432 Comments

  1. You could certainly see your skills within the work you write. The sector hopes for more passionate writers like you who aren’t afraid to mention how they believe. At all times go after your heart. “The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.” by Michel de Montaigne.

  2. You could certainly see your enthusiasm within the work you write. The arena hopes for more passionate writers like you who aren’t afraid to mention how they believe. Always follow your heart. “Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at.” by Jimmy Demaret.

  3. You are so interesting! I do not suppose I’ve truly read anything like this before. So wonderful to discover another person with some unique thoughts on this topic. Seriously.. thank you for starting this up. This site is one thing that is needed on the internet, someone with a bit of originality!

  4. You are so cool! I do not suppose I’ve truly read a single thing like that before. So good to find somebody with a few unique thoughts on this subject. Seriously.. many thanks for starting this up. This website is one thing that is needed on the web, someone with some originality!

  5. You are so cool! I don’t think I’ve truly read through something like that before. So wonderful to find somebody with some original thoughts on this topic. Really.. thanks for starting this up. This website is one thing that is required on the internet, someone with some originality!

  6. You are so cool! I don’t believe I’ve truly read through a single thing like this before. So good to find someone with unique thoughts on this topic. Seriously.. thanks for starting this up. This site is one thing that’s needed on the internet, someone with some originality!

  7. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complex and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!

  8. You are so cool! I do not suppose I’ve read through a single thing like this before. So wonderful to discover someone with some unique thoughts on this topic. Really.. many thanks for starting this up. This web site is one thing that’s needed on the web, someone with a little originality!

  9. you are really a just right webmaster. The site loading speed is amazing. It kind of feels that you are doing any unique trick. Moreover, The contents are masterpiece. you’ve done a wonderful job on this topic!

Leave a comment