Archive: October 2013
Vastern Timber hosts seminar for Grown in Britain week 2013
October 31, 2013
Grown in Britain is a government-backed initiative that aims to improve the management of our woodlands through private sector funding and increasing the demand for products derived from British woodlands. The culmination of phase one was Grown in Britain week which ran from 14–20 October with more than 80 successful events across Great...
English oak church furniture for St Thomas of Canterbury
June 3, 2013
For many years Vastern Timber and Oxfordshire-based furniture makers Bates and Lambourne have enjoyed a special working relationship. Being both passionate about English timber and dedicated to sustainability and the promotion of British forests, they work together to source the most suitable wood for each individual project in order to c...
Furniture where art, craft and design coincide.
June 2, 2013
A testament to the craftsmanship and creativity of Matthew Burt, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Society of Designer Craftsmen. For many years Jon Barnes of Vastern Timber and furniture designer-maker Matthew Burt have shared a special appreciation and love of wood. While Matthew looks upon wood as, in his own words, recycled s...
