steam bent ash hand rail for VisualDNA office in Shoreditch

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This was an exciting and challenging project that we worked on for an office space in London. This was a collaborative project working with the talented woodsman Ambrose Vevers to design and make a very simple and natural hand rail for the entrance stairs to the space. Here is a visual story of how it all came together.

gathering-Ash-poles.small copy — Gathering the ash branches from Ambrose’s family’s land in Devon.

Steam bending the ash to navigate the stair corners.

We loved how the stripped lengths looked; very sculptural.

The steam bent ash looks so beautiful in this continuous line.

The rail felt wonderful to hold, very smooth and tactile.

Ash-handrail-4-small — Fitting the ash rail certainly had it’s challenges due to it’s wigglyness !

Ash-handrail-5 — Anita at the end of the job!