English Burr Dining Table
This one-off table is a new design that has been made in consideration of the smaller living spaces of Hong Kong. The natural size of the bards lent well to the piece with minimal waste of this special wood.The understructure has been carefully designed to minimize the aesthetic weight whilst maintaining functional strength. By working with the embedded structures of the wood, and continuous straight grain it has been possible to achieve this crucial balance.
The top features a book-matched set which displays extensive burr character throughout.The edges are a blend of hand carved forms and natural burr features.The two-piece top is tied with three ancient Brown oak butterfly key.There is heavy and fluid grain patterning throughout the top as well as a feature knot hole.
The undercarriage has been made from prime English oak, hand selected for its clean straight grain structures.The base features three Brown oak dowels with oak wedges.
Supplied with hand cut wooden buttons to secure the base and top.
English Burr Oak Dining Table
2024
English burr oak top with English oak undercarriage English brown oak butterfly keys
Approx. H 70 cm W 100 cm L 90 cm
Unique Work
*All items are handmade, so the actual pieces may vary slightly in color and size from the measurement shown online.
Bobby Mills is a self-taught craftsman and designer based on the rugged Atlantic coast of North Devon, South West England. In his work Mills explores the relationships that exist between human-led and nature-led design. By working in collaboration with the natural features of the wood Mills seeks to express the essence of the trees he works with in furniture pieces and other sculptural objects. With no formal training Mills works unhampered by technical process, instead relying on a sensitive approach to nature and intuition.
Mills has work housed in private collections across the world and has gallery representation in London, Japan, Canada and Taiwan.
Burr Oak
Prized for its rare and unique character, English burr oak has celebrated for its special character for hundreds of years by woodworkers. Every burr is unique, its character and grain shaped by its natural environment.
Natural burr is caused by a natural response in the tree where it thinks it needs to continually spring new buds and leaves for self preservation, almost like a genetic dysfunction.The bud growth begins, and creates the burr, then stops and these build upon each other to form the burr. In its most severe form it will be burr throughout the tree. Again this can be localised within a tree, but is special when the trees has so much burr character.