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Alison Ospina has been designing and making her graceful, freeform chairs using locally coppiced hazel, since moving to West Cork in 1996.
She had spent the previous 10 years developing her expertise in joinery and furniture -making, inspired by Shaker design principles of simplicity, quality and functionality.
It was the move to rural South West Ireland which led her to start working with natural wood. She discovered there is a special energy in the West Cork landscape that stirs the spirit and stimulates creativity.
Since 1996 Ospina has developed her own distinct approach to chair design and construction.Her green wood forms are materials- led “working with the natural shapes and curves of the hazel is a dynamic process - like a conversation between the tree and the chair maker”
In 2009 Ospina published her first book “Green Wood Chairs - chairs and chair makers of Ireland” By then she had been teaching her unique approach and philosophy for over 10 years and wanted to inspire a larger audience to ‘try their hand’ at making their own green wood chairs.
Her second book ‘West Cork Inspires’ was published in 2011 and documents the history of the contemporary craft movement in West Cork and profiles some of its main protagonists.
Alison can be contacted by email : alison.ospina@gmail.com
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