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This majestic throne befits a master storyteller, an exceptional piece of furniture from which words take wing and tales become myths. Sit back as your audience gathers around you and the story begins to take shape...
Crafted from 100% recycled wood, this solid, beautiful artefact is a fusion of sea-smoothed driftwood gleaned from the West Wales coastline and wind-warped fence posts reclaimed from local hill farms.
It is our passion to make chairs such as this, and after 12 years of crafting them we know what it takes to make the perfect seat that will last through the ages. Our experience and craftsmanship enable us to turn your dream chair into a solid reality that we can send to your door, so please get in contact with your particular needs and specifications. Or stick to the original design if you like what you see.
Here's a list of schools and education centres that have already purchased our unique storytelling chairs.
Chater Primary School
Chilton Primary School
Chilton Primary School
Cliveden Estate
Dalton St Mary's C of E Primary School
Downham Market Sure Start Children's Centre
Gortnagarn Primary
Knutsford Children's Centre
Liden Primary School
Little Berries Pre-School
Methwold Area Sure Start Children's Centre
Sandal Primary School
South Petherton Infant School
South Petherton Infant School
St Nicholas CE V/C Primary School
Stanville Primary School
Stanville Primary School
Western Downland Primary School
Wimborne First School
Ysgol Ifor Bach
Hi Guys
Wild Cornwall will be the perfect spot to put this beautiful gift. The tale of the chair adds to the rich history of folklore, story-telling and the spoken word here at Eden, as well as providing a quiet place for people to sit and reflect
Diana Mullis, Eden Project
Hi Paul,
Your beautiful chair has arrived! safe and sound and we are absolutely delighted - will send a photo in time but just wanted to reassure you.
Many many thanks for the wonder of it
best wishes
Jane
Morley Memorial Primary School
Hi Paul
Just to say a huge thank you for the wonderful storytelling chair! The driver was fabulous too. Everyone is really, really pleased. I am so glad I came across your wares!
Kim Zwetsloot, PA to Executive Head teacher
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the storytellers chair, it looks great and was admired by many people at going home time on Friday. We've put it inside for the Easter holidays and will be the centre piece of an assembly in the new term, then we'll put it out in pride of place up at our outside classroom area.
Thanks
Chris Leleux
Hi Paul
The storytelling chair has arrived and it is fabulous!! Thank you so much the children are very excited as our topic is Magic
& Fantasy and the chair fits perfectly with the work they are doing on Wicked and Narnia etc.
Many Thanks
Vikki
Vikki, Headteacher, Liden Primary School
The children absoloutely adore the friendship bench. You have exceeded our expectations - its beautiful. The chair will be the centre of our outdoor play area and looks wonderful. Its amazing what you have done - you are a very talented man! We can't thank you enough"
Julie, Congleton Children's Centre
Hi Paul,
Just to let you know, the Methwold Children's Centre Chair has now also been delivered and looks great!
Thanks
Simon Burdett
Simon, Methwold & Downham Market Children's Centre
Hi
I just wanted to contact you to say a Big Thank You for the fast delivery of our beautiful Storytelling chair!
We ordered it for our memorial garden (our wonderful colleague died from cancer 18 months ago) She was a strong believer
In Literacy, so we thought the storytelling chair would be perfect!
We are having an open day with parents and visitors on the 2nd July so excellent timing.
Again a big thank you.
Emma Morris, The Alton School
This chair has featured 3 times on the BBC News!
To the top of a mountain and down again, then set to rest in Cornwall's Eden Project, Follow the surprising journey of our giant storytelling chair in the three articles below.
1: 4th November 2010
Craftsman's leaving present near Cadair Idris summit
A craftsman has created a chair, and taken it up a mountain, as a leaving gift to a Gwynedd community.
Nick Bullen said he had been given such a warm welcome when he set up in business in Corris six years ago that he wanted to give something back before returning to South Africa.
It took 15 people four hours to transport the reclaimed oak chair up Cadair Idris.
The chair now rests close to the 893m (2,930ft) summit.
The wood used is all reclaimed oak fence-posts and oak tree branches from the slopes of the mountain.
It is the type of wood Mr Bullen uses in his Sylvantutch eco-furniture business, which will carry on when he leaves.
"We are heading back to South Africa on a semi-permanent basis, and the chair is an appropriate going away present," he said.
"It weighs 200kg and is about 8ft and is made out of oak fence posts from the farm next door to the Cadair Idris summit," he added.
The chair should last about 20 years, but "if people are willing to go up there to give it some oil occasionally" it should survive the harsh Snowdonia weather for many years, he said.
A gift of a chair is also appropriated because the name of the mountain roughly translates as Idris' chair, he added.
They were helped by lovely sunny weather, but it turned as they got near the summit, and they dashed down in heavy rain and wind in an hour, he said.
Mr Bullen added he had considered the effects of his actions before deciding to take the chair up the mountain.
"I had heard before about a grand piano being taken up Ben Nevis and part of it not being biodegradable - and a pool table up the Brecon Beacons - but the chair is biodegradable, so I hope people will warm to it," he said.There was a conscious decision too to place it away from the summit itself too so that the top of the mountain was kept clear, he added.
Lez Paylor, who was one of the team who took the chair up the peak, said the piece was a "beautiful piece of art".
"It is very large, and very heavy and we carried it Egyptian style," he added.
2: 22nd November 2010
Cadair Idris chair gift to be removed
"I would have preferred it at the top, but there are no hard feelings on either side," he added.
Mr Bullen said the public reaction to the chair had been "very supportive".
It would start a dangerous precedent if people began putting chairs and benches on the mountain”.
Paul WilliamsCCW's Cadair Idris Reserve manager
However, environmentalists were less keen on the chair crafted from oak being left close to the 893m (2,930ft) summit.
"I completely understand their point of view and they've offered us another, beautiful spot to put it," added Mr Bullen.
The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) said Mr Bullen's company Sylvantutch had agreed to remove the large chair as it was placed "without consent or consultation" from CCW or the Snowdonia National Park Authority.
"Some issues of concern were not considered - including concern about safety, vandalism and erosion," said a spokesman.
Exhibition centre
"It would start a dangerous precedent if people began putting chairs and benches on the mountain," said Paul Williams, CCW's Cadair Idris reserve manager.
"The site is of high conservation value and the added danger of high winds blowing over such a large object meant that we had to ask for the chair to be removed," he added.
After it is recovered the chair will be placed at CCW's exhibition centre at Ystradlyn cottage, at the foot of the mountain.
"I'm glad the issue has been resolved and that all parties have worked together to ensure common sense has prevailed," Mr Williams added.
3: 5th March 2011
Cadair Idris oak chair is presented to the Eden Project
Mr Bullen, who was returning to South Africa, said there were "no hard feelings".
The seat has been given a spot at the Wild Cornwall area of the Eden Project eco-attraction near St Austell overlooking the Biomes plant houses.
Diana Mullis, of the Eden Project, said: "Wild Cornwall will be the perfect spot to put this beautiful gift.
"The tale of the chair adds to the rich history of folklore, story-telling and the spoken word here at Eden, as well as providing a quiet place for people to sit and reflect."
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