This year we were thrilled to see the new Hembury chair launched.
It had taken time. Years in fact. A lot of discussions, months of experiments, getting it wrong, then getting it just right.
And now, the Hembury is back. A chair with new design features and developments that make it better than ever.
Solidwool was born from the idea to take the unwanted and make it beautiful. The unique composite material and manufacturing process has been developed and fine tuned, to create a natural material with a story that connects people to the land it has come from.
The new Hembury now contains twice as much wool as the previous chair. That means one whole fleece from a Herdwick sheep makes its way into our chair - a fleece that unfortunately has little or no value in the current market. But when combined with our bio-resin this wool gives the Hembury chair beauty and soul, and gives purpose back to something that has been undervalued for so long.
We are also pleased to see a big improvement in our bio-resin. The bio content now makes up 50% of this resin and, even better, every chair contains half the amount than previously used. This means less resin and more bio content - making a chair that is stronger, lighter and better for our planet. But that doesn’t mean we’re going to sit still, we want to work towards using a 100% plant based resin to make Solidwool the most sustainable we can.
Solidwool is made in Devon by our knowledgeable and skilled team and we are proud to say the Hembury chair has an entirely British production. Made with sustainably sourced UK Ash, recycled steel frames made in Peterborough, and of course British Wool from the hardy Herdwick. We have also refined the design, with every chair shaped by hand giving a more streamlined and contemporary finish.
Simple lines, timeless appeal and hand-finished qualities make the Hembury a chair to be celebrated. Each one unique, it truly is a chair to be cherished, to make memories and to hand down through generations.
