Georg Gademann

All my pieces are built exclusively to order and entirely by hand. First, I saw and plane each piece of wood to its starting dimensions, then I cut and fit each joint by hand and finally refine the shape of each piece with a small set of traditional hand-tools, some of them more than 100 years old. Handsaws, chair making planes and chisels present the backbone of my tool chest. No modern joining techniques are used to speed things up, no computer steered CNC routers, no big stationary...

I work with European hardwoods such as Oak, Elm, Ash or Walnut, with American Walnut being the one exception. I buy most of the wood from my local timber shop, which has been trading in Amsterdam for more than a century.  ​ Where possible, I use wood from the Amsterdam initiative 'StadsHout', which saves and resaws the timber of local trees in a circular economy. In these cases, I can trace the origin of the timber to the exact street or park in Amsterdam and the year of felling. ​ I work...

Sustainability is a critical aspect of my work. I only use the highest quality materials and use them in a sparing fashion to minimize waste.   I guarantee the longevity of each of my pieces through meticulous craftsmanship and traditional wood connections. Furthermore, I work with reversible hide glue whenever possible, which allows for the non-destructive reopening of wood connections to conduct repairs or replacements. ​ I only work with wood that has been sustainably forested under the...