Sean Hellman - Woodwright Designs

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Welcome to Sean Hellman.com, the home of original imaging and design in wood, and a celebration of trees and woodlands. All the work here is designed by Sean and made by his company Woodwright Designs which is based in the Stannary town of Ashburton in Devon.

Designer made seating combining organic aesethics with human-centred functionality and a sense of play.

'?' bench made from Western Red cedar (2nd prize at Taunton Woodfair2007) and other curvy benches click here. I also have a range of more traditional style benches. The most affordable benches can be found here. Benches that are a bit different can be found in sculptural seating and thrones.

Visit my shop where you can buy small items for the home, earring holders, boot jacks, coat pegs as well as the best selling 'How to make a coracle' booklet.

picture of seanhellmans mandala photograph

Original photographic images which challenge our conventions of the way we see the world. Uniquely beautiful and inspiring.

This section is split into 4 pages:-
Madala photographs as in 'Beech tree, Two Bridges, Dartmoor.
Treespirit photographs
Vertical panoramic images of trees
New madala images

"Trees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good"

Sara Ebenreck

Did you know that it is perfectly legal to buy and sell wood that has been illegally logged in any country in the EU ?

This is unacceptabe; what would happen in this country if illegal logging companies clear-felled Sherwood Forest or the New Forest, or both at once, and then sold this timber through major timber companies around the world?

We generally do not know if wood products we buy are from clear-felled forests a process which destroys thousands of hectares of vibrant forests each day. The chances are, that we are all unknowingly buying wood products that have made people homeless, killed thousands of animals and then caused major soil erosion.

We CAN do something about this. Write to your MPs and MEPs - it is easy - follow this link to www.writetothem.com. You will then be able to find your local MP and to send them your views. Tell them that you want them to make it illegal to trade in illegally logged wood.
Remember they are our representatives, we elected them to serve us, so lets make them earn their keep.

If you want to buy ethical wood look out for the FSC logo.

To contact me, leave feedback, to tell a friend or colleague about this site, or to sign up for my newsletter just click here and hit the contact me link in blue.

lets seeProud to be an exhibiting member of the ElectronicCottage Online Arts & Crafts Gallery!

Advice on buying wood from sawmills and how to measure and work out the volume of the wood you want to buy.
Watch this space as I will be adding more articles in the near future.

New for 2008
Table, benches and chairs for the garden or pub garden or cafe. Made from local Devon softwoods or oak.

Swing seat made from Douglas fir and Larch
£895, seat only £675
Oak £1250.

'6' bench with back made for the new woman and childrens ward at the RD&E hospital, Exeter. This is an ideal bench to go round a tree.

Sean Hellman and Lucy Lepchani with their unique book 'A Spotters Guide to Sculptors and Sculpture', a collaboration of poetry and wood and which can be viewed at The Mythic Garden Sculpture Park exhibition 2006. This item has been sold, if you want to commission something similar please contact Sean.

To listen to Lucy read 'Wood Sculptor: Chainsaw Carving' click the play button above.

Detail of the oak and larch book with crafted wooden hinges. Booklets of the poems can be bought for £3 each inclusive from lucylepchani@hotmail.com.

Magic marble tea towel holders

'6' bench, 1st prize winner at the South West Forest Woodfair at Roadford Lake. See Wood Work for more original and creative seating suitable for galleries, foyers, gardens, memorial, and other deserving viewpoints and spaces.

Sean`s residency at CCANW making items for the 'Wood Culture' exhibition. This well worth a visit and can be found at Haldon Forest Gateway near Exeter

To see Touch Wood. The wooden building blocks and the display of the wood grown at Haldon, click here

Advice on buying wood from sawmills and how to measure and work out the volume of the wood you want to buy.
Watch this space as I will be adding more articles in the near future.

Coracles

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