The
furniture is made in the workshops of Warjiyo
whom we met on our first trip to Indonesia
in 1990. At the time Warjiyo was a part time
becak driver pedalling tourists around the
town of Yogyakarta. As we have grown he has
grown with us and he now employs 45 local
people and makes 60% of all the furniture
that we sell.
All
45 workers are paid well above the usual
wage for this work and we guarantee no
children are employed in the workshop.
This furniture is not made in a large factory
but by craftsmen using hand tools and the
skills that have been developed over centuries.
This, we think, gives it it’s unique
hand crafted quality. We have sought to
create a very natural and clean look to
this range whilst maintaining a traditional
hand made quality and feel.
Your furniture is made from solid plantation
teak. It may be liable to some small movement,
especially if kept in very warm conditions
such as too close to a radiator or fire.
It has been finished with french polish and
then waxed.
In
order to keep its rich sheen we recommend
a regular application of bees waxed based
furniture polish.
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