BILL AMBERG
BILL AMBERG
The Knepp Collection presents a unique collaboration between Bill Amberg Studio and the Knepp Estate to design and manufacture a bespoke and sustainable furniture pieces. In keeping with Knepp’s sustainable ethos, Bill Amberg Studio sourced natural materials for the collection from the estate, keeping waste and energy use to a minimum. The collection is crafted in Bill Amberg Studio’s North London workshop, by their team of leather craftspeople, with respect for the longhorn cattle who free-roam the wilding project and play an integral role on the landscape.
PROCESS
The leather, which has been vegetable-tanned by a UK tannery, is from Knepp’s free-roaming longhorn cattle and the wood is from the estate’s ash dieback clearance. The fixings of the furniture are simple coach bolts and rivets, with brass washers to prevent staining. The hides are tanned using tree bark, and the surface finish is a simple wax. This allows a natural patination of the hides through use, and as the leather relaxes it will shape to form over time.
