yakisugi bench
This handcrafted bench is a bold, striking piece, featuring a fully charred black surface created through the ancient Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique. The wood is hand-carved to reveal natural grain patterns enhanced by the burning process, offering a smooth yet distressed appearance with rich texture variations.
The legs are equally unique, custom-carved with sculptural, geometric shapes that add both stability and visual intrigue. Customers can personalize the bench to compliment the space it will inhabit, choosing their desired:
yaki sugi char either light (brown) or dark (black)
or stain/ natural finish
SIZE: “seat” width + depth to wall ✶ height from legs to seat + top—floor
leg width ✶ shape + amount of bench legs.
Making it a truly bespoke piece that blends craftsmanship with functional art.
DIMENSIONS FEATURED:
✜ The bench featured is 68” wide, 12” depth, 24” height, legs 18”, seat 6”.
This handcrafted bench is a bold, striking piece, featuring a fully charred black surface created through the ancient Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique. The wood is hand-carved to reveal natural grain patterns enhanced by the burning process, offering a smooth yet distressed appearance with rich texture variations.
The legs are equally unique, custom-carved with sculptural, geometric shapes that add both stability and visual intrigue. Customers can personalize the bench to compliment the space it will inhabit, choosing their desired:
yaki sugi char either light (brown) or dark (black)
or stain/ natural finish
SIZE: “seat” width + depth to wall ✶ height from legs to seat + top—floor
leg width ✶ shape + amount of bench legs.
Making it a truly bespoke piece that blends craftsmanship with functional art.
DIMENSIONS FEATURED:
✜ The bench featured is 68” wide, 12” depth, 24” height, legs 18”, seat 6”.
This handcrafted bench is a bold, striking piece, featuring a fully charred black surface created through the ancient Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique. The wood is hand-carved to reveal natural grain patterns enhanced by the burning process, offering a smooth yet distressed appearance with rich texture variations.
The legs are equally unique, custom-carved with sculptural, geometric shapes that add both stability and visual intrigue. Customers can personalize the bench to compliment the space it will inhabit, choosing their desired:
yaki sugi char either light (brown) or dark (black)
or stain/ natural finish
SIZE: “seat” width + depth to wall ✶ height from legs to seat + top—floor
leg width ✶ shape + amount of bench legs.
Making it a truly bespoke piece that blends craftsmanship with functional art.
DIMENSIONS FEATURED:
✜ The bench featured is 68” wide, 12” depth, 24” height, legs 18”, seat 6”.
Our approach to furniture mirrors our art: intentional, detail-rich, and deeply human. These pieces are built to endure the many *sometimes messy* stages of life, and support meaningful connection—between people, between space and function, between beauty and utility. We design with purpose, using quality materials and timeless forms that invite you to slow down and stay awhile. The first few concepts we release are new prototypes of furniture Connor has built for our own home—tested, cherished, and four cat house approved