Looking to the future, with the roots of traditional chair making, Alun Heslop designs dynamic, striking and theatrical sculptural chairs and seating installations. Exploring new ways of how seating can exist with a sympathetic human/nature bond and a tangible link to the origin of the living wood from the tree to the final form. Re-interpreting a sense of the traditional within new forms and contemporary designs to create a sophisticated yet subtle, attractive simplicity. With a working approach that envelops the beauty of the natural form to work with the flow and the character of the wood, utilizing the whole strength of the grain. Structural integrity, comfort and superior function are unified into a pure, sublime aesthetic derived from the natural inner beauty of the living tree and with the warmth and tactile feel that only wood can give.

Having been self taught in the craft of chair making using many traditional English chair making techniques, constructing Windsor and Welsh style chairs, spinning stools and frame chair types for some years, Alun began to expand the realms of traditional chair making to encompass new and dynamic forms. He believes a chair should be comfortable and functional for its purpose, as well as being an aesthetically pleasing object of beauty.