Alun uses many hand tools to construct his innovative and distinctive chair designs. He starts with an axe to cleave, shape and rough out the chair components. He uses apparatus such as the shaving horse and drawknife, whilst all turning is carried out with a pole-lathe. Working primarily with native hardwoods, Ash, Cherry, Elm, Oak, Walnut and Yew, choosing only the prime material for the work in hand. Alun cuts the majority of components such as the legs and arm rests from green unseasoned wood. Cleaving the stock material with the axe to obtain the strongest parts for his chairs. Utilizing the whole strength of the grain, he works with the wood, not against it. Once the components are cut out they are then left to season in warm dry storage. As they are relatively small sections they season thoroughly and reasonably quickly, usually within 2-6 months.

When seasoned the components are assembled into the new chair form. The seating area is always a single piece of kiln dried wide board. This is saddle carved using an adze and curved spoke shaves to produce a good ergonomic form. Once completed the chair is given 3 –5 coatings of a hardwearing natural oil finish, burnishing in between coats to give a deep low lustre finish.