Finkfurniture - More About Us

More About Us

Highlights on this page:

Our Team
Environmental Concerns
Wood Sourcing
Other Materials
Power
Transport
Solar Kiln
Credits


Finkfurniture make beautiful, useful furniture for people who love good design and care about the environment. Finkfurniture's aim is to be a leading design and manufacturing business in the UK, committed to creating excellent furniture of all kinds. We're guided by the conviction that our work can benefit our environment and society as a whole.

		Our Team Finbarr Lucas trained in fine art and furniture-making. He founded Finkfurniture in 2000 after becoming afflicted with a kind of insomnia caused by designing furniture in his head.

Mat Barry and Hazel Drummond joined us in 2009, and we work as a team focused on doing the best work we can for our customers.

		[ Top ] Environmental Concerns We believe that it is our choice how we interact with the environment. Even the smallest business can make a difference with a responsible approach in its practices. We take care to behave in an ethical manner, especially regarding the following issues...

[ Top ] Wood Sourcing Wherever possible we source our timber locally. We source timber and sheet products such as plywood from FSC certified suppliers, that is, from sustainably managed forests. We also use reclaimed wood, such as joists from demolished buildings.

		[ Top ] Other Materials Our varnish comes from ECOS, and is the purest varnish on the market. Our glue is almost exclusively PVA, a non-toxic substance. We give our wood waste to friends with wood-burning stoves, to use to heat their homes.

[ Top ] Power The electricity for both the workshop and the office is supplied by Ecotricity, the only electricity supplier to actively build wind-farms in the uk.

		[ Top ] Transport When we're not on our bicycles, the petrol for the company vehicle is bought from Murco whenever possible, the supplier which the Ethical Consumer Foundation rates as the best choice in fuel.

[ Top ] Solar Kiln The South Yorkshire Energy Centre is based at Heeley City Farm, and has in collaboration with Nick Parsons, designed and built a solar-powered wood-drying kiln. Finkfurniture dry locally-sourced timber in the kiln on a regular basis.

[ Top ] Credits Most of the on-site photos of kitchens, cupboards and so forth were taken by Matt Robson, the studio shots of the KFC sculptures were taken by Nigel Barker, and Alice Hardman also added some photos. Thanks to all my friends and family who have supported me in endless ways over the years, and thank you for visiting this site.