No. 01Tronožac
Stool No. 1
€ 2403 wk
Three turned legs, wedged through a 40 mm seat.
HRAST · oak furniture workshop · Sarajevo · since 1994
WoodEuropean oak, quarter-sawn
FinishHardwax oil, natural
Lead time3 – 12 weeks
OriginSarajevo, BiH
Oak,
turned
by hand.
Fig. 01 — stool leg, turned oak, ø 38 mm, 1 : 1
Stools, tables and a folding screen, cut from oak that grew on the Romanija plateau and dried three winters in our yard. Every piece is made for one person, signed underneath.
Scroll — 9 spreadsØ 38 mm · 1 : 1
Quarter-sawn · 3 yrs air-dried · hand-planed · no screws
03Manifesto
We make furniture the slow way. One board of quarter-sawn oak, dried three years in the open, planed by hand and joined without a single screw. Nothing is kept in stock; each piece is drawn for the room it will live in, and built to outlive the house.
Fig. 02 — order sheet No. 0412, folded once
BoardsRomanija plateau, 900 – 1 300 m
DryingAir, 36 months, then 6 weeks in the kiln
JoineryWedged tenons, sliding dovetails
FinishTwo coats of hardwax oil, rubbed
04Collection
Eight objects, one wood.
Everything we make fits on this shelf. Scroll sideways to walk along it.
Fig. 03 — chair No. 2, frame only, bent oak
No. 02Sto
Table Miljacka
€ 2 90010 – 12 wk
Single-plank top, breadboard ends, tapered legs.
No. 03Paravan
Folding screen
€ 1 6508 wk
Three frames, wooden hinges, linen or cane infill.
No. 04Klupa
Bench
€ 7804 wk
Seats three; the stretcher is a sliding dovetail.
No. 05Polica
Shelf
€ 1 1506 wk
Five shelves housed in the sides, no back panel.
No. 06Stolica
Chair No. 2
€ 5205 wk
Steam-bent back rail, woven seat by a neighbour.
No. 07Radni sto
Writing desk
€ 2 2009 wk
One drawer on wooden runners, pencil groove.
No. 08Ogledalo
Mirror
€ 4303 wk
Oval frame in eight segments, leaning stand.
Grain · four cuts · same tree · Romanija oak
05Grain
Four ways to cut the same tree.
06Process
From the board to your door.
Ten weeks, six stops. Read sideways.
Week 0
The conversation
You write, we visit or you visit. We measure the room, look at the light, drink a coffee. No catalogue, only questions.
Week 1
The drawing
A pencil drawing at 1 : 10 and one detail at 1 : 1. You sign it or we start again. This sheet later becomes the order.
Week 2
Choosing the board
We pull boards from the stack and lay them on the floor. Grain direction, colour, where the knots go — decided together.
Weeks 3 – 8
Joinery
Legs are turned on the lathe, tenons cut by hand and wedged. Nothing is glued that cannot also be taken apart.
Week 9
The finish
Planed, not sanded, so the surface stays crisp. Two coats of hardwax oil rubbed in with a cloth, a week apart.
Week 10
Delivery
We bring it ourselves, in a blanket, up the stairs. A small oil tin and a card with the tree’s number come with it.
Counted by hand · order book · 1994 →
07Numbers
0
years at the lathe
0
pieces delivered since 1994
0wk
weeks median lead time
0
joints in stool No. 1
0
makers, one workshop
Counted by hand from the order book. Photographs: none — everything on this page is drawn in code.
08Voices
“The stool arrived wrapped in a blanket and the maker carried it up four floors himself. Eleven years on, it has not moved a millimetre.”
“We asked for a table for six. He asked how we argue at dinner, and made it 20 cm longer. He was right.”
“I sent a photograph of my grandmother’s screen. What came back was not a copy — it was the screen she would have bought now.”
09Pricelist
Made to order.
01Stool No. 132 × 32 × 45 cm3 wk€ 240
02Table Miljacka240 × 90 × 74 cm10 – 12 wk€ 2 900
03Folding screen3 × 55 × 170 cm8 wk€ 1 650
04Bench160 × 34 × 44 cm4 wk€ 780
05Shelf90 × 28 × 190 cm6 wk€ 1 150
06Chair No. 244 × 48 × 82 cm5 wk€ 520
07Writing desk130 × 65 × 75 cm9 wk€ 2 200
08Mirror52 × 8 × 160 cm3 wk€ 430
Prices in EUR, incl. VAT, oil finish and delivery within Sarajevo. Other woods (ash, walnut) on request, +15 %. A deposit of 30 % starts the clock.