The Australian Wooden Boat Festival, held biannually in Hobart, has become the largest Wooden Boat Festival in the Southern Hemisphere, attracting maritime enthusiasts from around the world. A highlight of this year’s event is a handcrafted Celery Top boat born of a collaboration between Tasmania’s Wooden Boat Centre, the U.S. based North West School of Wooden Boat Building and Hydrowood.
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Melbourne’s award-winning furniture craftsman Anton Gerner has been creating bespoke furniture pieces for nearly three decades. Incorporating elements of Art Deco, repetition and playing up the natural beauty and pattern of timber, Anton’s contemporary pieces are crafted to become family heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation.
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Nestled within the heart of Hobart between the city and historic Sullivan’s Cove, sits one of Hobart’s classic parks, Franklin Square. A quiet refuge for office dwellers on their lunch breaks and a sanctuary for tourists and families alike, this iconic park has maintained its existence since the 1860’s and has just undergone an award-winning revamp featuring Hydrowood Celery Top.
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Salamanca Building is the new primary workplace of Tasmania’s government agencies, including the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The architects, FJMT were tasked with achieving a 5 Green Star rating and creating a unique sense of identity for staff and visitors. FJMT wanted their interiors to mirror the beautiful Tasmanian landscape, and they wanted to create committee rooms that were apt for the grandeur of future proceedings. They chose Hydrowood, to be crafted into tables by talented local designer/makers, and they couldn’t be happier with the result.
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“I had a moment when we were out on the lake in Tasmania, and I realised that it wasn’t just a shallow lake containing a few fallen trees. It was a body of water, over 70 metres deep, a fully submerged forest.” Designer Nathan Day
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Hydrowood and Oakdale Industries are delighted to announce a partnership to deliver Western Beech flooring to the national market.
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On entering Landscape Restaurant & Grill in Hobart’s historic waterfront precinct, it is immediately evident that the interior has been crafted to create a specific mood. The setting is dark, and rich, and warm. The fit-out was inspired by the island of Tasmania and the famous artworks of landscape painter John Glover. Each element within embraces the history of the place.
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Designer Geoff Marshall recently surprised us with this stunning piece. The Conus V light feature veneer of Hydrowood Black-Heart Sassafras and featured at our launch at Mona.
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“My practice is based around the concept of honest design – being true to its materials and its process. That follows through with every product I work on, whether it’s cast metal or a machined piece of wood.”
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I love the idea that before you’ve even begun using your knife, it come with a story, and Hydrowood timbers are an important part of that.
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Leading Tasmanian furniture designer and lecturer Simon Ancher was given the honour of being the first to work with Hydrowood and discovered how the Blackhearted Sassafras handled. We’re happy to say it graduated with flying colours.
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Andy Batson-Graham has an intuitive approach to design. Motivated by the profound impacts of teachings, observations and self-discoveries that have created meaning throughout his life.
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As a part of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2017, Hydrowood is proud to be the principal sponsor of the Dutch Wooden Boat Project.
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Tasmanian specialty timber – which has been submerged for more than 25 years –– will be the star of a unique challenge for contestants on national renovation reality program The Block.
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TASMANIAN specialty timber salvaged from underwater has been used in the refurbishment of Hobart’s historic Franklin Square. Sourced from the depths of Lake Pieman as part of the innovative Hydrowood project the Celery Top Pine timber elements were machined and brought together by local building supplies business Uptons and Oakdale Industries.
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I’ve always enjoyed being creative, working with tools, DIY and working with wood. I had never specialised in any particular field until back in May 2014, my wife stumbled across an advertisement for a beginner’s course in Woodturning. I initially baulked at it; normally when reading woodworking material I would skip past Woodturning articles thinking it was old school and boring! I decided to give it a try…
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Teaming up with Tasmanian boutique timber company, Hydrowood, and four leading Australian furniture designers, Dessein Furniture is excited to present its all-new furniture range, the Pieman Collection.
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