Studio Critical: is a Manchester / Salford based studio creating tactile wooden objects. Designer/Maker Nick Vorstermans focuses his practice on using locally and sustainably sourced materials. His wooden spoons, bowls, furniture & other objects are handmade – many of them from green wood salvaged from urban trees that fell naturally or were trimmed – Treecycling!
Studio Critical: sees craft not only as the art of making beautiful, useful handmade objects; but as a form of protest. A protest against mass-produced, mass consumed products clogging landfills, whose processes are ruining our environment. By engaging with craft we are showing that it is possible to make usable, beautiful objects from truly renewable and sustainable resources. Craft demands that the maker respects their material and process in a human centric way. From using salvaged wood, to reusing our wood waste as mulch in the allotment, Critical: is committed to having low environmental impact.
Studio Critical: is now the UK supplier of The Sharpening Kit!