West Cork Inspires, by Alison Ospina, 2011

Green Wood Stools, 2017, Paperback, Sigma Press

'Alison Ospina has been making green wood chairs and stools for over twenty years. She has developed her own distinctive approach to creating sculptural, functional chairs using the natural shapes of the tree. The techniques she shares in Green Wood Stools are simple and relatively easy to master. According to Alison, The green wood approach is so accessible, people see it and immediately think "I could do that!"

Alison Ospina

As a skilled crafts woman and teacher, Alison Ospina's understanding of the joy of green wood working inspires us to discover our 'inner chair maker'. Green Wood Stools shows innovative ways to use beautiful, versatile, unseasoned hazel, to create that most fundamental of seats - the wooden stool.'

Angela Brady, OBE