last week we were asked to weave a coffin made from steamed willow.The family came to see us last week,and the three children in the family sall decided that they wanted us to make the woodland grove coffin for their dad.
The steamed willow usually takes a week to soak in order to be able to weave the coffin,so we usually need a weeks notice to weave the woodland grove style.
The funeral director person i spoke to gave me the wrong dimensions for the coffin,she gave me body size instead of the inside coffin size,which means the coffin would have been a bit too small for the person,
luckily i had only got as far as cutting the base out,if i had made the whole coffin ,i would have had to charge the funeral company for it,but as it was ,i can keep the base for stock.this has happened three times in all the years that i have been a coffin maker,as we make bespoke coffins,we dont really keep many stock coffins,they are mainly tailor made for each person.
The finished coffin looked absoloutly stunning so we have photographed it next to our ford pick up,
