Products
JamFactory products are designed and hand made in our on-site studios, combining great design and quality craftsmanship. Our newly designed showroom is the perfect setting to view our JamFactory products, alongside the work of the Furniture Design Studio.
The Salad Servers are made in small batches using a customised press-mould tool to create the distinctive shape. The original challenge behind the design was to create a three-dimensional form from flat sheets of timber veneer. During the development of the design, many different compound angles were tested in order to achieve an elegant rigid structure without tearing or snapping the timber veneers.
The Salad Servers, whilst simple in their form and function, are thoughtfully crafted, practical objects. Each piece is made separately and finished by hand in the JamFactory Furniture Studio, ensuring a high quality end product.
Designed by Deb Jones, hand-made by the Glass Studio
The KINK oil bottle is made using traditional glass blowing techniques. Working together as a synchronised team, glassblowers gather molten glass from the furnace on the end of a steel blow-pipe. The form is blown to the desired size using callipers to measure the length and width. The bottle is then transferred or ‘puntied’ to another steel rod to enable the lip of the bottle to be finished. Finally, the neck of the bottle is gently heated with a torch while constantly rotating – the kink is formed by gravity when the rotation stops.
The design and production process ensures that each piece is unique. The simple kink in the neck emphasises the function of the bottle as well as the material qualities of hand-blown glass – it also adds a sense of delight to the ergonomics of pouring. KINK is a useful object with a bold sculptural presence, available in lime, olive and clear.