Wooden Hand Broom - Slow Made Goods
Versatile large hand broom made of British wood.
Each wooden stick is responsively sourced by Ewen Brown of Slow Made Goods, and made into beautiful broom full with character. A leather loop is attached on the end to hang the broom.
Among various chores this broom is good at, dusting skirting board should be its niche. Its size is also perfect to sweep the dust into our Harimi paper dustpan. Watch the movie.
Tampico fibre is very flexible and good at catching dust in the corners.
A) Spalted beech stick/ Tampico bristle
B) Bog oak stick / black Tampico bristle
C) Bog oak stick / Tampico bristle
D) Spalted beech stick / black Tampico bristle
E) London Plane stick / Tampico bristle
F) Brown oak stick / black Tampico bristle
Dimensions:
Stick length 45 cm/ 17"8 (excl. leather loop)
Stick diameter 3 cm /1"2
Bristles length 14 cm / 5"5
Please note due to the natural materials used, each item slightly varies in size, colour, and texture.
Material:
The wood used are responsively sourced in the UK by Slow Made Goods.
Finished with oil.
Tampico is the fibre of Agave cactus from Mexico. With its durability and water absorbent nature, Tampico fibre has been widely used for kitchen brushes and many other tools for household use.
Care
When not in use, please hang the item with the loop on the stick's end. Do not leave the broom standing on the bristles to avoid the bristles flare out or bend.
We recommend to avoid leaving this item under direct sunlight.
Tampico fibre is good with water, but we recommend to let the bristles air dried completely after using in the wet or damp floor.
About the Maker
Ewen Brown of Slow Made Goods, designs and crafts wooden items at his workshop in Norwich.
A passion for Ewen's practical, thoughtful design and circular economy is in the core of Slow Made Goods. Doing things properly in the line of woodworking tradition, repurposing the material to reduce the waste are in the part of the effort to value quality over speed and quantity.
Naturally, the wooden materials used are sustainably and resposively sourced, mainly from the local Norfolk, and neighboring Suffolk. Each piece is handmade with care, and meant to last for long. Read more on the artist's page.
