About Us.
Who We Are
The Wooden Jacket was created by a fourth-generation Canterbury carpenter. We take our name from an old colloquial term for coffins, as our primary product is handcrafted, wooden coffins. However, The Wooden Jacket has an expansive range of creations as well as services we can provide. If you can dream it, The Wooden Jacket can make it. Boats, fences, furniture, houses, and everything in between.
The nostalgia in the name evokes memories of a time when products were made by hand, locally, and of a quality to last forever. These values underpin The Wooden Jacket and ensure that every creation is unique and made well by a local family business.
Sustainability
A lifetime of working with natural products and time spent outside has given The Wooden Jacket a strong sense of the importance of sustainability. Therefore, all items crafted by The Wooden Jacket strive to have a minimal environmental impact. Some ways this is done include:
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Using recycled wood where possible
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Repurposing offcuts to ensure that no wood is wasted
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Only using organic cotton as coffin linings
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We are constantly on the lookout for new ways to ensure we are proactive in minimising the cost of our work on our planet.