A trug is a type of basket from Sussex made from slats of wood. Today it is  often used as a gardening accessory, but in the past it has been used for building work and many other demanding manual labour tasks.
       
     
In 2012 I went on a two day trug making course and learnt how to make these beautiful traditional baskets by hand, along with Gareth Neal , William Warren , Simon Maidment and Chris Eckersley .
       
     
The Flat-pack Trug has been design to fit into an envelope and posted to a customer, who builds it themselves. The supply chain of many modern products necessitates that the object be sold in parts and built by the customer.
       
     
A traditional trug cannot be collapsed. I thought it would interesting to create modern trug that fulfilled a modern day requirement for sale and distribution via the internet.
       
     
I also wanted to encourage people to engage with the product and take a glimpse into the life of a craftsman by spending a small amount of time making it themselves. 
       
     
Made from water-jet cut aeroply, screws and barrel nuts with a single piece of shrink wrap. 
       
     
A trug is a type of basket from Sussex made from slats of wood. Today it is  often used as a gardening accessory, but in the past it has been used for building work and many other demanding manual labour tasks.
       
     
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A trug is a type of basket from Sussex made from slats of wood. Today it is often used as a gardening accessory, but in the past it has been used for building work and many other demanding manual labour tasks.

In 2012 I went on a two day trug making course and learnt how to make these beautiful traditional baskets by hand, along with Gareth Neal , William Warren , Simon Maidment and Chris Eckersley .
       
     
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In 2012 I went on a two day trug making course and learnt how to make these beautiful traditional baskets by hand, along with Gareth Neal, William Warren, Simon Maidment and Chris Eckersley.

The Flat-pack Trug has been design to fit into an envelope and posted to a customer, who builds it themselves. The supply chain of many modern products necessitates that the object be sold in parts and built by the customer.
       
     
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The Flat-pack Trug has been design to fit into an envelope and posted to a customer, who builds it themselves. The supply chain of many modern products necessitates that the object be sold in parts and built by the customer.

A traditional trug cannot be collapsed. I thought it would interesting to create modern trug that fulfilled a modern day requirement for sale and distribution via the internet.
       
     
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A traditional trug cannot be collapsed. I thought it would interesting to create modern trug that fulfilled a modern day requirement for sale and distribution via the internet.

I also wanted to encourage people to engage with the product and take a glimpse into the life of a craftsman by spending a small amount of time making it themselves. 
       
     
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I also wanted to encourage people to engage with the product and take a glimpse into the life of a craftsman by spending a small amount of time making it themselves. 

Made from water-jet cut aeroply, screws and barrel nuts with a single piece of shrink wrap. 
       
     
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Made from water-jet cut aeroply, screws and barrel nuts with a single piece of shrink wrap.