Twenty-Breaths Meditation Bench
£60.00
What is beyond words? Before thought? Look upon the Twenty Breaths meditation bench. All hand made and decorated as each Wonky Zen bench always is. Showing the idea of twenty breaths without words was interesting. Many, small circles became the way. Breath in, breath out. One. Breath in, breath out. Two. And so on. Focus on the counting. That’s it. Simples. With the under bench invitation ‘Let’s have a cup of tea’ to remind us that the world of form is the world of emptiness and the world of emptiness is the world of form. Always room for breathing. And tea.
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Postage and packaging
Delivery details | £15.00 UK | £20.00 Overseas.
About the maker
Gavin Birchall started working with furniture in Summer 2025. He has studied and worked as a pharmacist, entrepreneur, company builder, designer, web developer, marketer, photographer, writer, meditation guide and personal coach. He lives with his wife and teenage children in Preston, England.
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Name: Twenty Breaths Meditation Bench.
Built and painted: Summer 2026.
Editions: 1 hand made and hand painted meditation bench. Grass not included but widely available.
Dimensions: H 17.5cm x W 42cm x D 14cm.
Weight: ~0.75kg.
Colour-way: Soft sheen white paint with multi-colour acrylic paint.
Process: A long time thinking about making meditation benches. Measuring the meditation benches I already had for size and shape. Designing the bench and devising the build. Visiting the DIY shop. Purchasing a plank of wood. Cutting and sanding the wood. Drilling, screwing and gluing the pieces of wood together. Sanding again. Filling the screw holes with wood filler. Sanding again. Noticing that despite best efforts the bench was wonky. Attempting to stop the bench being wonky by sanding the feet. Noticing that this was not effective. Accepting that this is a Wonky Zen Bench (my wife named it and it’s friends so). Realising that is a good thing. Painting the bench with white, soft sheen, silk paint. Allowing circle pattern on my computer. Printing the circle pattern to the appropriate size for the bench. Applying chalk to the back of the paper with the type on. Taping the paper onto the bench. Tracing around the edges of the circles to transfer the chalk to the wood. It took a long time. Removing the paper and painting the circles and decorations with an acrylic pen. Letting it dry. A labour of love. A bench of breathing. But not too serious. It is always time for tea.