What's on the bench
More often than not I'll have something of interest that i'm working on and this is where I'll put a few photo's and some waffle on what I'm doing, this will be highly interesting for some and send others off to sleep. So keep checking in. Geoff
I made this serving hatch for a client in 2008, they were very much into Charles Rennie Mackintosh and wanted a carving of his famous rose. I sourced a fantastic plank of quarter sawn oak and produced these doors. The photo is recent March 2019. The clients provided a kitchen door knob with the Mackintosh … Continue reading Charles Rennie Mackintosh Style
Read MoreThere’s nothing more intriguing than a bookcase with a secret door, through out history England had and still has many grand houses with secret compartments, priest holes and hidden panels concealing escape routes, tunnels and hideaways. These secret doors still have a place today, they can make an excellent place to hide valuables, after all … Continue reading Secret Bookcase Doors
Read MoreSteelworks and RSJ’s are an essential part of modern building practices these day but they look so awful in older cottages I came up with a way to clad the steel beam using real oak planks, glued together in such a way as to create the appearance of a solid oak beam. Sometimes I will … Continue reading Real oak beams to hide RSJ’s and steelwork
Read MoreTired of looking at our metal old cage I decided it was time for an upgrade, part of the reason also was the size of cage we needed was in-between the shop one’s. I had some beautiful figured oak which I used for the corners and bought some hexagonal brass rod for the bars. I … Continue reading Luxury solid oak dog cage and oak dog bowl stand
Read MoreMy Collection I’m not a great reader of fiction apart from the odd books you take on holiday, but I do love reading books on the Technique of the past about furniture and many of the crafts associated with the wood trade, I think it is a slowly dying art as many new techniques come … Continue reading My collection of old books on furniture and crafts
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