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Getting
the best out of my website.
Look at the CATALOGUE section, this lists all my work in stock along with some recently sold items. Scroll down through Boxes, Furniture and Turned Work.
The ARCHIVE section is the place to find nearly 400 previously sold works. Lots of ideas for boxes and the like.
For some unusual items, and some more usual as well, look at the COMMISSIONS section. This shows the most imporatant commissions I have undertaken.
Finally, if you are contemplating some restoration work have a look at the RESTORATION section. This has
examples of the wide range of restoration work that I carry out.
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Boxes ...
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I make these boxes by hand
in a wide variety of sizes and styles, from the simple elegance of figured
maple through to complex inlaid geometric patterns - often called parquetry.
The inlays are either veneer or thin sheets of solid timber. Native and exotic
overseas timbers are used to create the contrasting colours and grain
patterns. Burrs are often used to create the highly decorative lids. |
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Wherever possible I use
reclaimed timber. |
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The boxes are all hand
made, by me. They are finished with either a hard wearing modern finish like
polyurethane varnish or melamine lacquer, or a traditional shellac polish
(french polish). This is not so hard wearing but gives a much softer and
warmer finish - better suited to many of the exotic timbers I use. |
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Creating the parquetry
patterns involves careful cutting of a number of timbers of contrasting
colour. Some of my favourites are padouk, American black walnut, wenge (a
very dark coloured timber), afromosia, sycamore, oak and pear. |
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These boxes are made to
last a lifetime (with just a little care and love) and to pass on to your
children and grandchildren. They make an ideal gift, or even, for that very
special gift, a unique way to package it. |
SEE THE FULL RANGE OF CURRENT BOXES
SEE THE ARCHIVE OF BOXES
Furniture
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All my furniture is
hand-made to order. Here is a selection of items past and present, hoping
that they may inspire you to commission a piece especially for you. |
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The chest shown here is a
practical and decorative storage unit. The robust oak veneered blockboard
construction is faced with lozenge panels in a variety of timbers. |
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Furniture can be designed
to suit your specific requirements. Here is a home drawing table designed for
a structural engineer. The top is designed as a draughtsman's drawing board
whilst the sliding drawer has a fold down end, making it into an ideal second
work surface to hold pens, pencils, drawing equipment and paperwork; keeping
the main drawing surface clear. With the drawer closed the table makes a fine
piece of compact decorative furniture. |
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Antique, ersatz, or
reproduction? This console table is inspired by the French Louis Philippe
style, but it is not a copy of any particular piece. The solid walnut turned
legs have brass inlays; the cornice and base shelf are veneered in walnut; a
granite top completes the console. |
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Definitely oriental. My
origami table is a reference to the folded paper structures. Creamy sycamore
echos the paper and sharp creases and overlapping layers enhance the origami
effect. |
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Inspired by Charles Rennie
Macintosh this table/jardiniere is in maple with fumed oak inlays. |
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Art Deco style. A side
table inspired by the work of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann. This elegant two drawer
table is constructed in wenge and maple finished with French polish. |
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SEE THE FULL RANGE OF FURNITURE IDEAS
Turned
work...
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Turned lamps can be
simple, or more unusual, like this stacked ball example. |
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The hand-turned bowls can
range from the simple to the highly decorative. Shown here is a bowl using
built-up contrasting timbers that are exposed in interesting patterns by the
turning process. |
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The bowls are finished in
a variety of ways. The oiled finish used on the small macassar ebony bowl
shown here is very practical, and the oil enhances the natural sheen of the
wood. |
