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The oak slab table
This table was a design I wanted to make for ages, as it’s an oak slice top I can replicate it or make very similar ones different sizes. The root base is lots of individual branches secured together, the top is a single thick slice from the centre of an oak tree. The grain is staggering with lots of cats paws.
The result is a stunning dining size table, totally unique and beautifully British from trees grown here, recovered from rivers and given a new life. Currently available in the shop.
The result is a stunning dining size table, totally unique and beautifully British from trees grown here, recovered from rivers and given a new life. Currently available in the shop.
The Oak Throne
This project came about simply because I had got a very large amount of weathered oak.
still incredibly strong it was crying out for a big piece that could include it all. Worn into incredible patterns that deepened as I sanded each piece by hand, the patina of this wood was very special. After a few hours sanding despite the rough look, the wood was as smooth as glass. This is a seat you have to touch, you find yourself cradled in it stroking the arms in wonder, where has this wood been, how old is it, how many years has it taken for its age to be displayed upon it in this way? I have no answers, but the throne has them all, whether it will ever tell you is another thing altogether.
Having never built a chair before let alone a throne it took a lot of work and thought, the end result is a beast of a chair.
it weighs 350kg is 7ft tall and is totally unique. Here are just a few of the photos from its fabrication.
still incredibly strong it was crying out for a big piece that could include it all. Worn into incredible patterns that deepened as I sanded each piece by hand, the patina of this wood was very special. After a few hours sanding despite the rough look, the wood was as smooth as glass. This is a seat you have to touch, you find yourself cradled in it stroking the arms in wonder, where has this wood been, how old is it, how many years has it taken for its age to be displayed upon it in this way? I have no answers, but the throne has them all, whether it will ever tell you is another thing altogether.
Having never built a chair before let alone a throne it took a lot of work and thought, the end result is a beast of a chair.
it weighs 350kg is 7ft tall and is totally unique. Here are just a few of the photos from its fabrication.
The Crucifix Gathering The Lost
I was asked to create a large crucifix for the prayer room of a local church,
At first I thought two pieces of wood, fixed together in some way would suffice but the more I worked on it the more certain I was that this was the wrong stand point. Every time I tried to make it, it just felt wrong. This was going to be the only cross in the whole church, the only sign that the building had a religious purpose, it had to be right.
I approached the problem from a religious angle, Jesus saved souls, gathered people to him and bound them together in faith, here I had my inspiration.
I gathered wood from around the united Kingdome, from the Kent marshes to the Yorkshire coast. From the Scottish lochs to the Welsh rivers. From the stormy Cornish seas to the Dover straights, I gathered the lost, the abandoned that had been cast adrift without purpose. Now I had to combine them together.
I didn't want a machined wooden cross with driftwood fixed on it, it had to be made of the wood I had collected, interwoven and secured together with the necessary strength to safely support a six foot cross.
like a congregation this crosses strength comes from hundreds of very different individuals all working together regardless of their differences to achieve their goals. It stands well over six feet tall on outstretched roots that enable it to be totally self supporting and perfectly balanced. it is to date the most perfect thing I have ever created. It took time but here are a few photos of the work and the final product. Sufficed to say the church are very happy with the result I have called this piece:
GATHERING THE LOST
At first I thought two pieces of wood, fixed together in some way would suffice but the more I worked on it the more certain I was that this was the wrong stand point. Every time I tried to make it, it just felt wrong. This was going to be the only cross in the whole church, the only sign that the building had a religious purpose, it had to be right.
I approached the problem from a religious angle, Jesus saved souls, gathered people to him and bound them together in faith, here I had my inspiration.
I gathered wood from around the united Kingdome, from the Kent marshes to the Yorkshire coast. From the Scottish lochs to the Welsh rivers. From the stormy Cornish seas to the Dover straights, I gathered the lost, the abandoned that had been cast adrift without purpose. Now I had to combine them together.
I didn't want a machined wooden cross with driftwood fixed on it, it had to be made of the wood I had collected, interwoven and secured together with the necessary strength to safely support a six foot cross.
like a congregation this crosses strength comes from hundreds of very different individuals all working together regardless of their differences to achieve their goals. It stands well over six feet tall on outstretched roots that enable it to be totally self supporting and perfectly balanced. it is to date the most perfect thing I have ever created. It took time but here are a few photos of the work and the final product. Sufficed to say the church are very happy with the result I have called this piece:
GATHERING THE LOST
