The design, in marquetry, is the Shaker Tree Of Life. The background veneer is ripple sycamore, the tree trunk is figured walnut, and the greens and red are dyed magnolia. The basket side and swing handle are in North American…

A new version of my swing handle basket…… it now has the option of a shallow drop-in tray. Available in the usual timbers I work with, European oak, North American cherry, and black walnut.

At the British Craft Trade Fair in April 2018 I was approached by the craft gallery manager, Tracey Burgoyne, of the New Brewery Arts Centre, to see if I wanted my work on display there. I travelled there yesterday, 220/10/2018,…

Delivered today for Just Makers autumn wood show, in the Bath House at RHS Harlow Carr Gardens.   

Dansel Gallery in Dorset specialises in retailing high quality wooden objects and furniture. I have exhibited there since 2016, and periodically send them, on request, items to top up items of mine that have sold, such as these fruitboats.

I felt honoured to be asked to contribute to this exhibition at Gallery Ten. I have work in a number of Scottish galleries now. There are some well established and very talented woodworking artists in the Wood Show. The other…

  My first craft show, lots of good contacts made, and some sales too, so my work is now in more galleries around the United Kingdom.   

Yay!! The Bard of Barking is coming to York, 24/01/2017 Billy Bragg concert in York, Shine A Light Billy had this to say about the legacy of that good friend of General Augusto Pinochet, Margaret Thatcher: “The death of Margaret…

I have read these three books about neoliberalism this year, the year of Brexit and Trump, and much else that is not worth celebrating as 2016 draws to a close. The first, Small Is Beautiful, a gift from my friend…