My Etsy shop

Saturday 22 December 2012

Hybrid burr/resin blanks

Hello folks

well if you would have told me at the beginning of this year that by the end of the year I would have my own online shop and be spending two/three days most weeks either keeping it updated or making hybrid resin blanks to keep it stocked I would have never believed you!!

But I'm pleased to say that whats happening and I'm really enjoying it.

Thank you to all of my new customers and a big thank you to Mark Sanger who helped me set up the shop.

here are some of the latest blanks I've cast










Tuesday 11 December 2012

New Hybrid boxes

Hello folks

here are a few new boxes that i've made recently the top and bottom boxes are mini cones and the middle box is loofah- all of the boxes are around 3" tall by 2 3/8" wide






Thursday 8 November 2012

A morning out at log yard

Hello folks

I'm running short of green wood/logs- I normally have between 3 and 4 tonnes but just lately I've only had a couple at best! so today it was off to one of my friendly tree surgeons yards to see what he had in stock.

Here's a few pics of the yard







I found an Ash tree which by the looks of it had been here/there a few years, I took a small limb which was alongside the main trunk. I cut a couple of inches of the end of a log and the heart wood had some lovely olive figureing.
in these next few pics you can see the main trunk which I've tagged for a latter date and the aftermath of me cutting the smaller logs. 







here are the logs that i collected today- plus around 6 hollow forms blanks (not pictured) which i cut whilst i was at the yard








Saturday 27 October 2012

Hybrid cone boxes and hollow form

Hello folks

here are three new mini cone boxes and a hollow form with one large pine cone embedded in the centre of the piece









Friday 12 October 2012

A selection of new forms

Hello folks

Here is a selection of forms which I've completed recently, the majority of them are olive ash and a couple are spalted beech.










Saturday 6 October 2012

New Hybrid pen blanks

Hello folks

Here are some new blanks that I've cast recently - they are a mixture of natural edge burr's which include elm burr, york gum burr and rib eye fruit burr.





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Monday 24 September 2012

Gold leaf platters

Hello folks

Here are 6 platters that I've made recently, they are all made with rippled olive ash and are 13" to 18" in width.
The leaf is a metal schlag effect in various designs.