Sustainably made, bespoke products crafted from local materials.
My story
I’ve been making things for a long time. I’ve always had a passion to tinker with different materials be it metal, leather, ceramics or plastic (yes, Lego counts) but I always come back to working with wood. I’ve had a go at building furniture, flooring, framing, carving, tool handle repair, even whittling spoons but it’s the lathe that has truly captured my heart.
Ever since I first saw a lathe at school I had wanted to try woodturning. Unfortunately I’d have to wait over 20 years to get my hands on a gouge as my school didn’t teach woodturning.
Lockdown gave me the opportunity to finally buy my first 2nd hand lathe. I made a lot of mess and ruined a lot of pieces of wood but I also fell in love with the craft.
I was hooked! As my skills and confidence improved I started gifting my projects to friends and family, eventually selling them at craft fairs. Like any new addiction I wanted more so I began investing my meagre earnings in bigger lathes, better tools and more sandpaper. Always more sandpaper…
Woodturning has introduced me to new friends, weekend craft fairs, required me to learn how to wield a chainsaw, making the worlds loudest/most annoying whistles and cost me a front tooth. I can’t wait to see what it brings next.
I have started this website as a project to not only supplement my expensive sandpaper habit but also to share my work, my story and my journey in the craft.
Driven by passion
Wood is good. In fact it’s better than good, it’s amazing! It grows out of the ground! If we don’t cut it down we end up with forests of the stuff. Every tree is unique and that gives me the opportunity to create unique products.
One of the best conversations I ever had about woodworking (and I have a lot of them) is that when you cut in to a piece of wood you are the first person to ever see the grain / figuring / spalting. To me, that makes every bowl, spatula, spurtle, handle or whatever I make very special.
Wherever possible I will strive to source all of my raw materials from local woodlands or reclaimed materials. Something that makes an item extra special is when I can tell you exactly where the materials came from, sometimes down to the exact location of the tree.
I am predominantly self taught so as soon as I learn a new skill or technique I’m very quick to try and showcase it with a new product.
Their attention to detail and commitment to quality truly stood out. We’ve already recommended them to others.
—Former Customer