Sunday, 4 November 2012

Desk trays



Steve made pencil boxes to keep your pens and pencils together
and now Desk trays to keep your papers tidy -
Silky Oak sides with a a hoop pine base. 
Steve's been using his new
box jointing jig.
 
 



 
 
 

Huon Pine Coasters -

 
Our friend Steve brought some Huon Pine slices back from his recent trip to Tassie. 
After a good sanding, danish oil and a buff we are sure they will be put to good use.





Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Document Trays for Uncle Nev's 77th

Silky Oak sides and Hoop Pine base

Simple but elegant design to enhance any desk

stacked or single




Thursday, 28 June 2012

A tray for June in June - Happy Birthday!

Tasmanian Myrtle Burl and Redgum

Letter openers with a twist



Top to bottom:  Spotted Gum with leather strip, Camphor Laurel, Walnut with leather strip,                                                            Spotted Gum with Birdseye Huon Pine handle
                      

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Making a plane

Stephen has started making his own planes - this is his first along with a mallet for tapping the wedge into place

Saturday, 21 April 2012

My Bear

My Bear - known to family as Pooh Two - is off to a Beginners Carving competion.  Entries have now closed and judging begins on the 15th of May - will keep you posted and send a link.

The Tudor Rose in Sirian Cedar

Such a beautiful piece, such wooly wood!  My girlfriend Cheryl loves roses - so for her birthday I made her a Tudor Rose.  Happy Birthday Cheryl
The history of the Tudor Rose -
When Henry Tudor took the crown of England from Richard III in battle, he brought about the end of the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster (whose badge was a red rose) and the House of York (whose badge was a white rose). His father was Edmund Tudor from the House of Richmond, and his mother was Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; he married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together. In fact, Richard III fought under the banner of the boar, and Henry under the banner of the dragon of his native Wales. On his marriage, Henry VII adopted the Tudor rose badge conjoining the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster.