designer furniture

01/05/2026

Ignacio, mi alumno, está sentado en su primera silla. Su curso de un año intensivo, desde los primeros pasos, está enfocado en el uso de herramientas manuales. Yo quiero que se fabrica su primea caja, su primer armario con puerta y cajón, su primera silla, su primera mesa, etc, para que cuando salga de su curso, tenga experiencia y competencia

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25/04/2026

Side table "ARCO" available in cream, sand, jet, sage, for example. Others colours available on request. Best bought as a pair, for each end of a sofá. Sizes: H- 450mm width and depth 450mm.
Other height options available.

17/04/2026

Grandfather clock case. Cherry. My client has a 200 year old mechanism which was beautifully restored and works as new. The chimes on the hour and half hour are truly lovely. I'll get another short video of these when I go back.
Client wanted a modern case to match existing furniture and yes, I would have loved the chance to have made a copy of a 19C clock case but "he who pays the piper calls the tune" , so there you are. I'll post some before and after photos of the clock face for you when I get home.
BTW, client got quite emotional when it was all put together. A lovely project for a lovely client.

18/12/2025

30/11/2025

Entrevista con Canal Sur televisión Andalucía que salió el miércoles pasado.

31/10/2025

One at a time, cut to the line. If you can cut to a line with a saw, a chisel, a plane you can make anything. Here is another view of the progress of the tripod table I made for
Poco a poco, corta a la línea. Si puedes corta a una linea, puedes construir cualquier cosa que quieras.
Aquí está otra visita a la mesa trípode que hice para .

30/10/2025

Using the spokeshave to shape the legs of the tripod table. Cherry wood.
Usando el bastren para formar el perfil de las patas de la mesa trípode. Madera de cerezo.

09/05/2025

Still at it, enjoying this time of my life.

29/03/2025

I was invited to give a short five day class at . Warren said he wanted to give the students on his Masters programme to experience 1) the use of a spokeshave 2) a little design practice 3) give Warren a break. Happy to oblige , as I always like going up there, I designed this flower table. Its just the right size to pop into a corner with a vase of flowers. More importantly it'll give these students a thorough work-out with spokeshaves.
Monday started with a little drawing of curves full size to make a template to draw around onto the wood as well as use it as a guide for cleaning up the bandsawn edges on a router.
Next, we prepared the jointing edges which had to be a perfect 120° . More planing came to taper the legs down to produce a dainty toe.
Then the hard woodwork started! Fortunately, Warren had a lovely plank of sycamore for them to make this project which although its a hardwood, its easy going for them to shape. Nevertheless, precision handwork is required to make all three legs the same.
I had always intended to have a thick glass top for this table because otherwise a solid top would cover the attractive top of the legs. However, It was also an opportunity to do a spot of veneering so we did a nice round top with some burr walnut. The course ended with a discussion on developing the design further. Its always good to try and exhaust all the possibilities.