Strictly Woodworking

01/04/2020

A useful aid to help you sharpen spokeshave blades- and costs you nothing!

I've seen many struggle with sharpening this little blade- me included- and so I thought I would like a size of blade thats the same size as my plane blades....

16/08/2018

16/08/2018

Latest Pierce to leave the studio, chest of drawers in ebony and copper. All drawers leather lined.

08/05/2018

A few boxes I made recently for an open doors weekend in the workshop. Very successful.

18/04/2018

Lots of work in progress on the bench in various stages of completion. There's four projects there in the photos with another three pairs of table lamps waiting for me upstairs, and a chest and a side table in my head that I'm about to draw up, the material for them already prepared.
More pics coming soon...

19/02/2018

Console Table - leather and brass. 1200 x 900 x 400. Apples extra.

06/02/2018

17/12/2012

I'm sure there's someone out there that would like to have a go at making this.....
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ede_1355659804

This cabinet was built by Abraham and David Roentgen in the late 18th century on behalf of King Frederick William II.

12/12/2012

YOU KNOW SOMETHING? I'M CONSTANTLY SURPRISED BY THE IMAGINATION OF MY STUDENTS. HERE WE HAVE A PHOTO OF TWO ITEMS CUT FROM ONE RATHER SPECIAL BLOCK OF WOOD: A SPARE CHANGE DISH AND A CANDLE HOLDER - WELL DONE MARIA-ANGELES!

04/12/2012

You may not know this, but I also have written articles that are published in woodworking magazines in the UK and USA. In fact, there's one coming out next month, January 2013 in Furniture and Cabinetmaking. Obviously I don't want to SPOIL it for you by giving the game away, but here's a little sneaky-peeky of what you'll find.....

30/11/2012

Katja, 15, flew in from London for a one day course! She went home with her first box, made from maple and lined all finished! So why not come and learn something and go home with..what? a box? A fruit bowl? A clock? You choose! 50€ for the day everythng included!

28/11/2012

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY - A FORMER STUDENT OF MINE THAT WORKS HERE NOW IN THE STUDIOS, SARAH BRINDLEY, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE CRAFTS COUNCIL COLLECT 13 EXHIBITION MAY 2013. THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS FOR ONLY 10 PLACES! AM I PROUD?