Jewellery Box
Jewellery Box From childhood I have been fascinated by boxes. We still have our children’s ‘treasure’ boxes in the attic…
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Rosewood Breakfast Table
Rosewood Breakfast Table I have several clients who prefer antique furniture and this rosewood table came in from one of…
Hidden Box Earring Stand
Hidden Box Earring Stand One of my staple production items is made from 85mm square lignum vitae (Guiaiacum officinale) stock…
Carving a Red Grouse
Carving a Red Grouse The red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) is a mid-sized bird typically found in heather moorland and uplands…
Gothic Candle Stand
Gothic Candle Stand Much as I like making thin and delicate carvings in limewood (Tilia vulgaris), it makes a refreshing…
Wooden Alphabet Magnets
Wooden Alphabet Magnets Novelty fridge magnets are relatively a thing of the past, but as a child of the 1990s…
Carving a Perch and Fry Shoal
Carving a Perch and Fry Shoal Things you will need • 6mm coarse grit ‘Typhoon’ carbide burr • 3mm fine…
Carving Scrolls
Carving Scrolls Carving scrolls into furniture is a technique that has been around for many centuries because of its simplistic…
A Trumpet-inspired Chess Set
A Trumpet-inspired Chess Set Mike Darlow turns a chess set based on a trumpet-shape design The set shown above is…
Yew Boxes
Yew Boxes There is a yew (Taxus baccata) tree growing in the churchyard at Fortingall in Perthshire that is thought…