Furniture

The dark oak endgrain tiles in this headboard came off a bonfire.  They had originally held up the roof of an 18th century cider mill and were discarded when renovations were being done.  On the outside they worm-eaten but on the inside, they were still radiant.  Over the decades ammonia has darkened the oak from honey to almost mahogany but left the cellular markings sharp.  I’ve arranged tiles of endgrain against the satiny pallor of sycamore and left its history – splits, wild grain, steel stains – evident.

Once in a while, I have a small amount of really gorgeous wood just waiting around for the right project.  These are bathroom cabinets designed to rest on the floor beside a toilet or a bath and to take all the usual bits and bobs: loo roll, cleaning products, spare toiletries etc.  The first is made from oak and burr oak, the second from lacewood and black walnut.

H520 x L520 x W370mm

There are deer near where I live, and once in a while I find their antlers lying around.  Painted up, varnished and backed, they make excellent coat hooks.

I made this workbench from old oak off-cuts, spare floorboards, unused table legs, a walnut cabinet and a couple of school bench vices before trimming it off with bits of rosewood.  It’s moveable, elegant, practical and beautiful, and it looks like it’s existed forever.   1850 x 840 x 600mm.