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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Workshop fire
I’ve recently moved house and so have been using space in a friend’s barn to do some of my own greenwood work. On Saturday morning I got a phone message saying there’d been a fire in the barn in the area … Continue reading
Harvey Nichols installation
just a few extra photos from the Harvey Nichols installation.
Harvey Nichols window display
I’ve been in Manchester this week, installing a new window display for the Harvey Nichols store. The scheme was designed and built by Charlie Whinney back in 2009 and since then has toured the group’s stores in Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham … Continue reading
Posted in steam bending, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged ash, charlie whinney, Harvey Nichols, installation, window display
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Getting the meadow ready!
Finally spring is in the air – even in Austria. It feels we’ve waited a long time for it to come. With it the grass in the meadow I’m taking care of has started to grow but I could still see the … Continue reading
Posted in Scytherspace
Tagged Austria, blunt, Christiane Lechner, grass management, mouse hills, old grass, raking, scythe
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Hand exercises
In my work I use my hands a lot. Carving with knives, axe work, operating powered sanders, bending steamed wood, fine manipulations, gripping and holding work in place, lifting, pushing, typing, even using them as a hammer. It’s a cliché … Continue reading
Pembrokeshire Snath
A couple of weeks ago I went to London to install a sculptural staircase bannister as part of my day job as a woodworker. While I was in the south-east I took a side trip to Reading and spent a … Continue reading
Sculptural bannister installation
It’s always the same: the more interesting things that are going on, the less time there is to write about them. The week before last I went to London to install the steambent oak staircase bannister with Charlie Whinney. For … Continue reading
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Tagged installation, steambent oak staircase bannister
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Epcot Ball finished
The Epcot Ball is finally together. On Saturday Christiane took it apart again and then constructed the model in one 90min session. I wonder what she’ll do with all the free time now?
Epcot ball update
Meanwhile, whatever happened to the Epcot ball origami project? I took my half of the units over to Austria and left them with Christiane to assemble – she’s much more patient with these things that I am. I’m glad I … Continue reading
Compression strap – edit
Those of you with a keen eye may have noticed that part of the post ‘Steambending the staircase bannister’, concerning the new bending strap, has been removed. Charlie has asked me to do this so as to keep the elements … Continue reading