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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Not out of the woods yet
Perhaps my thoughts that we had saved our national forests were a bit premature. As Mark Allery points out, this was all a bit too easy and noone is quite sure what the minister means when she says she “got … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 degrees, Forest, rory stewart, sell-off
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Steambent Staircase Bannister
The next project I’m working on with Charlie Whinney is a steam bent oak staircase banister. Three 200mm wide strips will curl their way up the three flights of stairs replacing the existing boring straight pine version. The model shows … Continue reading
Forests saved
Today I feel very proud to have been a tiny part of the campaign to stop our government from selling off more of our national assets. We get used to feeling like national policies are out of our hands and … Continue reading
Garden Sculpture Installed
As planned, we went down to London early in the new year to install the ‘Spirit’ garden sculpture but I’ve only just got a photo to show here. This was my first installation and I was a little bit nervous; … Continue reading
Britain's cutest log cabin
I’m not sure I would have used the word ‘cute’ to describe it but nonetheless it’s very satisfying to see the log cabin I worked on in 2009 getting national coverage. Over the course of 4 months I worked as … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, cumbria, edenhall, log cabin, scribed
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Simplicity
On the Association of Pole-lathe Turner’s forum there’s a thread where people can post pictures of spoons they’ve carved. Over the past 3 or 4 years, spooncarving seems to have exploded as a pastime which is a very good thing … Continue reading
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Tagged greenwood, hand carved, handmade, spoon
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Call your MP
I’ve been following the story of the forest sell-off, building up information from campaign sites, news stories and blogs like this one from my friend Mark Allery, another woodland worker. Today, as MPs were debating and voting on the governments … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 degrees, Forest, rory stewart, sell-off
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SABI – what's in a name?
It must be the same as when you’re naming your kids and wondering how it’ll be turned into nicknames. After the Scythe Association (Britain & Ireland) was created, a few of us started to wonder that the acronym wouldn’t turn … Continue reading
Grizedale 'Save Lakeland's Forests' Rally
Today I stood in the cold with hundreds of others to show my concern over the government’s plan to sell off our nationally-owned forests. The lively crowd was made up of a broad cross-section of society and it was great … Continue reading
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Wensleydale Header
Scytherspace has a new header! I’ve been looking for ages for a picture to replace the generic one supplied by wordpress and put in a request during the Scythe Association meeting. My search had taken me through the pages of … Continue reading