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Category Archives: chair making
Rocking Chair Rush Seat
I’ve spent a couple of days weaving the rush seat on the new rocking chair and I’m pretty happy with the results. The colours in the rushes are beautiful, a mix of greens and yellows which complement the ash well. … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, chair, green wood, ladderback, rocking, rush, seat, UK
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Ladderback rocking chair
A couple of photos from a rocking chair commission I’ve been working on. This is a ladderback style chair made of ash from the Edenhall Estate near Penrith with specially narrow slats to lighten the effect of the frame. For … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, chair, green wood, ladderback, rocking, UK
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Keeping busy through the summer
June went by in a flash and I realised I hadn’t written anything here all month. It’s mowing season so a lot of my time at the moment is taken up with scythes – find out about it on Scytherspace, … Continue reading
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Tagged CANW, chisel, green wood, greenwood, hay rakes, hayrake, rake, rake making, sheath, wooden, wooden rakes
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Willow chair seating
I wanted to learn how to weave the willow seat that I had found on the chairs made by David Drew. They had aged beautifully during their time in the Castle Drogo cafe and worn extremely well so I knew … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white chair, chair, David Drew, green wood, oak, pickled, willow seat
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Pickled oak chair
So me and my Castle Drogo chair (the only furniture I owned at the time) moved to Cumbria. In time I decided that I would make this one-slat chair part of my new range of handmade green wood chairs. It … Continue reading
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Tagged black, black and white chair, Castle Drogo, chair, David Drew, green wood, ladderback, oak, pickled, willow seat
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Rescuing the Castle Drogo chairs
In 2008, a visit to a cafe set in motion a series of connections leading to my newest chair design. I was at Castle Drogo, a National Trust property in Devon where I was living at the time. After a fairly … Continue reading
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Tagged basket maker, black and white chair, Castle Drogo, chair, David Drew, green wood, ladderback, National Trust, oak, willow seat
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Blue spindleback dining chair
In between everything else I’m spending quite a bit of time at the moment on designing a series of chairs. I’ve been making green wood chairs since I did a course with Mike Abbott in Herefordshire in 2003. I did … Continue reading
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Tagged chair, contemporary, egg, green wood, Mike Abbott, paint, paper rush, rush seat, shaker, spindle back, tempera, traditional
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Steambending Course 2011
After last year’s success, Charlie Whinney and I again ran an intensive steambending workshop for four furniture makers demonstrating the amazing possibilities in bending solid wood using steam. My role is to organise the workshop and ensure that everything runs … Continue reading
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Tagged charlie whinney, course, greenwood, steam bending
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