The pre-oiled panels for the new Arts and Crafts executive desk are centred in the marked out and fixed with screws in the centre of each frame aperture so the panel has room to expand and contract left and right.
Panels for #arts&crafts #desk need oiling prior to jointing into frames in #oak #furniture #designermaker
The panels for the new Arts and Crafts executive desk need oiling prior to jointing into the frames. The grooves around the panels are deep enough to allow for the movement of the timber as it contracts or swells with the environment.
Getting groovy with the 32 panel frames needed for #arts&crafts #desk in #oak #furniture #designermaker
Routing identical grooves in 22 identical vertical frames and 10 horizontal frame pieces is time consuming but satisfying (if there are no tear outs and no exploding knots!). Each piece is carefully selected for decorative rays and matching tones before running through the router. Now we are ready to joint the frames.
120 Individual components make up this #Arts&Crafts inspired #desk #oak #furniture
The 120 Individual components that make up the new Arts and Crafts inspired desk that I am making in English oak are sized and laid out. Each piece is sticked or stood on their ends with enough air to circulate around all surfaces to help the new planed and cut shape is maintained and the movement of the timber is minimised.
The #Medullaryrays found on darker, English #Oak are particularly vivid and will look great on the new #arts&crafts inspired #desk
The silvery white waves found on oak are called Medullary rays. These radial structures are perpendicular to the regular growth rings and conduct water and transport other substances from the centre of the tree to its periphery. As such, they usually appear fatter and more vivid near the sapwood.
The #burr and #pippyoak for new #arts&Crafts inspired #desk requires a lot of resin to fill & stabilise #furniture #wood
Today I jointed & glued up the bookmatched drawer bottoms #arts&crafts #desk #furniture #pippyoak
Today I jointed & glued up the bookmatched drawer bottoms for new arts&crafts inspired desk in English Oak and English Pippyoak
Work in progress #newideas #craft #furniture
English #Pippyoak from @cockingsawmills resawn & skimmed for #arts&crafts #executivedesk #desk #oak #artisan #furniture
Well seasoned timber makes such a difference to the process of timber conversion and furniture construction. The Pippy oak I bought from English Woodland Tiimber in April has been in my workshop for two weeks so it was time to start skimming the boards and prepping for the drawers I need to make for the desk commission. The timber is resawn for book-matched drawer bottoms and is stable and ready to joint.
Internal photographs of #walnut & #steel #drinkscabinet #furnituremaker
I went back to take photographs of the #walnut & #steel #drinkscabinet this week. It was looking great in the full sun of the English heatwave
I went back to take photographs of the #walnut & #steel #drinkscabinet this week. It was looking great in the full sun of the English heatwave
I went back to take photographs of the #walnut & #steel #drinkscabinet this week. It was looking great in the full sun of the English heatwave
Full scale drawing or 'rod' drawn out for new #vanitytable #chair to be made in #lacewood
Full scale drawing or 'rod' drawn out for new vanity table chair. The back verticals and back legs are one piece and will be slotted through the underneath of a mortice cut in the seat and fixed with a wedge above the seat.
A wall of English #Pippyoak ready for new #arts&crafts inspired executive #desk #executivedesk #oak #artisan
A wall of English #Pippyoak ready for new #arts&crafts inspired executive #desk #executivedesk #oak #artisan
#Foaldesk completed and delivered to #happycustomer #desk #walnut
The Foal Desk in walnut. The large desktop sits lightly on the galloping frame, the horse conceit working perfectly in this horsey home. The desk has been installed in the customer's country home garden room in sight of the stables.
The development and making of the Foal desk has been in many ways the perfect project. The customer contacted me regarding a previous piece, a narrow refectory table I made three years ago called 'Foal.' The customer wanted a desk along the same lines; he particularly liked the shape and gait of the legs, which are reminiscent of motorway footbridges but also the legs of a horse.
His enthusiasm for the design consultation process, timber selection and functional details was as motivating as it was facilitating. And his whole hearted and responsive communication made this project a joy to work on. I so glad that he is happy with the work and feels that his own contribution was essential to the projects success.
#Foaldesk in #walnut installed in the home of another #happycustomer #desk
The new #FoakDesk is finished and installed in the garden room of a customer's country home. The large desktop sits lightly on the galloping frame, the horse conceit working perfectly in this horsey home.
#Foaldesk in #walnut gets first coat of oil #wood #furniture #designer #maker #craft
The Bridget cabinet I have made in all sorts of lengths, the design adaptable to needs. #sideboard #walnut #wood #bespokefurniture #handmade
The Bridget cabinet I have made in all sorts of lengths, the design adaptable to needs.
#sideboard #walnut #wood #bespokefurniture #handmade
Chest of drawers from 2013. Seems like a lifetime ago. #chestofdrawers #walnut #wood #bespokefurniture #handmade
Chest of drawers from 2013. Seems like a lifetime ago.
#chestofdrawers #walnut #wood #bespokefurniture #handmade
