First stained glass piece for me in quite some time, this one was made to celebrate my parents diamond wedding anniversary. It took a few attempts, well, my hand sometimes didn’t work the way I expected it to and glass is fragile 😉 The wood was some that I managed to salvage from an old church pew my parents bought when a local church was closing a decade or two ago that had finally given up.
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I had an idea for a lamp quite some time ago now, bought the electrical bits, then paused for far too long; so the other day I decided to give the lamp idea a go. It has different rivers cut down each face to let out a ‘river of light’ 😉 Luckily with it being a prototype it doesn’t really matter that the light itself goes off at a slight angle – no idea why as it’s a new light fitting and new tube. The rivers I picked are ones…
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This one took a while as I could only work in short bursts. Made out of Sycamore (apart from the pen tray insert and tenon pegs which are walnut wood). There’s a 1946 farthing set into the lid, as this is a 80th birthday gift 😉 the pen was also turned from the same Sycamore.
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Well, more precisely one small step… This is a small step to be used in the kitchen to reach those higher shelves, made as a housewarming gift for a friend. It’s made from oak (with the exception of two small walnut pegs), the joints are all hand cut as I wanted to try and see if I could do them all without assistance 😉 the text on top was engraved on the laser. I decided to add some rubber feet to stop it sliding around. Dimensions are 36cm wide, 16cm…
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Made from Beech, Steamed Pear and Burr, with Sapele splines in the mitres.
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