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Graeme Skinner — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:22:05 +0000

I’ve had a piece of Oak burr that I’d wanted to do something different with for a while, every time I picked it up nothing suggested itself, then I decided it would make a nice lid for a small box. As our Silver Wedding anniversary was coming up I made it into a gift for my much better half the burr had quite a few gaps in the grain so these were filled with powered brass mixed with resin. The sides are made from yew with walnut pegged joints.

Writing Slope

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:42:49 +0000

Far too many years ago we met Peter Lloyd at a woodworking show and bought his book (link), one of the projects in it has appealed to me for some time but I never had the opportunity to attempt it. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I was thinking of making a gift for a friend and the writing slope from the book sprang to mind, the design changed a bit from the one in the book but that’s just how it goes sometimes. The majority of the wood for the project was Yew, and it was a challenge at times to work with but the end result was worth it. Finished dimensions 21.5cm wide 8cm high (at the back) and 37cm front to back.

yew – Graeme Skinner

Burrrrrrrr

Writing Slope