{"id":4470,"date":"2022-08-23T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2022-08-23T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:42:51","slug":"writing-slope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2022\/08\/writing-slope\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Slope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Far too many years ago we met Peter Lloyd at a woodworking show and bought his book (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ca1l6q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>), 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&#8217;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. <em>Finished dimensions 21.5cm wide 8cm high (at the back) and 37cm front to back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_01_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_01_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_01_1200-461x365.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_01_1200-840x665.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_01_1200-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_04_.1200jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_04_.1200jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_04_.1200jpg-387x365.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_04_.1200jpg-840x792.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_04_.1200jpg-768x724.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_03_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_03_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_03_1200-225x365.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_03_1200-517x840.jpg 517w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_03_1200-768x1247.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/box4_03_1200-946x1536.jpg 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s just how it goes sometimes. 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