Five years ago I made my first Windor Chair as part of a group of students on the Professional Course at the Chippendale International School of Furniture. Five years after that first build, I finally make my own.
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Ash and Sapele Creepie (#25)
Just a nice wee simple creepie made from olive ash and sapele. The top is two-piece and almost bookmatched and shows ripple at one end and spalted dark brown streaking at the other. Side skirts and legs are sapele with walnut pegs into the legs. Dimensions: H 227 x W 430 x D 230 mm.
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The Frankenspline Creepies (#23 and #24)
A new design of creepies with walnut splines giving the appearance of stitching - hence the name given to these stools. Made from my own Scottish Dumfriesshire oak...
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“Chaffinch” Bedside Cabinet (#3)
It's great when a customer likes their first piece of furniture so much that they ask me to make another so that they have a matching pair.
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Spalted Olive Ash Creepie (#21) and Double-heart Elm Creepie (#22)
A pair of creepies photographed out in the wild at Dirleton Primary School's Rainbow Orchard. One made from olive ash and the other made from elm.
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Yew and Walnut Creepie (#20)
A creepie made from Scottish yew and walnut. Walnut pegs in the side skirts. Simple cut-out to the base of the legs to make some ‘feet’. Dimensions: H 277 x W 460 x D 243 mm.
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Another “Eider” Sofa Table (#6) (and more)
A nice wee job at the start of the year was to make another of my Eider sofa tables. My favourite combination of timber for these tables is oak for the table top and base and walnut for the legs. This was requested in a slightly taller and wider size and in a variation I turned the stretcher between the two legs and wedged it in place.
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Olive Ash and Walnut Creepie (#19)
Another fantastic piece of olive ash makes up the top of this creepie, with ripples, streaks and crazy grain patterning. I had been holding on to this piece for a while and needed to make sure it was completely dry given that the grain direction is all over the place. The top has been flanked with simple, straight, walnut sides with a single peg at each corner. The legs are ‘white’ ash and olive ash with the traditional key motif cut-out. The weather was so good I took a few creepies for a photo shoot on a wall looking onto Tantallon Castle, the Bass Rock and the Isle of May.…
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More “Corncrakes”
My clients were undertaking an extensive refurbishment of their home in North Berwick prior to relocating there. A new kitchen was part of the refurbishment and they commissioned me to make them a "Corncrake" table with matching stools and chairs.
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In the Gallery
I am somewhat amazed (and delighted) to tell you that my creepies are now available from The Perthshire Gallery in Pitlochry. They have six of my creepies for sale this winter - including this most recently completed one (#18) in Scottish olive ash and elm
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Bench (Creepie, #17)
This is not another creepie!! (But I have still given it the number 17 because it is in my creepie-style). It is actually a bench...
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“Chaffinch” Bedside Cabinet (#2)
I first made a "Chaffinch" cabinet about 3 years ago, so it was nice to revisit the design and make some alterations for a new bedside cabinet. What changed?
