I moved workshop towards the end of the year and that finally gave me the impetus to use up some yew, elm, maple and ash that I had been hoarding for a while. A wee bit snow in the Lammermuirs gave me a nice festive photo shoot location for two of them. The first one, shown below, is book-matched Scottish yew flanking a piece of reclaimed mahogany on the top and the sides are mitred and rounded with the live-edge used at the bottom of the skirts. The legs are maple with a very simple semi-circular cut-out and the sides are affixed with walnut pegs. Size is approximately L 425 x H 200 x W 170 mm.
The second creepie in the snow has maple for the curved sides (with birch pegs) and also for the centre piece of the legs. The top is made from the most fantastic piece of Scottish olive ash – full of grain ripples and chocolate colouring – and with a central finger carrying hole. This one is a bit bigger than the yew creepie above at approx. L 435 x H 250 x W 195 mm.
For the last creepie I deliberately kept the design simple to show off the elm’s colouring and grain patterning, and I made it from five solid pieces from the same trunk and I left the live edge on the skirts. The finger hole in the top was supposed to be two overlapping round holes but the small nubs of elm broke off so I elongated them into a pill shape. 🙂 Size is approximately L 435 x H 260 x W 190 mm.
