In November I was busy with a variety of large and small builds.
First, I was commissioned to make two matching pairs of oak lamp bases. These were made by laminating oak and maple layers with care taken to ensure that the grain on the ‘left’ and ‘right’ lamp bases was mirrored. The smaller bases were slightly smaller in all dimensions and the shoulders on all were heavily rounded. I shipped these down to West Sussex where they will be much loved by the new owner.
Next up was a wee job for someone who is an artist. As a result of a recent illness, they have limited mobility and often use a wheelchair. The task was to take their mass-produced bamboo caddy and bling it up with three additional trays to increase the carrying capacity and a new base with castors so that it could all be wheeled around.
I made the new trays from mitred walnut with splines to match the existing bamboo trays. Each tray will fit into any of the existing trays and they can all be easily removed to be placed on the artist’s desktop.
And finally, I had a commission to make another “Corncrake” dining table. This one varied from the original in several of the dimensions and some of the detailed work. Of course the lovely characterful oak makes it truly unique and there’s even a fish in the end-grain pattern. To keep the final colour as close to ‘natural’ as possible this was finished with Osmo raw.
