Just a final post showing the three pieces of the "Snipe" office furniture suite gathered together. You get a better idea of scale and positioning to see the filing cabinet and sideboard sitting either side of the corner desk.
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The “Snipe” Sideboard
My "Snipe" sideboard. Continuing the design cues from the filing cabinet - cut-away drawer pulls and walnut highlights - and adding asymmetric freeform slatted doors with offset handles. Everyone in the workshop loved it.
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The “Snipe” Filing Cabinet
Next in my "Snipe" suite of office furniture is my filing cabinet. The brief was that this was to have drawers, one of which was to be big enough to hold A4 ring binders, and it was to be the partner to my "Snipe" corner desk.
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“Eider” Footstool (#2)
It's always nice when a customer contacts you out of the blue and says that they really like what they see on your website and asks "May I have one of these, please?"
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The “Snipe” Corner Desk
My brief was to create some furniture home office. The client already had in mind a corner desk but we went on to explore some typical rectangular desk designs before settling on a small suite comprising a filing cabinet, corner desk and sideboard. This is the corner desk.
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Two Lovely Big Desks
The year started with two big oak desks. The first was 2.2 m long and made from character oak, whilst the second was smaller at 1.5 m but with an 'external' frame for some interest.
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End of Year Update
A wee recap of the last few projects of 2023. Bow-fronts, dentil, fluting, hexagons and faux bamboo...
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“Thistle” Oak Table
Having seen some pictures of furniture that had been made in the 'Arts & Crafts Style', I decided to give it a go myself. I like the exposed joinery - the visible tenons, the wedges - and the other details that give such character to furniture made in that style, but I also thought that it would be a good fun to make and part of me liked the idea of the slightly masochistic approach to making joints by hand.
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Spring 2023 Update
Since Christmas I have been working on a variety of jobs. The most interesting request - or challenge - was to make two "Dali" console tables featuring very sculptural legs and rails.
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Dirleton Market on the Green – November 2022
For the past two years I have been a volunteer helping to setup the Dirleton Market on the Green which runs roughly every two months in the village of Dirleton. The market is intended to give local makers and artisans to marketplace in which to sell a variety of produce and crafts. I first took part in the market at the end of 2021 and this year was my second market – and I was much more prepared! I see these markets as a way to advertise my furniture-making business whilst also giving me an outlet for my more craft oriented items such as chopping boards, turned bowls and lamp…
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The “Chaffinch” Cabinet
The brief for this project to was to replace a small plywood table that sat at the end of a sofa...
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Summer 2022 update
Work over the summer has been fragmented for a few reasons (Covid amongst them), so I just thought I would show you some of the things I have been doing/making over the last few months.
