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The Chair that Hugs you – The Secret Compartment
The Final video of the Chair That’s Hugs You series is now available on youtube. We are all dealing with the covid lock down in different ways. I am taking the opportunity to learn some new skills and improve the … Continue reading
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The Chair that keeps on Hugging
Part 3 of the Chair that hugs is now available on youtube. What started out as a quick and simple video is turning into an opus, and I want to know how it ends, will it end happily or … Continue reading
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A Traditional Market Cart
My latest Video is making a Traditional Market Cart, often referred to as a costermongers cart. If you would like to know the history of costermongers have a look at my earlier posts and you will find the complete potted … Continue reading
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Tagged accessories, art, business, design, education, family, film, garden, gardening, history, home, humour, job, London, market, Marketcart, middle age, shopping, spitalfields, style, tools, traditional marketcart, tv, video, work
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A Two Part Trilogy?
My latest video is now available on youtube. This one was started August 2018 which in my terms is decades ago, but has been waiting for part 2. If you look back across the range of 60 videos, I now have published … Continue reading
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Tagged applications, art, cast, design, education, epoxy, experiment, family, film, garden, gardening, home, humour, middle age, relationships, resin, table, tv, video, work
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Would you buy one ?
In a few days time I step out from the comfort of my workshop into that frenzied whirlwind which is the Suffolk Show. The first of a couple of rural shows I will demonstrating at this year. The Main Focus … Continue reading
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Tagged clock, copper, design, harpers bazaar, porthole, suffolk show, trend, vogue, work
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I used to have hair!
Today I have posted my latest video. By luck I managed to purchase the most superb piece of textured leather and I agonised over what to make. The leather was so good I didn’t want to use it. Then having made … Continue reading
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Shaker or Gothic?
With a few days spare between projects I have been looking ahead to the summer where I shall be exhibiting at some Rural Shows in the East of England. I earn my living as a wheelwright, a maker of wooden wheels, and … Continue reading
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Tagged business, design, goth, Gothic, history, home, rocking chair, rush chair, shaker, work
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How wide is your Bum?
I am a great fan of the shaker style of furniture. Its very elegant furniture, cleverly designed to maximise the strength of interlocking thin timbers to create a piece which is lightweight and yet strong. It could also be argued that the … Continue reading
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Tagged bodyshape, Chair, chair doctor, chairs, design, experiment, humour, middle age, work
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Did I get my Doctorate?
In an earlier post I recounted a tale that on a visit to the south coast I came across a “Chair Doctors” a term I hadn’t seen or heard of for ages. Its not quite as good as a “sagger … Continue reading
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