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The First Cuckoo
Its often said that one of the first signs of spring is hearing a cuckoo, which I suppose depends upon where you live, whereas in our world the first sign of spring is the first day we light the bread … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, bread, Carriage, charcoal, food, garden, humour, tom green, wheelwright, wood
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Some habits are hard to break.
It was a day for going back to my roots, putting the fancy stuff to one side and make some wheels, something I haven’t done for a while, this time a set of four little wheels to replace some rotten … Continue reading
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Tagged art, business, Carriage, design, education, goat, history, home, horse, humour, job, wheel, work
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Is it Sculpture or is it Art?
The alternative title is “It looks so big in the workshop”. For those of you who have seen my previous posts you will know that I was invited to exhibit one of my works at the Canary Wharf Winter Lights … Continue reading
Posted in art, blacksmith, coppersmith, craft, Diy, fashion, heritage craft, heritagecraft, leisure, lighting, sculpture, steam punk, Uncategorized
Tagged art, business, canary wharf, education, Gothic, home, humour, London, steam punk, winter lights, work
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Its launched so now it has to happen
This week I have posted a new video on You tube. This latest one shows how to make a ladies handbag loosely based on an American Lunch Pail shape. Not being American myself I have no idea whether they actually … Continue reading
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Tagged accessories, art, Book, business, design, fashion, film, gardening, handbag, humour, video, work
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Are Coconuts getting smaller?
Now there is a school of thought that says everything seems bigger when your young but I am sure I remember coconuts being bigger. I always enjoy a bit of blacksmithing, but don’t often get a chance. There is something … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith, business, coconut shy, design, education, history, humour, job, work
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Support an endangered craft
Another unusual day in my workshop, I wanted to start off by making a joke about how I need to control my apprentice but firstly I don’t have an apprentice and secondly someone would take it out of context and I would … Continue reading
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Tagged accessories, art, business, design, education, fundraising, Gothic, history, home, humour, job, medieval, money, stocks, work
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Wooden Box wins First Prize
As Halloween rapidly approaches I thought I would recount an old story that happened to me a few years ago. My local Authority every year puts on a town show every September and as part of that they have a … Continue reading
Extreme Upcycling
10 years ago I acquired an Office Chair, it wasn’t new then, not all the knobs worked but it suited me and as I remember it was cheap . You just learnt to sit a certain way and accept the arms … Continue reading
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Tagged Chair, craft, diy, fashion, heritage, humour, leisure, recycling, thomas green, tom green, upcycling, upholstery, work
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