Made in Britain!

I'm currently making some tables for Made in Britain, a pop-up shop in Quakers Friars (Bristol) opening in mid-April. The shop is being run by the good people from Made In Bristol, who do fantastic work in supporting local makers.

Here is a picture of the timber I am using, and one of the finished table in the workshop. It is part of an ash tree I milled last year. It has some absolutely beautiful rippling!
 

And here are the details for Made In Britain's pop-up shop.  It will be a great opportunity to see what British artists and makers are producing both across the country and here in Bristol.

Full circle!

Coffee table in English oak.

The top of the table - a beautiful effect created by the book-matched timber.

This book-matched walnut coffee table is made from the first tree I milled into boards. The timber came from a client's woodland about half a mile away from the workshop. The video below shows the walnut being milled:

After milling the timber was put into storage here at the workshop, until last month when it was finally ready for use. At the client's request a beautiful book-matched coffee table has been created from their timber, so the tree has now gone full circle, returning in a more useful and beautiful form!

English copper beech tree on the Wood-Mizer

A copper beech tree was being felled just up the road from the workshop and the tree surgeon, Ben Swift, wanted to save some from the firewood pile. In a skills exchange I have milled the timber with Rohan Scadding, it will be dried and seasoned at which point it will be ready for use in making. Ben then will be able to select a couple of boards for himself for a dining room table.

Please check out www.sawnbristol.moonfruit.co.uk for further information on my new venture into milling timber.

New chainsaw!

Using the new chainsaw for the first time, milling some absolutely lovely ash.

We thought the olive figuring looked like a fish. Do you see anything?

Both the olive ash is created by a fungal infection in the trees. It gives some lovely character to the timber.