Wednesday
Jan112012

Birthday/Christening presents

I'm happy to report that January is turning out to be just as busy as December with lots of  bespoke Birthday and Christening presents including these oak bookends, a gift from Poppy's Godparents on her Christening.

Tomorrow I'm out of the workshop and going to Berkshire to do some carvings into an oak porch- photos to follow!

 

Tuesday
Nov222011

Christmas orders

 

November is absolutely flying by and it seems Christmas is going to be here before we know it. If you were thinking of commissioning a carving for a Christmas gift please don't leave it until a week beforehand to speak to Sarah as she may not have enough time to get it finished for you -unfortunately this did happen last year to a few people :( Feel free to contact Sarah at sarah.j.goss1@gmail.com 

Thursday
Nov172011

Anniversary present

Amongst other carvings I have just finished this oak plaque which says 'I Love You' in Dhivehi (Maldives). With the date of their wedding underneath, this was then faux aged to give it a bit more character than a new piece of oak. It's 25mm thick so can easily be hung on the wall or just placed on a mantel/ shelf.

Friday
Oct212011

RAF badge replica

As part of the restoration work to a 1919 barometer, I was asked to replicate an oak RAF badge, working from a section that only contained about 1/2 of the design. I wasn't able to find a design which matched perfectly so a bit of artistic license was used!

My finished carving:

The original section:

Monday
Oct172011

Stucco work

As a change of pace from my carving commissions, I have spent the morning experimenting with stucco as part of an ongoing commission to provide some stucco panels for a house in Horsham. Traditionally it is left as plain white decoration but I'm experimenting with adding different pigments to see how the design will look with a few earthy colours included.