ideas from the blog
the mist of familiarity
In 1819 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote, “the mist of familiarity obscures from us the wonder of our being.” Is the
coincidence – pierced forms
Isn’t the web a feast of coincidence. A ring carved from bamboo by Kevin Woolgar @kevinwoolgar, a photographer in Puerto
Birdsong Tables
A while ago, sitting on a bridge in my local nature reserve and listening to a particularly soulful blackbird, I
Boxes as Sorbet
Boxes are a sorbet for the furniture maker – they refresh the palate between heavier and more complex pieces. But they
Goodbye table. I will remember your making.
It would be easy to think, looking at a calm and refined piece of furniture, that the experience of making
Clay, wood and beauty 3
If you’ve been reading the recent posts you’ll know that I’ve been thinking about the relationship between woodworking and ceramics,
clay, wood and beauty: 2
Paul Bradley – the maker of the pot in the previous post – pointed me at the work of Edmund
Furniture and birdsong
With all the wonderful bird song beginning again now and Spring feeling as if it must burst out soon, I
Furniture as sketch?
Can a piece of furniture be a sketch? Or more specifically, can it have the immediacy and energy of a