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My new project is coming together well. I'm altogether convinced of its many merits and thrilled to be near completion. Already a couple of friends have said, "I want one!" Followed by, "It's perfect for..... and for......" The door swung freely to

Seeing beyond the ordinary and commonplace can, at least for some of us, be a challenge. Don't move with the times and we are accused of being Luddites but we know that some things, perhaps more than we care to admit, didn't improve the life of

If I look back 70 years or so, I doubt I have known a day in my life without being engaged every day and wholly involved for many hours making. I'm talking eight to twelve hours a day. My memories from early childhood are truly vivid. Fabrics wafted

As a boy `I worked near to a very old man working far beyond his retirement age, whatever that is. He would have been about the age I am now plus five more years. 80 years for him would have meant 67 years standing alongside a bench vise and working

Gifts as simple as this are rare finds these days and even more rarely given. When Hannah made this for me, it was unexpected. She has one just like it that she found and enjoyed and I had admired it when I saw it for the first time. Hannah made

. . . in fact, by the time you read this, I will have landed the day before, picked up Rosie and be in the workshop working as it will be Tuesday morning, the day after my arrival back in the UK. Portugal has been a welcome break in the sunshine an hour&

I’ve been ploughing grooves for my latest project in European oak. Oak always works really well with hand tools, that's why I love it, and if you know the tricks (which I always pass on when I remember to), even the wildest grain will yield up crisp