flourish design

Spring fair

2009-04-27T03:04:00.000-07:00

Come and have look, London Clay Birds and the quiet revolution half of Sanctuary of Wilderness will be at this spring spectacular.

London Clay Birds

2009-02-05T15:37:00.001-08:00

Each bird is unique. Made using London clay. They are sculpted to represent the city's little birds - wrens, robins, tits etc. As the clay is unpurified I get a variety of effects when they are fired. Some turn an almost terracota red colour others go dark brown, I aslo find some turn out smooth and others are textured. As I said, they're all different. I polish with a bit of wax and let them be. They are very tactile objects, lovely to hold and have a quality not unlike a stress ball.

London clay is a marine deposit from the Paleogene period - 60/50 million years ago. London was, back then, covered by a warm tropical sea. Each bird comes in its very own handmade bag.

Flower Press

2009-01-22T08:04:00.000-08:00

More flowerpresses made using reclaimed material.

Walnut ply 128mm x 92mm x 78mm (pictured).

Other material birch ply and other sizes include -

128mm x 91mm x 50mm, 185mm x 146mm x 70mm,

185mm x 147mm x 105mm, 266mm x 175mm x 105mm

The larger sizes are more suitable for the serious flower presser, due to their length you can press a longer stemmed flower.

Frames

2008-05-30T15:09:00.000-07:00

Just finished making some lovely frames for a very talented illustrator - Ima Okon.

3D Letters

2008-04-29T07:56:00.003-07:00

Built using recycled material.

S

2008-03-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

Made using 9mm recycled birch-faced ply

The letter S

2008-03-21T10:51:00.001-07:00

Work in progress

2008-03-05T10:48:00.000-08:00

Building the letter'S' using 9mm birch-faced ply and a variety of angled finger joints.

Drawing for Chest of Drawers

2008-02-29T03:06:00.001-08:00

Made using oak, cedar and re-claimed teak - drawing for Chest of Drawers

Scale model for hallway table

2008-01-22T09:39:00.002-08:00

Project I'm currently working on - two occassional tables, one with drawers, one without, made using walnut and maple. These are the scale models I made 1:10 just to get an idea of size and proportion.

Batbox

2008-01-22T09:39:00.001-08:00

Batboxes made for www.wearenatureclub.blogspot.com

Flower Press

2007-12-11T10:04:00.000-08:00

Gorgeous walnut flower presses in a variety of sizes for all your flower pressing needs

Four Illustration Show

2007-12-05T11:03:00.000-08:00

Some of my products were exhibited in the Coningsby Gallery 30 Tottenham Street, Central London last week. The collaborative pieces with thequietrevolution included an illustrated screen and birdboxes. Also included, small 'illustrate your own' wooden birdboxes on sale for £10. Bargain.

Check out www.fourexhibition.blogspot.com

Screen arted up

2007-11-15T10:55:00.000-08:00

Screen

2007-11-15T06:35:00.001-08:00

Collaborative piece with thequietrevolution

Sanctuary of Wilderness

2007-11-15T06:35:00.000-08:00

Check out this blog
www.sanctuaryofwilderness.blogspot.com
to see the birdboxes in their natural environment.

Birdboxes

2007-11-15T05:57:00.000-08:00

The travelling bird show; these illustrated bidboxes were on display in Sanctuary of Wilderness show back in the summer, they are also appearing sometime soon in London town as part of the FOUR art exhibition .

Oak chest of drawers

2007-08-31T12:03:00.000-07:00

Hand crafted oak chest of drawers with cedar-lined dovetailed drawers and teak handles.

Chest of Drawers

2007-07-27T09:54:00.000-07:00

Made using locally sourced oak, reclaimed teak and cedar. Chest of drawers measures 650mm x 550mm x 400mm.

Rocking horse

2007-06-13T16:32:00.000-07:00

Little rocking horse for small people and/or children made from beech - sorry not children made from beech, I mean the horse is built using the timber called beech.

Walnut Lamp

2007-06-12T17:14:00.000-07:00

A collaborative piece with thequietrevolution, made from walnut, the lampshade is replaceable with other lovely illustrations. Size of lamp 330 x 130 x 130mm

Hand crafted fishing box

2007-06-12T16:59:00.000-07:00

Using recycled material, mostly maple, including leather lined drawers and secret compartments. Client asked for a box which could be used as a tray with fold out legs and drawers at either end - for the finer fisherman and his hand tools.

Dining chairs

2007-05-31T15:15:00.000-07:00

I've decided to blog my furniture creations here otherwise it gets a bit crouded for one lil'blog. Anyway these are some chairs I made using recycled beech and teak. Approximate dimensions: H940mm x W460mm x D530mm