Woodworking
Mostly from recycled wood
Rodney dog for son too
Box for silver spoons
A tiger requested by granddaughter
Pouncing kitten requested by Percy
Bluey and Bandit made with grandchildren's help
Mermaid automata18th birthday present recycled wood and gold leaf.
"Fixing Jam" 14th birthday present for grandson
Swimming Rodney automata
Leaping hare automata from recycled wood
Finch automata
Wren automata
King John (John Maltby tribute)
Handmade nails found in the garden
lamp
Candle holder and lamp base using oak off cuts.
Carved stained and painted Tumi Ishi
Carved lamp base, inspired by granddaughter Flora
Carving an ear
Jewellery box and bread board made in 1965 when I was 10 at Boys Brigade woodworking class!
Chair made in '90s utilising a wood cut made by Rex Gardner in the 1930s and timber from a cottage in Watergate lane St Mabyn
Repairs to burnt 'A" frame in cottage roof
Remains of a table I made, using a piece of cherry tree from the drive
Bathroom cupboard made from salvaged doors.
Clock made from 18th century discarded decorative ceiling moulding and a photocopied dial 1988
Two candle sticks, wood found on Topsham estuary foreshore 1988 and part of a St Mabyn cottage newel post 1990
Stool made from a piece of old elm and an old oar washed up in Topsham 1988
Cupboard made from discarded wood, painted with three of our old cats by Tamsin 1994
Bathroom door salvaged from a cottage in Watergate Lane and painted surround.
Lampbase made from a part of the wreck of the Maria Assumpta 2006.
Candle holder made from salvaged beam from cottage in Watergate Lane. 2010
Bookcase in the Venetian style
Cabinet of treasure
Lamp base from salvaged wood offcuts
Lamp base from driftwood and found china fragments
Baby walker ready for renovation
and renovated
Summer house utilising old house windows
Zebra lamp
a gold heart for Tamsin wedding anniversary
a heart for Tamsin
a second jewellery box made when I was 11 years old.