Green Wood Craftsman
Sweet Chestnut coppice 2 months after cutting (May)
Sweet Chestnut coppice 2 months after cutting (May)
The coppice in march
The coppice in march
Coppicing with brash fire to burn up twigs
Coppicing with brash fire to burn up twigs
Sweet Chestnut coppice with Oak standards, the felled wood
has been cross-cut to usable lengths awaiting extraction.
Sweet Chestnut coppice with Oak standards, the felled wood
has been cross-cut to usable lengths awaiting extraction.
Sweet Chestnut regrowth 4 months after cutting (June)
Sweet Chestnut regrowth 4 months after cutting (June)
Home-made wood-barrow ideal for small extractions
Making woven panel in the coppice with cleaving break in foreground
Making woven panel in the coppice with cleaving break in foreground
Sweet Chestnut coppice in spring, one year after cutting (6ft high)
Bagging up charcoal using grader.
Bagging up charcoal using grader.
The kiln in final stages of a burn, note the contrasting
smoke colours of the 3 remaining chimneys
Kiln shortly after lighting Kiln full of charcoal (what you hope to see!)
Stripping bark off large post with barking spade
Stripping bark off large post with barking spade
Hand-carved love spoon (sycamore)
Hand-carved love spoon (sycamore)
Fox on trampoline
Fox on trampoline
A selection of my furniture on display at Bentley Woodfair
A selection of my furniture on display at Bentley Woodfair
Chairs in a yurt at Glottenham Farm campsite
Chairs in a yurt at Glottenham Farm campsite
An Ash nursing chair with elm bark seating
An Ash nursing chair with elm bark seating
A selection of milking stools for sale
A selection of milking stools for sale
An old chair I re-seated with elm bark
An old chair I re-seated with elm bark
A set of chairs re-seated with elm bark
A set of chairs re-seated with elm bark
A matching set of elm top kitchen stools with ash legs and stretchers
A matching set of elm top kitchen stools with ash legs and stretchers
A split yew top stool with turned ash pins and legs
A split yew top stool with turned ash pins and legs
Small solid oak top
Small solid oak top
table with ash legs
table with ash legs
Small solid oak top
Small solid oak top
Grass Snake by the log stack
Grass Snake by the log stack
Fluorescent spider in the coppice
Fluorescent spider in the coppice
Weathered Elm and Ash stool (the first piece of furniture I made)
Weathered Elm and Ash stool (the first piece of furniture I made)
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