Working on the bronze repairs.
Michael has often used staples as decoration on pieces of his work. He first registered a makers mark with the Edinburgh assay office back in 2000 and has been using hallmarked silver staples as repairs ever since. He started using bronze and copper on pieces about...
Inspiration comes from many timelines and from around the world
I new piece just finished is this beautiful blackened oak bowl with lots of natural detail, staples and hand carving. It is currently for sale on our website shop. 17 Oct 2022 Michael gets a lot of his inspiration from Neolithic and Iron age finds at Archeological...
Family get together for a special 90th birthday celebration
I have just spent a wonderful week in Derbyshire which was planned around surprising my mum for her 90th birthday. She was expecting my brother and his wife over from their home in Germany, but not for the rest of her extended family turning up. There were a lot of...
The last 10 days
A rollercoaster ride. We have managed to get away with it for so long, but finally it happened and we got Covid (inevitable everybody said) We closed the gallery but not much time to chill as we had a few things in the dairy. I tested positive a couple of days before...
Driftwood
It is very difficult to find driftwood that is suitable for turning, so you can imagine our delight when Michael’s nephew on Sanday found not just one log but two. The first one was alder. The colour in the wood was very distinctive and it made a couple of...
Ness of Brodgar inspiration
Over the last couple of weeks we have been having lots of fun, gaining plenty of inspiration and discovering exciting new things all based around this years dig at the Ness of Brodgar. We popped over to the site one beautiful morning to catch up with the gang. We were...
The Cairn’s Cog
Last week the dig at The Cairns in South Ronaldsay was due to open, but unfortunately it is not to be. However – don’t despair – there is an excellent exhibition in the Stromness museum with many of the incredible finds including the wooden bowl found in the well....
Sunday Morning walk
Sunday morning and it’s quite windy, but dry and not cold. We have had visitors staying with us for the last 10 days, it’s been fantastic, but like all good things it had to come to an end. I decided to blow the cobwebs away with an early morning walk up the...