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The owner of the wonderful wood based Dansel Gallery (where I sell many pieces) contacted me recently to organise a wedding present for her daughter Tilia, from her friends. The ‘Brooks’ burr oak trunk coffee table worked on so many levels and was ordered as a...
‘Latmore’ tree trunk slice coffee table in spalted beech: This collection received a recent commission at Dorset Art Weeks. There are still slices available with one in the making on the workbench, and another already completed and in the Sou'-Sou'-West Arts Gallery,...
Helios - A creative celebration of sun, sea and sky. Curator Alison Shelton Brown has invited artists and makers from around the South West to display a wide variety of materials and techniques at a range of prices. There will be painting, jewellery, leatherwork,...
I bloody love wood. Always have. From carving walking sticks with my Grandad, through climbing every tree in the vicinity of our rural childhood home, all leading to my career making outdoor and indoor furniture. It’s not just the working with wood that I love, but...
Go back 5 years and consider what has happened up to now, you’d never believe it! It's been a difficult few years in business - at the end of 2019, having decided to stop promoting outdoor furniture via my brother company www.edbrooks.com, the shops then shut due to...
What we consider when sourcing the timber... Will we find it in the first place!? Dad keeps his ear to the ground. He grew up in the area and so knows a lot of the farmers and landowners. Often after a storm he may hear about a fallen tree and he will try and contact...