This is a project that will be in woodworking crafts issue 78 but while making the project I also made a video showing my thought process an...

 Well I certainly didn't keep up with the blog! That's for sure! But I did carve every week of the year except the weeks holiday we ...

I learn through many ways but I cement knowledge by practice.  That's why the boxes I sell over on Etsy are the prefect way for me to ho...

For awhile now I'd had an idea for a bit of written carving I wanted to make for a friend.  I am not a religious person, but he is, and ...

 I've slipped out of habit with this bit of the blog lately - I'd like to say though that I'm still carving every week.  The tro...

 I had an enquiry about a possible commission for a sign for a local historic building that I needed to quote for. The brief was fairly vagu...

 Super excited to see one of my projects in Issue 182 of Woodcarving magazine!  I made this projects a few months ago and wrote the article....

 I did a bit more writing this week and practiced it until I could do it a reasonable speed. Then filmed myself and sped it up! 

 I've deliberately missed out a couple of weeks on here - not because I wasn't carving, but because I couldn't show it on here. ...

 I have written for a few magazines now, one with a monthly slot about smallholding machinery , but I've always wanted to write for a wo...

 This week I've managed to carve a tool box to sell on my Etsy store .  I'd been looking to make a few carved items to add to my sto...

 This post is for last week - I just didn't get chance to put it up ( I was recovering from a busy day on Sunday ).  I've decided th...

 Had a random week this week, but managed to start to learn to a skill I'd always wanted to learn how to Scythe.  I'm going to talk ...

I used a bit of scrap Tulip to try a different type of flower a bit more like a peony.   Just a practice piece so only really messing around...

 So this week has been quite a good one for carving and I managed to get a project completely finished (unfortunately whilst not wanting to ...

 Very late writing this one up - I slipped with posting last week but I have the perfect excuse as to why I didn't get any carving done....

This week I did try to start to carve an Aztec style face in some poplar and struggled with my carpenters mallet a bit. I decided it was tim...

 Build and fitted this little cupboard unit for a regular customer this week. Nice little job - I was worried as they'd sent me the meas...

 I need to get back to the more tradional carving as this almost feels like cheating - but with the weather being so great we've been me...