Brown Oak and Cherry Cabinet

This is one of the pieces we are working on at the moment.  It is a wall cabinet in brown oak with a cherry interior.  Brown oak is darker than normal oak because the tree was attacked by a fungus.  The close grained cherry makes a nice contrast in colour and texture.  The finish is shellac and wax.

The dowels sticking up from the shelf are to secure it to the vertical divider beneath.  Once the glue had dried these were cut off, then secured in the shelf with a rosewood pin driven through the centre which expands the dowel.

Wooden Board Bookbinding

We have just finished our first joint project with Otter Bookbinding, which is a bookbinders run by my partner Marysa.  We combined skills to bind a copy of The St Brides Notebook (printed by the Incline Press).  The binding is based on Coptic techniques.  The boards are of quarter sawn brown oak with a shellac finish. They are link stitched onto leather thongs.  We are pleased with how it has turned out, so there will be more to follow!