ACCESSORIES

All domestic and work spaces contain small items which for ease of description I term accessories. It is often these small items which give an interior its character and expresses the personality of the owner. Traditionally these might be called treen and encompass things like bowls and objects with a functional purpose made from wood. This is a selection of some of the items designed and made over the years consisting of small objects like mirrors, boxes clocks and so on.

Battleground

Games box. Marquetry chess and backgammon boards in red birdseye maple, ripple sycamore, burr ash, macasser ebony. Interior, cedar and burr elm storage compartments for all pieces, cards, dominos and dice

Challenge

Games Table. Reversible marquetry chess and backgammon boards in burr elm, ripple sycamore, boxwood, ebony. Storage drawer for pieces ,sycamore lined with red baize.

Penny Bazaar

Hall Clock. Designed for exhibition celebrating city of Leeds Bicentenary. Inspired by the history of retail giant Marks and Spencer who started in Leeds. Made in olive ash, ebony, silver. 1meter in diameter.

Pipe Clock

Mantle clock. Inspired by "High Tech" design style, based on air-conditioning and industrial pipes. Turned from sycamore, polished aluminum face. Winner of "International Woodworking" magazines 1999 design for the future competition

P M's

Designed as a presentation piece for New Zealand Prime minister Helen Clark for opening of school of applied skills. Inspired by elements of New Zealand's ecological history. Kauri, Paua shell, scorched rim.

Turned Bowls

Various timbers and forms from designed to natural edges

Mirrors

Shoji mirror. A simple knock down frame locks a beveled mirror in place.
Dressing mirror. A series of beveled mirrors held in a Kauri and brown Oak frame

Jewelry boxes

Yorkshire picture frame

Holding an ordinance survey map of Yorkshire the frame was inspired by the emotional and cultural resonences of the areas where I was born and spent many years cycling around. The black and white typical of the Yorkshire temperament and the opposites of Industry and agriculture. wool and steel cogs reminiscent of heavy engineering and visually evocative of tractor tires. Made of Chemically dyed Oak and natural Ash.

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