Childs Play – Greenwood Chair

The Mojo has been missing for a while. I’ve put it down to being busy collecting fire wood, and a myriad of other necessary distractions, thus not having enough time to devote to what it is I enjoy most. As a result I’ve been prowling around like a bear...

TV Inspiration

On occasions when I sit quietly, with a pipe in my workshop, I’m transported back to childhood and my granddad’s shed; the aroma of fresh sawdust, and Old Holborn Tobacco, mingled with the green of the garden. He was my earliest memory of working with...

The Seat Of Learning – Hazel Ladder-Back

I wrote some time ago about listening to the Muse, what it meant to me and how the Muse informed my work.  And, I sincerely meant and believe what I wrote. But then, one rainy weekend, I promptly forgot all about it – or, rather, deliberately put it to one side....

Purple Raven Art Gallery

Hazel Revington-Cross is an incredibly talented artist of international renown, Gallery owner, and champion of the arts, who happens to live just down the road.  If you go to the Purple Raven Gallery, you will get to see and enjoy beautiful works by local Artists, as...

Ash Chair and Tree Lore

The Ash tree is known as ‘The Queen of The Woods’ and ‘The Pillar of The Universe’. In Norse mythology it is the Tree of Life, and to the Druids it was renowned for bestowing peace, healing and spiritual tranquility. It certainly is a beautiful...

Duck, Death and the Tulip

Thoughts wander all over the place, especially in the quiet of the night.  As I listened to the night noises, I pondered a chair I had finished that afternoon – I had expected to be pleased, maybe even a little satisfied – but I was neither – I was...

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