Making
Creating things for friends and family
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Modular plywood bookcase
Following the platform bed, I wanted to explore building a modular bookcase system. It is designed to fill an entire wall 3600mm wide and 2400mm high in my house. Again its CNC cut plywood that I drew out in Illustrator and had cut out of 18mm birch plywood.
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School play scenery
St Judes Year Six always puts on an end of year play. It’s a perfect way to celebrate the student finishing primary school, and makes a break from SATs. This year it was a musical Alice in Wonderland. My daughter volunteered me to help out with the scenery.
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CNC plywood Platform bed
I wanted to make a platform bed to sit in the roof space of my daughters bedroom. The ceiling slope follows the profile of the valley roof, so there is just room to put a platform in. I also wanted to experiment with CNC router cut plywood and cantilevered wall supports.
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Pop chimney pots
When I was adding a new storey to my house, I was required by the council to keep my chimneys, as we are in a conservation area. Even though there are no chimney breasts in the house now. So, I thought the least I could do was cheer up the roof scape on the street…
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St Judes school logo
Both my daughters have been very lucky to go to St Judes Primary School which is just one street away from my house. When the school announced they were looking to redesign their school logo, I think we all felt I should offer to help.
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Alex’s wedding speech
On 23rd July 2016 my dear friend Alex Milton was the lucky man who married the wonderful Suzanne Martin. Alex very kindly asked me to be his best man. I had used the Newspaper club to print a pamphlet for my wedding, and so felt I should create a similar experience for Alex as part…
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Pottermore Christmas present
Couldn’t resist wrapping some design books for my colleagues in a Harry Potter style. Had fun mixing a vintage royal mail stamp with Hogwarts. Owl post!
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Prince Regent Pub Sign
My local pub is the Prince Regent in Herne Hill, and now that its summer its lovely to sit outside and watch the world go by. It also seems to have the biggest pub sign I have ever seen, but it seems to have worn away. Being obsessed with halftone printing I was wondering what…
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Spirit woodcut
I took a frame from a Will Eisner Spirit comic, ‘Blood Of The Earth’ and enlarged it onto a sheet of MDF. MDF is easy to cut and has a smooth finish to print from. So it makes a great printing block, the only problem is the dust from cutting it is horrible.
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