Yesterday Darren the blacksmith brought my gate back. It took him a lot longer than he expected but I am very pleased with the result.
Today I have been working on a bench. This is for a local National Trust property, it started as a an order for a copy of my Charlton on Otmoor bench but when I visited the site I felt it was not really so apropriate, it is quite an exposed spot and it is a very stoney place with lots of dry stone walls. So I did a redesign which the property managers liked and it gives me the chance to work with another local craftsman Geoff the dry stone waller. This is hte wooden part I was working on today, all locally sourced oak.
Nearly finished.
And this is my design which shows how it will look when finished. We hope to fit it next week.
That’s a lovely gate. Nice work, both of you.
Can’t believe I haven’t found your blog before – that bench is fab – perfect in fact.
Thanks for the comments, looks like we might get some grim weather this week so I may hide in the workshop making bowls and fit the bench the week after.