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Woodworks Learn – unpacked
Woodworks Learn equips you with woodworking skills whatever your project or purpose. It takes place in our well-equipped and friendly workspace in Lee Green. Our approach is learner centred – learn new skills or develop existing ones. No previous experience necessary. In this post I want to unpack what this looks like in practice and why… Continue reading
Woodworks is five years old!
I wanted to write a blog to mark Woodworks’ 5th birthday. Personally, this was a big leap into the dark: I started in my small cellar with little headroom; upgraded to a gazebo in the garden, and in February 2019 took on the shop, Unit 7, in the Leegate. At first, I took on everything… Continue reading
Flatpack Prison Cells
I often get phone calls that need a bit of unpacking as to what is being asked for. This was no exception: ‘Can you make us 4 flatpack prison cells?’. ‘Well, yes – what are they for? Hattie explained to me that she worked for a charity Unlocked Grads. Their purpose is to recruit and… Continue reading
Guards Chapel
I got a phone call from a friend, Graham: ‘Can you make me a sound desk for a chapel I’m working on in London?’ Fast forward a few weeks and I’m standing in the Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk discussing building a sound desk, cupboards for A/V equipment and a more general reordering of storage for… Continue reading
Bike Shelter with a Sedum Roof
Here’s a project that I recently completed. The brief was to build storage for bikes, logs, tools, a large car bicycle rack and 3 wheelie bins. The space available was over 8 metres long x 80cm. I suggested that the bins didn’t need a sedum roof, this was agreed so we tucked them out of… Continue reading
table conversion
Interesting one this. The client was very fond of her second dining room table, but for most of the year it was simply getting in the way. She wanted to have the option of a coffee table but to be able to convert it back to a dining room table for larger dinner parties. I… Continue reading