Arts & Crafts Coffee Table in Quartersawn English Oak

Price: £1800 GBP

This coffee table is part of a series of furniture inspired by my love for the English arts & crafts movement.

It is made of carefully selected, locally-sourced, fully quartersawn English Oak (Quercus Robur), which display the full impact of its medullary rays. The bottom shelf displays oversized through tenons on both ends, accented by wooden pegs made from Purpleheart.

This table is made to be handed down to future generations.

Overall dimensions: 766 mm width x 384 mm depth x 408 mm height.

Arts & Crafts Side Table in Quartersawn English Oak

Price: £900 GBP

This coffee table is part of a series of furniture inspired by my love for the English arts & crafts movement, which reacted to the impoverishment of quality and aesthetics brought by industrialisation. In response it celebrated the unabashed display of proper joinery (instead of concealing poor joints), quality natural materials, and tasteful if moderate embellishment.

This table is made of carefully selected, locally-sourced, fully quartersawn English Oak (Quercus Robur), which display the full impact of its medullary rays. The bottom shelf displays oversized through tenons on both ends, accented by wooden pegs made from Purpleheart.

This table is made to be handed down to future generations.

Overall dimensions: 423 mm width x 374 mm depth x 410 mm height.

Authentic Viking Sea Chest Replica

Price: £650 GBP

An authentic replica of a Viking sea chest, based on the construction and proportions of the Mästermyr tool chest find (789–1066), though half the size.

Constructed from solid Oak (Quercus robur). The hinges and hasp replicate a different, if contemporaneous find, from the Coppergate site in York, circa 9th century (item #3480). Glued and finished with casein glue and linseed oil, as it would have likely been done back then.

Overall dimensions: 433 mm width x 120 mm depth x 148 mm height.

Niddy Noddy (Oseberg ship burial reproduction)

Price: £480 GBP

This oddity is called a 'niddy noddy', which is a tool used for manually winding yarn in artisanal/ancient textile production. It is a near-exact reproduction of an archaeological find (1904_173a) from the Oseberg ship burial 843 AD of two women adorned with opulent goods, of which this was one. It was made in Beech, as in the original. It is finished with Linseed oil, which again is a likely finish, and the handle's tenons is glued into the arms' mortices with animal hide glue. It is the second of two such items I have made, the first being commissioned by an archeologist specialising in Viking era textile production, teaching students how to authentically reproduce them.

Although modern niddy noddy's are still produced, their arms are perpendicular rather than coplanar, making them unsuitable for accurate recreation purposes. This second one was roughed out at the same time as the original and is now available here for sale to enthusiasts of the period and artisanal textile producers.