you might find some designers learning about green wood and working in the vein of classic welsh stick chairs and the like - interesting results eh? From Designersblock
Thursday, 23 December 2010
if you go down to the woods today
you might find some designers learning about green wood and working in the vein of classic welsh stick chairs and the like - interesting results eh? From Designersblock
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Grenson now online
good news this slightly hungover morning is that you can get a fix of good english shoes online from the one and only Grenson
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Shop: ANTA Scotland
I just discovered this and might well visit when I am next at my lovely girlfriends (weather dependant!). Seems a wonderful shop.
project no.1: pavillion
the intention has always been to build this with a shipping container at the heart of its structure. cheap, recycled, airtight and waterproof there doesn't appear to be a cheaper way to provide the structure. It should also be easy to insulate, easy to punch windows/doors into and easy to hide externally behind some western red cedar. It should also be easy to cover it in an accessible green roof (and put a hot tub up there?!?).
finally it should be possible to design in a manner that allows it to be "mobile" and therefore escape planning consent.
short of something to do for 10 minutes at lunch i found these other interesting projects made using shipping containers.
Sunday, 5 December 2010
wants & desires: my christmas list
Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe
An axe manufacturer with a philosophy! More than enough to tickle the tool-perv in me this thing is beautiful:
Small Forest Axe
Same size as the Hunter’s Axe but a
more traditional pattern and poll. The blade
is thin. The handle is long enough to allow
powerful chopping but not too long so it
will fit into a rucksack, the back of a car or
a boat. Practical for splitting small sticks for
the fire or cutting small-diameter limbwood
for starter fuel in a fireplace. The axe has a
3 1/4” face and a 19” hickory handle and
the head weighs 1 1/2 lb. It comes with a
grain-leather sheath.
Scott Nichol Socks:
'All socks produced by us are made in Leicestershire, England so you can rest assured that when you buy Scott-Nichol, you are buying the best of British'
Moka Coffee Maker
to replace the crappy fake one at home that pours like a a drunk. the link is to an article on the product's history.
Brooks Saddle
A real umbrella
perhaps from this shop just down from my office:
a bell tent or propper canvas ridge/wall tent:
An axe manufacturer with a philosophy! More than enough to tickle the tool-perv in me this thing is beautiful:
Small Forest Axe
Same size as the Hunter’s Axe but a
more traditional pattern and poll. The blade
is thin. The handle is long enough to allow
powerful chopping but not too long so it
will fit into a rucksack, the back of a car or
a boat. Practical for splitting small sticks for
the fire or cutting small-diameter limbwood
for starter fuel in a fireplace. The axe has a
3 1/4” face and a 19” hickory handle and
the head weighs 1 1/2 lb. It comes with a
grain-leather sheath.
Scott Nichol Socks:
'All socks produced by us are made in Leicestershire, England so you can rest assured that when you buy Scott-Nichol, you are buying the best of British'
Moka Coffee Maker
to replace the crappy fake one at home that pours like a a drunk. the link is to an article on the product's history.
Brooks Saddle
A real umbrella
perhaps from this shop just down from my office:
a bell tent or propper canvas ridge/wall tent:
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