Furniture made by hand in a small workshop on the Bellarine. Classical Chinese joinery, marquetry, parquetry — in Australian timbers, made the way it's worth making, or not at all. Writing about every joint, every jig, every failure and every success.
The red gum veneers for the fireplace surround are glued to their MDF ground now, and the job for the week has been filling holes. Every piece is a galaxy of them — borer tracks, gum veins, collapsed voids and pin
3 July 2026 · 2 min readThe first time a chisel bit into a piece of timber the lie of the digital world was exposed.Read the manifesto →
