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.
Three ways in. The manifesto if you want the argument. An essay if you want the thinking. A Bench Mark if you want to see what's on the bench.
I'm back on the desk today and joined the frame members for the top. The corners meet with what I'm going to call a shouldered mitre, a surprisingly faffy way of using a 45 degree mitre
19 May 2026 · 3 min read min readThe first time a chisel bit into a piece of timber the lie of the digital world was exposed.Read the manifesto →
