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.
Last week I reported the Titebond failure and a two-thousand-dollar headache. This week the headache has become a desk I prefer. The original cavities were veneered ply — modern, time efficient, sensible, now relegated to future jig use. The replacements are
12 June 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 →
