How I make my Rings

Below is a series of images taking you through the process that I use to make a Wenge and Oak ring. Although the process is the same for each ring, they are each completely unique as they are all hand crafted.

I first take a piece of Wenge and drill a series of holes into it. These holes must be large enough to fit the Oak inner ring inside. The Oak inner ring becomes the final ring size. I have made a series of rings at 3 different sizes so hopefully there is a size for everyone.

Here the Oak inner ring has been rough cut on a bandsaw ready for the next stage which is sanding to size. 

The rough cut outer Wenge and inner Oak rings, are now ready for sanding to their respective sizes. 

The sanding is all done by hand and I have to judge the thickness of the Oak ring to perfection in order for it to fit snug inside the Wenge ring

 With the Oak rings sanded to size they are then glued inside the Wenge outer ring.

 I remove any excess again on the sander to leave them flat.

 Back on the sander again, now is the point I sand to the finished overall size.

This is the point in the process when its all about the final finish. First I jam the ring on a spinning wooden dowel jig attached to a pillar drill and with very fine carbide paper, I sand until super smooth.

Almost there. An initial buff on the polishing wheel and its ready to have the finishing coat added. I use woodturners polish which is applied and left to soak in and dry.

 With the polish dry its back on the wheel again to work on that glossy look. Like most processes the more time you put in the better the finish. 

and done.

My work in French Elle Decoration?

These shots taken for French Elle Decoration show some of my pieces from 'Showing Signs' , hanging on the walls of Darkroom London as part of their Strobing season.


 http://www.darkroomlondon.com/index.php/news/darkoom-is-strobing/

Occupied

Lecture Theatre 
These shots are taken from my first exhibition 'Occupied' back in June 2005. A series of Architectural sculptures exploring the way humans inhabit the space in everyday situations. 

It explores how built environments and their users interact; how 

physical structures influence the human character and action. 

It considers proximity and juxtaposition; pattern and rhythm; 

acceptability and placement. It reveals how our built 

environments are never just visible spaces; they are always 

overlaid with invisible meanings. 

As Winston Churchill said “We shape our buildings and 

afterwards our buildings shape us.” 

Street

Car

Public Toilets

Tube Train

Underground Tube Station












In the Autumn of 2006, I joined Andy and Corrado in a collaborative show entitled 'Escaping space' at Chelsea Future space. Follow the links for more info.
http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/newsevents/eventsarchive/events2006/exhibitionescapingspace/ 
http://gamecritical.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=EscapingSpaceExhib

Follow the link below for a downloadable PDF of the this exhibition.
gamecritical.net/stuff/downloads/EscSpace_cat.pdf 

Rings

So here is my first set of rings that I have made, to join the bangles, forming my first jewellery collection. They are made from Wenge with a thin Oak inner ring. The bangles are nearly done and I am making a small set of mens rings as well. I will keep you posted when all is complete.

Heels for Helen

I was asked to create wooden heels for Central St Martins MA Fashion Design student Helen Bullock. The first heels made were very precise, straight edged blocks. I then made some from old and weathered wood. They went for the second set and the results can be seen at....
http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/s--Helen-Bullock-AW-11-9308-1.html

Some love in the workshop.

I keep seeing these lately. Perhaps its a sign! I am sure there will be more to come.

A little box.

Helping Robin Severn Boy Jenkins, pictured, make a display box for one of his beautiful bronze casts inspired by his work 'A Second On The Severn Sea' currently on display at Chelsea future space. http://www.chelseafuturespace.org/h2o/index.html

and a little boat!