I make a great many things, but I don't do woodwork outside a little carving and 12th scale modelmaking.
I find myself in need of someone to make pieces that I will use; things that will sit in my living room, where I will see them and use them every day. So, no mdf, no plywood, no plastic, iimmc.
I would prefer to barter; I will happily supply fabric and sew, in exchange, but could probably persuade family to pay for things for my birthday
if that doesn't suit.
I can make the pillow, but I can't make the stand, like this, or something along those lines.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1907-Vict...757?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58b1aaebc5
and I would like a perpetual calendar that holds nearly 200 postcard sized laminated pouches on big split rings (I have those for this project, just the woodwork is holding it up) that swing on a wooden bar held in a wooden rack. I have sketches of what I want for that too.
Pieces that I can look at for years, happy to acknowledge that, "so and so made that for me", kind of thing. Pieces that I polish with a yellow duster and homemade beeswax polish, and not some imported hardwood, but something native...my desk is oak, my spinning wheel and chair are chestnut, my sewing stool is oak, my chair is beech as is my etui, my lace bobbins are apple, cherry, hawthorn, etc., I want something real. Not fond of a tooled finish for something like these though, and I don't want french polish that I have to fret I'll chip. No rough bits to snag or make it hard to clean or polish or catch my silk threads, no fake stains that will fade if I work in the sunshine for better light.
Barter wise ? Made to measure (and your design if you like) linen or wool shirt or cloak; your choice of colour. Money ? happy to discuss it.
cheers,
Mary
I find myself in need of someone to make pieces that I will use; things that will sit in my living room, where I will see them and use them every day. So, no mdf, no plywood, no plastic, iimmc.
I would prefer to barter; I will happily supply fabric and sew, in exchange, but could probably persuade family to pay for things for my birthday
if that doesn't suit.I can make the pillow, but I can't make the stand, like this, or something along those lines.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1907-Vict...757?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58b1aaebc5
and I would like a perpetual calendar that holds nearly 200 postcard sized laminated pouches on big split rings (I have those for this project, just the woodwork is holding it up) that swing on a wooden bar held in a wooden rack. I have sketches of what I want for that too.
Pieces that I can look at for years, happy to acknowledge that, "so and so made that for me", kind of thing. Pieces that I polish with a yellow duster and homemade beeswax polish, and not some imported hardwood, but something native...my desk is oak, my spinning wheel and chair are chestnut, my sewing stool is oak, my chair is beech as is my etui, my lace bobbins are apple, cherry, hawthorn, etc., I want something real. Not fond of a tooled finish for something like these though, and I don't want french polish that I have to fret I'll chip. No rough bits to snag or make it hard to clean or polish or catch my silk threads, no fake stains that will fade if I work in the sunshine for better light.
Barter wise ? Made to measure (and your design if you like) linen or wool shirt or cloak; your choice of colour. Money ? happy to discuss it.
cheers,
Mary
