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I've been a professional woodcarver, author and teacher of woodcarving for nigh on 30 years, and am a member of the Master Carvers Association. I bring my enthusiasm, experience and knowledge of carving to this website: helping you learn to carve, or develop good, competent woodcarving skills. I want to support your carving path and progress, and rejoice in the beautiful carvings you can create.

The UK's high performance hand tool specialists.

We are definitely not ordinary reproduction furniture/joinery manufacturers. Hopefully, our website portrays this. Our price guide (link above) should give a good indication of whether your budget supports the time, effort and expertise required to produce the top-end calibre of work currently enjoyed by our very discerning client base. Serious enquirers are always welcome at our Berwick Court Farm workshop. Please contact us in the first instance to arrange an appointment.

I have been a luthier since 1974. I make lutes and guitars, restore older instruments and do repairs for local musicians.

A professional woodcarver and sculptor since 1980, Zoe is experienced in all aspects of wood carving and wood sculpture, including relief carving, lettering, fairground and carousel work.

The Association exists to advance and promote the art and craft of Woodcarving in all its forms and to encourage the exchange of ideas between members

Wycombe Museum has exciting hands-on activities. It is a great place to discover the fascinating and varied history of the district and the famous collection of Windsor chairs.

The Woodsmith’s Store is a northeast England based supplier of hand tools, books, devices and other equipment that will be of interest to people working with green wood. Typically our customers are coppice woodland workers, chair makers, gate makers, timber framers, charcoal burners, pole lathe turners, forestry workers, bush crafters and anyone who enjoys working outdoors, with wood, in a traditional way.

Mike Abbott spent most of his childhood playing in the woods around his home near Bristol. After graduating with a degree in combined science, he returned to the countryside with a variety of jobs in amenity horticulture. While attending a course in arboriculture in 1976, Mike discovered Herbert Edlin’s inspiring book Woodland Crafts in Britain. From this he made his first pole-lathe and set about rediscovering the skills that had been all but lost. Two years later he undertook a course in recreation management which included a study of the recreational potential of small woodlands. Here he developed the concept of the ‘Living Wood’; no longer just a haunt for pheasants and wildlife but an environment where people could re-establish their contact with the natural world.

Robin Wood is an internationally respected woodturner and spooncarver. He was introduced to traditional woodland crafts whilst working as a National Trust forester clearing and replanting woodlands in Kent after the 1987 storm.

The Old Tool Store was established in 1983 by my father, Ashley Iles, upon his retirement from tool manufacturing. When he passed away ten years ago, as the eldest son, I decided to continue the company.

Woodturning and Carving Tools made in the old tradition. The first choice of discriminating woodturners and carvers throughout the world

Ashem Crafts are makers of Rotary Planes and allied equipment, essential tools for chair makers wishing to make Windsor or Shaker style chairs. Individually hand made to a very high standard.

The Regional Furniture Society studies the rich diversity of British regional furniture-making traditions, and the social and cultural context of furniture from the earliest times to the present day. This includes the development of furniture designs in relation to vernacular architecture and the organisation of domestic interiors. It is also concerned with evaluating workshop practices, the use of tools, construction techniques and the surface treatment and decoration of furniture.