17 November 2014

Splitting Ash

I visited rural Worcestershire today to collect some green ash. A first attempt at splitting logs, with some assistance from Matt Cox, was a very satisfying experience.

September 2021
– Bird box edition for Joe Lycett
– Oak sculpture testing
July 2021
– Bird feeders for Flock Together
– The Show Windows for Coventry City of Culture 2021
June 2021
– Outdoor furniture/installation at Bluecoat, Liverpool
May 2021
– Fireplace surrounds
April 2021
– Unnatural History at Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
January 2021
– New CNC Router
October 2020
– Display furniture for World of Wedgwood
September 2020
– Table tops
– Serving hut for Lightwoods House, Bearwood
August 2020
– World of Wedgwood Factory Tour
July 2020
– Covid-19 protection at Eastside Projects
– Tea for II at National Memorial Arboretum
June 2020
– Lockdown projects: climbing frame, garden shed & veg trug
February 2020
– Fabrication of theatre set for Sarasota Ballet
– Fabricating Sonia Boyce’s In the Castle of My Skin at Eastside Projects
January 2020
– Emma Smith’s Euphonia, Bolzano, Italy
– Workshop improvements
– Fabricating Emma Smith’s Women at Work exhibition
December 2019
– Prototyping for Sonia Boyce exhibition at Eastside Projects
– Installing The Arborealists exhibition at the National Memorial Arboretum
November 2019
– Bespoke table tops
October 2019
– Sprung dance floor for Trinity Laban
August 2019
– Faisal Hussain at WAR Gallery
July 2019
– Display cabinet for Argentea Gallery
– Bespoke banner frame for Beatfreeks
June 2019
– Re-working Euphonia artwork by Emma Smith
– Furniture for Airspace Gallery, Stoke
May 2019
– Exhibition stand for BCU at London Graduate Fashion Week
– University of Birmingham Arts & Science Commission display case
– Stage structure for Monster Chetwynd’s Hell Mouth 3
– Multi-sensory signs for Sense
April 2019
– Plug cover for Eastside Projects
– Plinths for The Sketchbook and the Collider by Ian Andrews
– Wall hire to Blast Festival
March 2019
– Re-installation of 5hz & Euphonia at HOME Manchester
– Donations tree for the National Memorial Arboretum
– Wunderblock at the Freud Museum, Hampstead
January 2019
– Screen for Sarasota Ballet
December 2018
– Walls for the National Memorial Arboretum
November 2018
– Making a new display system for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
– Brexit buses and a Houses of Parliament table
– Veneering table tops
October 2018
– Unusual Instruments feature in The Quietus
– Sprung dance floor
August 2018
– Unusual instruments for Sam Underwood and Graham Dunning
June 2018
– Set for Birmingham Royal Ballet ‘Embrace’
– Warwick University and Tate Modern
April 2018
– Custom bar and kitchen for Eastside Projects
– R&D for Emma Smith ‘Euphonia’ exhibition at Liverpool’s Bluecoat gallery
March 2018
– Mobile cinema
February 2018
– Grain exhibition at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
January 2018
– Crates for artworks
– Upgrading our studio spaces
December 2017
– The Nutcracker at Royal Albert Hall
November 2017
– Major exhibition stand for Birmingham City University
August 2017
– Grand Union studios
June 2017
– Graduate Fashion Week
May 2017
– Doors for Birmingham Royal Ballet
– Prototyping furniture for Ikon’s Slow Boat
April 2017
– Birmingham Royal Ballet lightbox
March 2017
– Display case
February 2017
– Gallery walls at University of Birmingham
– Installing Kelp Road
– Skateramp for Eastside Projects
January 2017
– All because of you
– Renovating our studios
December 2016
– Art crates
November 2016
– Side table
– Life Echo at BOM
– More Wind in the Willows
– Wind in the Willows set
October 2016
– East Meets West
– Set for The Bear Pit theatre
– Jump-boxes for Birmingham Royal Ballet
September 2016
– Simple bench
– Big Art Project at Library of Birmingham
– Stoneywell: Arts & Crafts inspiration
– Slanted shelves for Grand Union
August 2016
– Flower display rack
– Buildings at Biddulph Grange Garden
July 2016
– Plane Structure Gallery launch
– Workshop / studios available from late summer 2016
June 2016
– Set for Birmingham Royal Ballet
May 2016
– Tables for 1000 Trades, a new Birmingham bar
April 2016
– Big Art Project at Millennium Point
November 2015
– Oak door
October 2015
– Table
– Acosta Foundation sprung floor – Havana, Cuba
June 2015
– Italian supports
March 2015
– Mike Abbott’s Living Wood
February 2015
– Triangular table
January 2015
– More school of dance
– Matt Cox frames
– Skates
– Division of Labour
– Office shelves
– Annette Nicholson School of dance
November 2014
– Splitting Ash
– About Town screen build
October 2014
– BAZ Quartic
September 2014
– Lee Bul – Ikon Gallery
August 2014
– Circular stretchers
July 2014
– Oak delivery
– BAZ Prototyping
June 2014
– Monsoon – Charles Garrad
– Small door and isolation booth
May 2014
– Fashion Week install
– Oak bench
– Floors become ceilings
– London Graduate Fashion Week
– Eastside Projects plinth
April 2014
– Display case
December 2013
– Box shelves
– Grand Union – Piracy Project
– Eastside Projects editions rack
November 2013
– Lasercut light box
October 2013
– Gavin Wade Table
July 2013
– Sparrow and Castice
November 2011
– An Endless Supply furniture

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