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A Memorial Bench

A Welsh oak memorial bench c/w hand carved lettering

10 Sheet Pack “David Cox” Wove 140lb / 300 gsm Not Quarter Imperial

“David Cox” Wove 140lb / 300 gsm Not,

Quarter Imperial (11”x 15”)

One short side retains the deckle edge.

Handmade rag watercolour paper  ~ Tub-sized with Gelatin.

This paper is made from cotton and linen rag, with other fibre inclusions, to recreate the warm tones and surfaces familiar to artists in the late 18^th Century. These papers are flecked with fragments of unbleached jute and linen fibre.

The Tellurion Orrery

A finely engineered, technically complex brass Orrery of the Earth and the Moon as they travel around the Sun. The Tellurion Orrery is designed and handmade in England by Staines & Son.

The Tellurion Orrery primary demonstrates the Earth as it moves around the Sun, the word Tellurion coming from the Latin tellus, meaning Earth.

The Tellurion demonstrates the precession of the nodes. This means that this Orrery can precisely demonstrate why and when eclipses can occur.

The Orrery is driven by turning the handle clockwise which initiates a smooth and positive drive from the worm gear to the worm wheel.

This Orrery shows the movements of the Earth in great detail with its’ 23.5 degree axial tilt spinning 365.256 times during one complete orbit. One Turn of the handle is equal to 5 Earth days. The fixed position of the axial tilt relative to the stars explains the changing of the seasons.

The Moon mimics it’s true life counter part in three ways as it travels around the Earth.Firstly the Moon orbits in a synodic period of 29.53days. Secondly the Moon follows an incline plane of 5 degrees. Thirdly the incline plane that represents the Lunar Orbit precesses over a period of 18.6 years.
The combination of the three movements of the Moon listed above help to demonstrate why eclipses occur and why they do not occur each month. The brass incline plane has been engraved with the ascending and descending node at the point were the Lunar orbit matches the ecliptic.

The Orrery sits upon a American Walnut wood base supported by three adjustable instrument legs.
The total height of the Orrery is 10 inches, the base is 8 inches in diameter and the earth arm is 5 inches from the centre. (All sizes are approximate)

The Orrery in the picture will not be the exact one that you receive as each of our Orreries are handmade to order. An Orrery of this type will typically take up to 3 moths to build. Prices from £1400.
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Base features of this Orrery

• The 18.6 year precession of the nodes.

• The Earth’s Daily rotation.
• The Earth annual rotation.
• The annual tilting of the Earth’s axis.
• The incline of the moons orbit.
• Turned Brass Sun.
• Adjustable Brass feet.
• Walnut base

Additional Extras for this Orrery

• Mercury and Venus
• Brass chapter ring

Anniversary Rose plaque

5 Year anniversary gift.

Ham Manor

Ham Manor sign in oak with 1697 alphabet

Lancashire Pad Arm

“Antiqued” Lancashire Pad Arm with hand-carved back splat.

Innervision

Our InnerVision range of products is designed to transfer maximum levels of interior light using their minimalist profiles.

Retain maximum levels of light throughout your home

Minimalist profiles

Flexibility to partition your living space

Offering a combination of custom-sized doors and fixed safety glazing in a range of colors, design flexibility is refreshingly uncompromised.

Paul Valéry \’The Graveyard by the Sea\’

Paul Valéry’s classic poem recounting the cemetery in his hometown of Sète by the Mediterranean sea. originally published in French language in 1920. The text for this edition is from the Officina Bodoni edition of 1946 with the English language translation of C. Day Lewis. The languages are printed in parallel using Stempel Sabon types printed in black and blue. Royal Scottish Academy artist, Alfons Bytautas has created a special edition of four screen prints for this edition. Each printed in black, plus one colour: blue, orange and grey; these are printed as double spreads to view and pasted onto a guarded leaf. The fourth in black only and tipped on following the title pages.

THE KEEPER’S APRON

An apron which has been dyed and hand stitched, made on a residency in a Shetland lighthouse.

Bee Hive Mugs

Busy bees on their bee hive decorate these beautiful mugs. The external colour is a warm off-white, while the inside is filled with either a bright turquoise, light blue or matt green.

3 sizes
small for coffee (9cm height x 6.5cm diameter,
medium for tea (10cm height x 8.5cm diameter)
pint (12cm height x 9cm diameter) for a giant cup of tea!

Safe in microwave, oven and dishwasher.

Turton Kitchen scissors

The time-honoured design from the early 1900’s. A favourite in many households wordwide.

The Turton is a true all-round pair of scissors. With serrated blades, for extra efficient cutting and grip. A bottle/twist-cap opener and nut cracker complete this classic piece of kitchen art.

Inlaid glass river table

Here we have one of our custom coffee tables.

For the wood we chose a beautiful piece of live edge spalted beech which had been subjected to CFN beetle and kiln dried. This has left it with some beautiful and distinct markings.

Both halves are cut from the same board and have been debarked, cut to size, planed and also inlaid with a toughened glass panel so that you get an infinity view of the live edge.

Porch carving

In situ work into the green oak beams

Five Crows

Hand cut silhouette hand cut from rescued yew

Gold Leaf Sculptures

Hand-carved sculptures, gold leafed by Peter.

Repair and restoration of books

Bookbinding: damaged book pages can be repaired, sections can be restitched, and covers can be restored and reattached, or new covers can be made.  The treatment depends on the kind of damage and the quality of the original materials.

Publication:  Bookbinding in Pictures, a beginner’s guide to bookbinding.  Pantothen Books 2015 (on CD 2010)