“I can tell you’re a boatbuilder because of all the varnish.”
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johnjmcshea
Home grown.
Building a new wooden launch.
Peaks and troughs
I’ve done my best to be without them, but despite their drawbacks it’s only fair on my family and myself […]
Imperfect symmetry
Balanced, not perfect.
300 year old Grandfather
Invisible work.
The Potter
Some things are better not made of wood….
The Ship of Theseus.
Re-building Jomara.
Trying to be noticed.
Getting People to look twice.
A boathouse window.
Some jobs make you feel happier about what you do. At the age of deciding which direction to set out […]
Cobblers children
Making for the most important customers.
Honesty and Originality.
“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.” – Jean Cocteau.
Bringing letters to life.
Light and shade, space and proportion, character and life.
Sweet Cherry
Form not function…
The worth of wood….
Reconditioning and up-cycling.
Through the looking glass.
A tree transformed by a mushroom and an infinite path…..
Being guided by your material
Most Furniture will start as a concept, an idea of form that will need material found to make it. With […]
The Artist
I have always considered myself a craftsman. As a craftsman what I produce has some sort of function, that fact […]
A crook of Elm
It’s not hard for anybody to look at a tree and see that it has more to offer than […]
Just a little background
As much as I am keen to write about my more recent projects that I am currently excited by, I […]
Time to stop hiding…
Welcome to my thoughts! My hope for these pages is that they will allow me the opportunity to tell the […]
Devon craftsman 