Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2024 i Australian Wood Review

I’ve always enjoyed knowing how discipline and technique can foster creativity. When Ross Thompson talks about hours spent in the shed honing skills, he draws a parallel with learning music, ‘You practise for hours learning the technique of scales and metronomic timing, all to be able to improvise in the moment to express yourself. There could not be a more apt way of describing how I go about my work when creating – letting the build unveil itself with the skills I have practised and perfected over long hours.’ Read from p.36 how music and woodworking came together in Ross’s journey to becoming a maker of high-end furniture. By the board or buy the pack Recent years have seen timber prices rise. You have to calculate your needs from a…

When I received a request to make a side table for home, I knew I wanted to tackle sliding dovetails again. They offer an elegant joinery method that keeps solid timber braced and flat. Let me show you how to make them on the tablesaw. I also cover how to make tapered under-bevels. Large cantilevers add quite a visual element to the table. Along the way I share a few design tips for a project like this. CUTTING LIST mm Design considerations The budget is tight so a straightforward design is important. There are really only two constraints: the table must fit against a 1500mm long wall, and it must have a lower shelf for storage. I just don’t have time to consider curves, laminations, doors or drawers. My side…

Favourite hand tool? A Norris hand plane which my parents bought me when I was really struggling as an apprentice. I use it most days and it always reminds me that we will always need help from those close to us. Favourite machine? Wide belt sander Woods? Huon, walnut, blackwood Most admired maker? Old: Emile Jaques Ruhlmann Current: Anton Gerner for what he has been able to create over such a long time. Designer? Not an individual, but a genre I suppose – Bauhaus design. Who are your favourite composers? Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel. More contemporary are Wilco, Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Radiohead, Grant Green and the Beatles, of course. What do you listen to when you’re working? Audiobooks, podcasts and music. Best design inspiration? Bauhaus and Art Deco…

Straw marquetry is a centuries old craft that sees the use of straw applied to furniture and other objects in decorative patterns. Its popularity has waxed and waned, however today marquetries of ribbon-thin, flattened straw may be seen in some of the most luxurious homes, shops and hotels, as a new aesthetic that offers vivid and mesmerising colours and patterns. Knowledge lost and found Straw marquetry is thought to have originated in Asia before appearing in Europe in the 17th century. The technique spread rapidly, and after an adaptation to European tastes, quickly became popular in bourgeois circles where it was used on a range of substrates. Examples of this are the wood and cardboard boxes created for special occasions and religious celebrations. Another example are the Easter eggs covered…

Almost invariably, one of the first questions I get asked when people first visit my workshop is ‘where do you buy your timber?’ And whilst there is an element of truth to my standard cringe-worthy dad joke response of ‘from the wood shop’, there are many background factors, standards and colloquialisms in the industry that, once you learn the vernacular, make buying the stock for your projects so much easier. Whether you’re buying your timber from a large-scale retailer (or even wholesaler, depending on the magnitude of your orders), a local or boutique mill, or even privately through the classifieds or socials, some of these considerations will apply to any board you ever buy. Most of what I’ll be writing about will apply to buying from larger and reputable retailers…

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Oceans of plastic debris and kilometres of thin veneer can be found in the furniture creations of London-based but Tasmanian-bred designer Brodie Neil. Organically and often futuristically streamlined, his furniture is generally made from recycled and abandoned materials and carries a stern message that is cloaked in beauty. Brodie Neill, 43, is a designer with an extraordinary range. Complex forms are conceptualised and realised through painstaking iterations. He’s a master of digital design who also likes to get his hands on the work, even though some of his designs will only ever be made by others. Wood, metal, plastic and more are transformed and combined. His works are licensed, commissioned, exhibited and reside in private and public collections in several continents. He’s had a lot of press and currently has…

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I have always wanted to be a woodworker. As a small child I often said was going to be a carpenter when I grew up. I always had a desire to work with wood, be it turning, repairing, designing or building. I don’t recall when I first began delving into woodcraft, but I was 13 when my mum’s father gave me his lathe and I tried turning – and that was when I truly found my love of woodworking. Woodwork has been in my family going back to the mid-1800s – my paternal great grandfather was a carpenter and I use some of his tools to this day. I have two wood infill planes that I use in a lot of my work, one of which I use as a…