The unveiling.

Hullo world.

Right, for those of you folks who have been paying attention, you will be expecting pictures of the dresser this week. And I for one, would hate to disappoint as you've been patient enough as is.

Now that its all done and dusted, I am quite proud of this one and am happy with the way its turned out. I could scarcely have imagined that I would be able to design and make something like this 6 months ago when I started the course, and yet I have somehow managed it.

Dressed to kill.

Where's Wally?

Its been another busy week, in which we've been immersed in the world of carving. I've found the exercise quite therapeutic, if slightly painstaking and laborious. Its nice and quiet, the only noise being the occasional tap of the mallet (that or John's cursing because he's cut himself again!), and is altogether quite gentle - which makes a change from the usual hustle and bustle of machines going off every 10 seconds, trying to mutilate you in the process. For me, the only drawbacks are (i) you need quite a lot of kit (namely chisels of every shape and size) to be able to do the job properly and (ii) how long it takes, although it is one of those tasks that you can easily put down and pick right back up again later (which is a bonus).

Hand-carved moulding