Category: Furniture
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Seeking a Carpenter
I’m looking for an LBP or qualified Carpenter, to help supervise my apprenticeship (even if remotely). I’m currently living in a off-grid plot of land, a bit North of Whakaoriori (Masterton), Aotearoa NZ. I’d really love to be able to learn to build as much as I can on-site myself, with the supervision from an…
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Another on-screen feature
In addition to being a general handy-person, I’m a maker of sets and props, and also a tutor at Toi Whakaari for the making of sets & props. So it was nice to see one of my woodworking jobs quite a few years ago, featured in a viral video, of swan lake bath ballet (you…
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Hero Movie Props
For the last 9 months or so, I’ve been really fortunate to be working full-time with Human Dynamo. This is a company, based in Miramar, Wellington. In some ways, they are much like the well known Wētā Workshop (many of the staff who work at HD have also worked with Wētā Workshop, and they often…
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Cat Hammock
This was a quick job aboard our own boat, for our soon to arrive kitten. Giving her a space to gaze out of the window, and bask in the sunshine. Update 12th December
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Cubby Holes
After making the first set of cubby holes this time last year, the range was extended to 33 shelves. All these units are custom made, with furniture grade Plywood, that should last for decades to come.
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Cat Shelves
This was a fun job, developing a range of cat shelves for inside someone’s apartment, for their indoor cat.
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Custom Media Stand
This was a custom media stand, to work with the DVD shelves. The shelving was designed to hold all the media appliances contained in the final images, primarily built for my own collection at the time (including my flatmates’), and then the unit was subsequently sold with matching speaker stands. This was also built in…
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Custom DVD Shelves
These were a set of three DVD / video shelves, for around 400 DVDs and 100 videos, to work with the custom media stand. Made in 2015. Constructed out of NZ radiata pine, produced in a NZ sawmill, made with a screwless construction. Built in the small workshop I had at the time in a…
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Custom Super King Four Poster Bed
This was a really enjoyable project, designing and building a Super King Size Four Poster Bed (1.8meters wide, by 2 meters long), at just under 2.4 meters high (to fit within a standard ceiling height). I primarily began making it for myself, but then later sold it to a very happy customer when I moved…