Making

Model for our Creamery project.

Yennadon stone to window to clayworks plaster to oak.

The reconstructed Hadspen Roman Villa enabled us to explore, through detailed research of Roman building techniques, our passion for craft, context and history in the creation of a 1:1 artefact.

Internally pilae stacks form a hypocaust void beneath the floor. Terracotta tubuli line the internal walls to allow hot air to rise through the building from the hypocaust.

Timber Sample for a bar design for our Creamery project.

Sample created by our friends at Matter

Reclaimed local Delabole roof slates at our Cornwall Museum project. Originally from an old school house on Dartmoor. Laid in diminishing courses, with the largest 28 inch format at the eaves. The slates decrease in size and weight as the height of the roof increases, reducing labour and lifting requirements.

Wooden Surfboard.

Made during week 16th-20th August 2021 .

Western Red Cedar base and deck. Poplar rails. From regenerative woodlands in Wiltshire.

Otter Surfboards

Mosaic located in the reconstruction Roman bath house of our Roman Villa Museum project. The mosaic was created using archaeological precedent from Roman Britain and Europe. The stone is sourced from a quarry local to the site and has been hand knapped into tesserae pieces.

The project is nearing completion and exhibition installation commences soon.

Clayworks WHI-06 plaster in rustic finish on the walls and ceiling.

Benchmark Furniture bespoke cupboards and wall cladding - 40mm Oak slats with fire lacquer finish on green laminate board.

5m tall scalloped zinc cladding

1:25 Study Model for a Creamery in Somerset.

Cheese will be made in the building using locally sourced milk. The building and new landscaped gardens will serve local and visitor needs, with a flexible co-working office space aimed at individuals or small companies, and a quality café serving food and drink.

Hand cleft oak shakes that are traditionally split down the grain of large diameter oak heartwood sections. This traditional method gives them a lifespan of anywhere up to 100 years without treatment. 

For our Roman Villa project we have used a traditional woven or laced hip detail where shakes lap on alternating courses. Each shake is shaped with a hatchet before being fixed in place to provide the best fit for a weather tight detail. 

Sketch Section for Revised Design

Clay tubuli being laid to provide in-wall ventilation to the hypocaust floor of a Roman bath house. Each tubuli allows air to move vertically and horizontally through the wall buildup

Contrasting Blue and Grey Lias Roof Tiles for our Museum Project.

Our recently completed 3 Cottages project.