Workshop Field Notes
The Studio Archive
No. 01–12
Published dispatches
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Current Notes
Selected essays from our ongoing documentation of natural grain behavior and tool maintenance.
Dispatch 12
Dispatch 11
Dispatch 10
Timber Seasoning Cycles
Mineral Oil Blends
Repair Philosophies
An examination of moisture loss across four seasons and its effect on structural joinery.
Formulating food-safe protective finishes using cold-pressed walnut oil and refined beeswax.
Documenting traditional joint stabilization methods designed to extend object lifespans.
Latest Preface
On Making Slowly
We build things slowly, in batches of twenty, until the timber runs out. Every piece is finished by hand in our South London workshop using methods refined over decades of practice.
Our documentation aims to share these insights openly, ensuring that the objects we produce can be maintained, oiled, and cared for across generations of daily use.