By Tristram Bainbridge (Associate Tutor in Furniture)

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Here is a quick whiz through looking at a couple of projects. There are currently 7 students in the department.

Gijs van Dorp (postgraduate diploma) is cutting some replacement pieces for a fretwork panel from the hood of an eighteenth century longcase clock.
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The new piece for the clock before colouring
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Gijs has also turned a new rosette as one was missing from the swan neck pediment of the hood.
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Here is the rosette being turned on the lathe.
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Ryo Tanaka (professional development diploma) is preparing fills for an eighteenth century Italian marquetry commode.
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The commode has lost many veneers. New ones have to be cut to fit the losses and then coloured to match the original.
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Kate Aughey is using a scratch stock to make a moulding called a cock bead.
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A piece of hardened steel has a profile filed out which is used to scratch the moulding into the wood. For this very fine moulding, an old butter knife has been used to make the profile.
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