About - Rush and Cane

Chair seat weaving in traditional materials since 1997 covering Salisbury, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset.
I restore antique, vintage or  modern furniture,  chair seats and panels, using heritage skills and natural materials.
Cane (Rattan) in the standard 6-Way pattern and other variants on seat and other furniture panels - including curved shapes, Sunset/Sunrise and Medallion.
Guide price from c.£90 for a small bedroom chair
English Rush in hand-twisted coils - from extra fine 8 coils/inch to 'farmhouse' chunky coils. English and Continental patterns.
Guide price from c.£110 for a side or dining chair.

Quotes include cleaning, minor repairs & basic
re-finishing where required.
Larger repairs such as re-gluing of joints, and staining or 
re-colouringwood are charged at £15/hr.

Seagrass, Riempie, Danish and other cord seating in various patterns - please contact me for a quote.   
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About - Arts

I have been an archaeologist, archaeological illustrator/ reconstruction artist, among other things, and my current obsession in my "hand-made" creative life, is the amazing art of Needle Felting.
Under the name "Through the Rainbow", I design kits for all to try and make engagingly lifelike 3D sculptures of birds, animals and mythical creatures.

My work is illustrative, colourful, and influenced by dreams and folktales, Nature, a word or a phrase, or trying to capture a stunning moment in time. Lovely people have responded to my work by saying I have helped them to recognise the Inner Spirit or Beauty of the Ordinary.
I hope my images do not take themselves too seriously: instead, some have a slightly surreal or humorous quality.

I also enjoy working with 'found' / recycled materials, especially driftwood, using the beauty of wear and decay, and forms suggested by these chance effects. I love the idea of bringing a new life to objects otherwise discarded as “use-less”. Inspiration comes from natural and ancient forms and patterns, even though I may sometimes be using modern materials.