Six of the best!

Well OK!  This is just two from a set of six below:

All I want for Christmas is my front leg repaired and some new spindles

These chairs really needed my help

Now you can see all six

Line up now!  Ready for your inspection

Don't they look nice!  What do you think?

These chairs were stripped, sanded smooth, stained to the chosen colour then spray finished with several coats of clear lacquer.

Merry Christmas

*Merry Christmas*

To all my loyal readers,

May I wish you all a very Happy Christmas & New Year!

Yes, another year gone around so fast where has the time gone?

I hope that you have found my Blog useful?  If so, I welcome your feedback!

My Blog is now fast approaching Twelve Thousand Views from more than Sixty four Countries around the Globe, so perhaps I am doing something right.

Thank you for those of you that have made contact with enquiries, I hope that I have been able to answer your questions to the best of my ability.

May you have a peaceful Christmas and a prosperous 2013

Whilst on my Blog, don’t forget to listen to some nice music on my music player, I have Classic, Country and Rock to choose from or why not view the for your pleasure video player enjoy!

And best of all it is all free for your enjoyment.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew.

Craftsman meets artists!

Craftsman meets Artists!

Today, I had the great pleasure to spend the day in the company of artists, and whilst there it became very clear to me that artists face the same challenges as me on a daily basis, let me explain.

Firstly it seems to me, that it is a very difficult profession within which to make a good living and like me, they have to go from day to day, not knowing when or where the next job or commission is coming from.

For some people, this would be hard to comprehend living like that worrying about how and when the bills will get paid without a regular job.

For me, and it seems from what I could observe that the artists are also driven by a deep passion and love of their craft and therefore not over-influenced by exorbitant incomes as paid in other professions.

I felt the camaraderie amongst the artists was unique they all work alongside each other in a large converted old warehouse, working on their own projects, and produce some very fine works of art that are sold all over the world.

Like my profession, I feel that there is not enough recognition shown to craftspeople like myself, or artists for what we have to give up in the pursuit of learning our skills and then the years to perfect and evolve them, I am sure that most people don’t realise just how much we sacrifice for the pursuit of our client's pleasure.

Clients expect that by magic that their furniture will become as new and if not why not?  Therefore it places a great deal of pressure to produce top quality work each and every time not an easy feat.

I came away from the art galleries content that I was not alone in my ongoing struggle to make a living from the profession I love.

Thankfully for me, I believe that I have built up a good reputation for the standard of work I produce and will continue to do so.

Thank you for reading and I hope you find this interesting.

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This was painted by my eldest son Daniel