Blog & Process Notes

Studio desk

Drawings, then the story around them

Every entry pairs the image with the reasoning behind it — how a value structure was planned, where ink pooled, and why a page was abandoned mid-way.

The archive keeps the full trail, from a volcano study and a half-finished cover sketch through pencil work and scanned pen pieces, so the process reads as a running diary rather than a highlight reel.

See the miscellaneous gallery for sketches and studies that never belonged to a series.

The studio updates page gathers working notes from behind the drawings, where each piece of a furnishing for lovely real oak paneled homes is still being argued out with pencil and ink. Works in progress are left visible rather than tidied away, and technical notes on inking, pencil handling and scanning finished pages sit alongside reflections on sketching versus drawing. The emphasis is on process: how a line is placed, how a wash is allowed to dry, how a habit of daily practice is kept alive once the initial excitement fades.

Beyond the sketchbook, the site documents the background and exhibitions that surround this craft, offering a studio desk view of the materials, panels and tools involved in working with real oak. Selected works are shown with commentary, while miscellaneous pages and experiments reveal the more uncertain stages that rarely make it into a finished room. The tone is deliberately informal and unhurried, closer to a diary than a portfolio, sharing the sequence of decisions, corrections and quiet intervals that turn an idea into something that can eventually furnish a home with genuine oak paneling.