3 knives
These were made for filming/handling props for the Mary Rose. The handles are copies of originals, the blades are conjectural, as none survived.
IHS Pouch
This is the second of the replica pouches made for the Mary Rose. It only has the one embroidered panel so only took around 20 hours to make (as opposed to over 45 hours for…
Embroidered Tudor Pouch – some revisions lower down…
This bag has been a long time in the making! I did the first mockups for it over 10 years ago when I first realised how beautiful it would have been. For one reason or…
Tudor Archer's Jerkin
Just finished making a Tudor archer’s jerkin for the Mary Rose in Portsmouth. This is considerably larger than the original, but follows the pattern closely, including the slashing and pinking (with some allowance for the…
Purser's money bag
Made as part of a batch of objects for handling and filming… The only parts of the original bag to survive were the wooden core, some of the woven leather from the handle, and the…
Tudor hawking mittens
These form part of an ongoing commission of odd pieces for the Mary Rose in Portsmouth. The original mittens were found (without the hair as it had rotted away long ago) in a closed officer’s…
A slightly random weekend…
Two small, studded dog collars, a brass priming wire (copied from one recovered from the Mary Rose) and a beech pestle (for use in the cooks mortar that was found on the Mary Rose)… More…
Going dotty…
Guess what I did over the weekend… 1 6 2 3 5 4, 1 6 2 3 5 4, 1 6 2 3 5 4, etc etc etc…. The big pile at the back of…
More turned pieces
A little bit more of what I got up to over the BH weekend. The boxwood pot is one I turned earlier but I was happy with the lid so I reworked it. The one…
Bank Holiday Jobs…
… Some new combs made over the Bank Holiday weekend… Not yet priced and in a variety of styles and periods. Top left is a large version of the Roman comb from Alcester (but in…