These elegant candle holders come in a variety of sizes and finishes. They are generally made from ash, which allows for the application of gold texture into the grain. Other timbers are possible, but may not lend themselves to a two-colour fi [...]
The picture shows the typical form of my tealight holders, but variations of this shape are possible. They are generally made from a blonde wood, either sycamore or monkeypuzzle (but could also be made from pine, holly, ash, or similar), have [...]
The elegant and tall candle holders are ideal for nice candlelit dinners. Since they solid wood, they do not topple over easily, and at the top is a small cup inserted to hold standard dinner candles. The open grain in the ash wood was brushed [...]
This candle holder was made for a competition, and it won first prize. The main body is made from monkeypuzzle, with a piece of spalted sycamore on the top to hold the candle cup. Within the hollowed twist is the "flame within", and insert mad [...]
I found a piece of ash in my wood store, it looked like it was another of those pieces I had fished out of a firewood pile. Nice, straight grain, but very rectangular. So I decided to cut it down the middle and make these candle holders. Class [...]
I had my first boot full of wood from the Bissell Show Grounds, where owner Neville was even kind enough to use his small Suzuki jeep to haul the logs out of the woods. It was alder, which, as it turns out, is not an ideal wood for turning. Ho [...]
