Fruit Bowl

A lovely turned fruit bowl with areas carved out for air flow.

Carved Rose Jewellery Box

This is a larger jewellery box featuring carved roses on the lid and front of the box. it has 2 lift out trays, finished in gloss lacquer with royal blue felt lining and antique look brass hinges.

Custom Patchwork Style Jewellery Cabinet

This lovely piece is a custom job made from several types of timber glued together then shaped in an asymmetric style. It was requested by a fellow from Coffs Harbour who wanted a large cabinet for his wife's jewellery. It has 5 drawers and a compartment on the top. It is finished in satin lacquer, red felt lining and brass fittings.

It was an enormous undertaking as, although Matt has made a few of these patchwork style boxes before, this one was more than twice the usual size and used 34 tubes of epoxy glue. He also made the timber and brass handles .

It should look wonderful in its new home.

Custom Memory Box

This box was made for a lady whose friend had passed away and the box was given to her children so that they could store treasured items that belonged to their mother.

It is made from cedar and the lid features banksia burl trim in a star pattern. Matt also made the drawer handles from turned brass and timber.

This is one of Matthew's best pieces.

Jewellery chest

This is a cedar jewellery chest with tallow wood burl trim. It has 2 lift out trays, red felt lining and brass fittings.

Circular Jewellery Cabinet

This is a 6 drawer circular jewellery cabinet made from cedar with a little burl trim. The grain in this timber is really brought out with the gloss lacquer finish. Although the hinges on the doors are from the hardware store, Matt has made the front clasp and drawer handles himself. 

Carved Butterfly Box

A medium size jewellery box with a butterfly carved on the lid and carved detail on all sides. It also has a fixed ring tray inside. 

3 piece candle holder

A set of 3 candle holders set on a lovely piece of timber which, co-incidentally, is shaped almost like Australia. This was not planned to be this shape but was pointed out to us by Harold from Fusspots.

Just waiting for the right person to come along and buy it.

Memory Box Lid

This is the lid for a memory box Matt has been asked to do as a custom job. A lady saw his work at Fusspots Cafe here in Ebor and rang to ask him to make a memory box for a friend whose mother had passed away. She particularly liked the star pattern he puts on some of his other pieces.

This lid took a whole day to make and has only had one coat of lacquer. The finished box should look terrific. It will be all cedar with burl trim. More to come.

Burl Chest

This is a medium sized jewellery chest made from an unknown type of burl on a cedar base. The whole chest has been coated with a layer of epoxy glue inside and out before being lacquered in order to keep the burl from falling apart. The burl was part of the large load of dressed timber Matt purchased from Taree almost 2 years ago. Some of the timbers were labelled but some were not. Mystery wood then.

Decoupage Roses Box

This is a charming little jewellery box with decoupaged roses on the lid, sides and front. It was Matt's first go at decoupage and it turned out really well.

Patchwork style jewellery cabinet

This is what we call a patchwork style jewellery cabinet. It is made from lots of small pieces of various timbers glued together and then cut into shape. Matt also made the brass and timber handles for the drawers. Very effective and popular.

Vertical Jewellery Box

A lovely 4 drawer jewellery box made from Ebor Wattle. I just love the grain in this timber which has an almost gold sheen to it when lacquered. 

Jewellery Chest with Floral carved detail

This is a magnificent piece. Matt carved the flowers and background detail and added a built in tray and 2 lift out trays. Made from Australian Cedar and one of his best works in my opinion.