Scriven Table Commissions

Many years ago I was fortunate to mill up a large London Plane tree which was growing just outside a neighbouring town of Yealmpton. There were two enormous slabs from a burly end which I kept in their enoromous 3 inch thickness. One of them got sotlen from the golf course across the road where I was storing them temporarily. The other got moved around, until eventually it found a home, as all things do.

I had a customer contact me after seeing my work in The Times newspaper. As he was not local we had a video call where I showed him some of the boards we had in stock, and examples of work made from similar timber. He chose the London Plane for it’s stunning colour and figure. I made some chunky ash legs for it, and put them in the drying rack. We usually have a good stock of legs already dry, but these needed to be chunkier than anything we had. He coincided a mini-break in Devon with collecting his table, which fitted comfortably in his car.

If you are interested in seeing some of the beautiful, sustainable furniture we have in stock, contact me and I can show you around.

Finished Scriven Style Large Coffee Table in Local London Plane and split and shaved Devon Ash

London Plane is vary variable in colour - this one, grown on Devon soil, is typically reddish pink, unlike much of it grown in London, which is much paler.