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With many years experience in working with wood, I can assist in sharpening / maintaining & making various printmaking tools, and make items out of wood, using just hand tools - i.e. no machines.

This isn't a full time job but something I happily fit in with family life. I'm not trying to compete with others, particularly with wood engraving.

Tool Sharpening & Making

Wood Engraving, Burins & Gravers Sharpening & Maintenance
Prices from £3
I can sharpen, shorten, maintain or make new wood engraving tools, burins & gravers. Can also repair handles etc.

New Handles
Prices from £POA
I can make new handles for push tools such as Wood Engraver tools in a variety of woods.

Sharpening Woodcut & Lino Tools
Prices from £3
I can sharpen Woodcut and Lino cut tools, so long as they are designed to be sharpened.

Drypoint / Etching / Mezzotint Tool Sharpening
Prices from £3
Controlling the depth and width of marks with these tools requires sharp tools.

Drypoint / Etching / Mezzotint Toolmaking
Prices from £18
I have made my own drypoint tools in the past, and can make for others.

Sharpening Wood Carving Tools
Prices from £4
I can sharpen standard wood carving tools as well.

Hand Saw Sharpening
Prices from £POA
I have sharpened my own hand saws for a number of years, both on crosscut and rip saws. Note: I don't sharpen modern hardpoint saws or machine saw blades.

Hand Plane Sharpening & Maintenance
Prices from £POA
Having used hand planes for many years, I can sharpen and maintain these tools.

Sharpening Materials
Prices from £4.95
I sharpen using a variety of materials, including this Aluminium Oxide film which I sell in short lengths.

Wood Engraving, Burins & Gravers Sharpening & Maintenance
Prices from £3
I can sharpen, shorten, maintain or make new wood engraving tools, burins & gravers. Can also repair handles etc.

New Handles
Prices from £POA
I can make new handles for push tools such as Wood Engraver tools in a variety of woods.

Sharpening Woodcut & Lino Tools
Prices from £3
I can sharpen Woodcut and Lino cut tools, so long as they are designed to be sharpened.

Drypoint / Etching / Mezzotint Tool Sharpening
Prices from £3
Controlling the depth and width of marks with these tools requires sharp tools.

Drypoint / Etching / Mezzotint Toolmaking
Prices from £18
I have made my own drypoint tools in the past, and can make for others.

Sharpening Wood Carving Tools
Prices from £4
I can sharpen standard wood carving tools as well.

Hand Plane Sharpening & Maintenance
Prices from £POA
Having used hand planes for many years, I can sharpen and maintain these tools.

Sharpening Materials
Prices from £4.95
I sharpen using a variety of materials, including this Aluminium Oxide film which I sell in short lengths.

                Wood Engraving, Burins & Gravers Sharpening & Maintenance
                
 Prices from £3
                
I can sharpen, shorten, maintain or make new wood engraving tools, burins & gravers.  Can also repair handles etc.
                
                New Handles
                
 Prices from £POA
                
I can make new handles for push tools such as Wood Engraver tools in a variety of woods.
                
                Sharpening Woodcut & Lino Tools
                
 Prices from £3
                
I can sharpen Woodcut and Lino cut tools, so long as they are designed to be sharpened.

                Drypoint / Etching / Mezzotint Tool Sharpening
                
 Prices from £3
                
Controlling the depth and width of marks with these tools requires sharp tools.
                
                Drypoint / Etching / Mezzotint Toolmaking
                
 Prices from £18
                
I have made my own drypoint tools in the past, and can make for others.
                
                Sharpening Wood Carving Tools
                
 Prices from £4
                
I can sharpen standard wood carving tools as well.

                Hand Saw Sharpening
                
 Prices from £POA
                
I have sharpened my own hand saws for a number of years, both on crosscut and rip saws.  Note: I don't sharpen modern hardpoint saws or machine saw blades.
                
                Hand Plane Sharpening & Maintenance
                
 Prices from £POA
                
Having used hand planes for many years, I can sharpen and maintain these tools.
                
                Sharpening Materials
                
 Prices from £4.95
                
I sharpen using a variety of materials, including this Aluminium Oxide film which I sell in short lengths.

Printing

Printing
Prices from £POA
With a small press and a some type I can print engravings and wood cuts.

Printmaking Blocks

Wood Engraving Block Making
Prices from £POA
I make my own end grain blocks for wood engraving, and occasionally can make for others too.

Wood Engraving Block Lowering
Prices from £POA
I can lower existing wood blocks so they can be re-engraved.

Solid Cherry Relief Printing Blocks
Prices from £POA
I have some solid American cherry that can potentially be used for relief printing.

Solid Ash/Oak etc. Relief Printing Blocks
Prices from £POA
I have some solid Oak and Ash boards that can be made into relief printing blocks, although they may require different carving tools and printing techniques.

Block Holder
Prices from £POA
I use this block holder when working on my own blocks and can supply them to you.

Wood Engraving Block Making
Prices from £POA
I make my own end grain blocks for wood engraving, and occasionally can make for others too.

Wood Engraving Block Lowering
Prices from £POA
I can lower existing wood blocks so they can be re-engraved.

Solid Cherry Relief Printing Blocks
Prices from £POA
I have some solid American cherry that can potentially be used for relief printing.

Block Holder
Prices from £POA
I use this block holder when working on my own blocks and can supply them to you.

                Wood Engraving Block Making
                
 Prices from £POA
                
I make my own end grain blocks for wood engraving, and occasionally can make for others too.
                
                Wood Engraving Block Lowering
                
 Prices from £POA
                
I can lower existing wood blocks so they can be re-engraved.
                
                Solid Cherry Relief Printing Blocks
                
 Prices from £POA
                
I have some solid American cherry that can potentially be used for relief printing.

Block Holder
Prices from £POA
I use this block holder when working on my own blocks and can supply them to you.

Printing Presses

Wooden Furniture / Spacers
Prices from £POA
I can make the larger spacers required on press beds out of wood.

Block Printing Registration Jig
Prices from £POA
When printing by hand, sometimes people use a registration jig to ensure prints are registered when printing.

Other Printing / Printing Press Needs
Prices from £POA
With many years experience in making things from wood, using hand tools only, contact me if you have other needs for your printing or presses.

Wooden Printing Presses
Prices from £POA
I have built my own prototype printing press and make certain other wooden presses.

Wooden Furniture / Spacers
Prices from £POA
I can make the larger spacers required on press beds out of wood.

Block Printing Registration Jig
Prices from £POA
When printing by hand, sometimes people use a registration jig to ensure prints are registered when printing.

Wooden Printing Presses
Prices from £POA
I have built my own prototype printing press and make certain other wooden presses.

                Wooden Furniture / Spacers
                
 Prices from £POA
                
I can make the larger spacers required on press beds out of wood.
                
                Block Printing Registration Jig
                
 Prices from £POA
                
When printing by hand, sometimes people use a registration jig to ensure prints are registered when printing.
                
                Other Printing / Printing Press Needs
                
 Prices from £POA
                
With many years experience in making things from wood, using hand tools only, contact me if you have other needs for your printing or presses.

Wooden Printing Presses
Prices from £POA
I have built my own prototype printing press and make certain other wooden presses.

Boxes & Bench Hooks

Tool Storage Boxes etc.
Prices from £POA
Using just hand tools only, I can make tool storage boxes etc.

Bench Hooks
Prices from £POA
Bench hooks are used in some printmaking processes, and these can be made by myself when time is available.

Tool Storage Boxes etc.
Prices from £POA
Using just hand tools only, I can make tool storage boxes etc.

Bench Hooks
Prices from £POA
Bench hooks are used in some printmaking processes, and these can be made by myself when time is available.

Tool Storage Boxes etc.
Prices from £POA
Using just hand tools only, I can make tool storage boxes etc.

Bench Hooks
Prices from £POA
Bench hooks are used in some printmaking processes, and these can be made by myself when time is available.

Websites

Websites
Prices from £POA
I have over the years been involved in various websites, read more.

Bucks Printmaker Blog

2020

July

Walnut Engraving Tool Handles (Fri 31st Jul 2020)
Experimenting with Wood Finishes (Thu 30th Jul 2020)
Engraving Tool Ergonomics & Reinventing the Wheel (Sun 19th Jul 2020)
Engraving Tool Ferules (Sat 18th Jul 2020)
Another Wood Engraving Handle (Thu 16th Jul 2020)
First Test Handle, a little big perhaps (Wed 15th Jul 2020)
Turning a Handle, Woods & Tools (Tue 14th Jul 2020)
Making my own Wood Engraving Tool Handles (Thu 9th Jul 2020)

June

Sharpening Wood Engraving Tools for others (Mon 29th Jun 2020)
COVID-19 - Sometimes feeling 'Out of Sorts' (Wed 24th Jun 2020)
COVID-19 - Good books should be read twice (Sun 21st Jun 2020)
Reprinted Bottles Print (Sat 20th Jun 2020)
COVID-19 - Unconditional Love (Sun 14th Jun 2020)
COVID-19 - First Outing in Car since March (Sat 13th Jun 2020)
New Press Bed for Prototype Press (Wed 3rd Jun 2020)

May

New Handle for Prototype Press (Tue 26th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Negative Result in 4 days (Research Study) (Thu 21st May 2020)
COVID-19 - Produce from Garden (Wed 20th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Schooling: Long term challenge for Parents (Tue 19th May 2020)
Abstract Wood Engraving (Mon 18th May 2020)
'Scene Through Wood: A Century Of Wood Engraving' by Anne Desmet RA (Mon 18th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Completed Research Study Home Test Today (Sat 16th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Research Study Kit Arrived (Fri 15th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Frost in May & Damaged Potatoes (Tue 12th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Invitation for COVID-19 Testing Research Study (Mon 11th May 2020)
COVID-19 - First time leaving house for 7 weeks (Fri 8th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Celebrating VE Day (Fri 8th May 2020)
Wood Engraving Block Clamp (Tue 5th May 2020)
COVID-19 - Reinstalled 3 computers (Tue 5th May 2020)
COVID-19 - We've been very busy (Fri 1st May 2020)

April

COVID-19 - Working on the garden (Mon 20th Apr 2020)
COVID-19 - Easter Card Text (Sun 12th Apr 2020)
COVID-19 - People Matter - Stay at Home (Fri 10th Apr 2020)
Easter Egg Wood Engraving Prints (Wed 8th Apr 2020)
Vase Wood Engraving Print (Wed 8th Apr 2020)
Holdfasts - traditional clamps (Sun 5th Apr 2020)
COVID-19 - Florence's 7th Birthday during Isolation (Sun 5th Apr 2020)
Timber used to make items (Sat 4th Apr 2020)
COVID-19 - Tesco 80 Item Limit & Gastroparesis Comments (Sat 4th Apr 2020)
Test print - Bottles Wood Engraving (Thu 2nd Apr 2020)
'Find Your Artistic Voice' by Lisa Congdon: Mini Book Review (Thu 2nd Apr 2020)
'Drawing & Sketching' by Adrian Hill: Mini Book Review (Thu 2nd Apr 2020)
Wood Engraving Tools & Test Prints (Thu 2nd Apr 2020)

March

COVID-19 - nhs.uk advice - Stay At Home (Tue 31st Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Gardening and Growing Veg (Mon 30th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Watching 'The Great Pottery Throw Down' (Channel 4) (Mon 30th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Isolation, we become our children parent, teacher and friend (Mon 30th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Doctors making big family sacrifices, we should stay at home (Thu 26th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Panic buying food and Gastroparesis (Thu 26th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Our children need all our time & encouragement at this time (Wed 25th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - GOV.UK message saying staying at home (Tue 24th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Home Schooling is testing my spelling! (Tue 24th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - First day of Home Schooling, but had fun too (Mon 23rd Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Emails - everywhere is closing down (Mon 23rd Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - In years to come, people won't believe us (Mon 23rd Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Don't leave things on the floor, they'll get stood on (Sun 22nd Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Artists income will suffer due to this pandemic (Sun 22nd Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - We're making a list - a rather different list (Sun 22nd Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Doctors surgery, don't visit, treat minor illness at home (Sat 21st Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Look after yourself - this is part of my story (Sat 21st Mar 2020)
Exhibition Reviews On Hold During Coronavirus pandemic (Fri 20th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - It feels like we're at war, but we are doing our bit (Fri 20th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - New Family Chapter - Isolating, but not Isolated (Fri 20th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Schools Closed Until Further Notice (Thu 19th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Inspiration - Arctic & Antarctic Exploration - Isolation (Thu 19th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - We've just been to a funeral (Thu 19th Mar 2020)
Society of Wood Engravers & Coronavirus Cancellations (Wed 18th Mar 2020)
Holly Block Making for Wood Engraving Printmaking (Tue 17th Mar 2020)
Textures & Pattern in Wood Engraving (Sun 15th Mar 2020)
COVID-19 - Watching James Herriot 'All Creatures Great and Small' (Sat 14th Mar 2020)
'25 Wood Engravings by Peter Lawrence' by Peter Lawrence: Mini Book Review (Sat 7th Mar 2020)
'English Wood-Engraving 1900 to 1950' by Thomas Balston: Mini Book Review (Sun 1st Mar 2020)

February

Inspiration: Barbara Hepworth 1961 BBC Documentary (Fri 28th Feb 2020)
'The Artists's Guide to Composition' by Frank Webb: Mini Book Review (Tue 25th Feb 2020)
Encouragement: Hilary Paynter Interview (Bankside Gallery, London) (Sat 22nd Feb 2020)
Exhibition Review: 2020 Society of Wood Engravers (82nd, Bankside Gallery, London) (Fri 21st Feb 2020)
'Drawing & Sketching' by John Palmer: Mini Book Review (Thu 20th Feb 2020)

January

'Barry Moser: Workshop in Wood Engraving' from Ritchie Video Archive: Mini YouTube Review (Fri 24th Jan 2020)
'Nature's Engraver - A Life of Thomas Bewick' by Jenny Uglow: Mini Book Review (Tue 14th Jan 2020)
'Realistic Abstracts' by Kees van Aalst: Book Review (Sat 11th Jan 2020)
'Four Hedges' by Clare Leighton: Mini Book Review (Mon 6th Jan 2020)
Howard Phipps Wood Engraving: BBC's Countryfile in Wiltshire (Sat 4th Jan 2020)

2019

December

'A History of Wood Engraving' by Albert Garrett: Mini Book Review (Fri 20th Dec 2019)
Sharpening Abrasive System & Reprofiling Wood Engraving Tint Tools (Thu 12th Dec 2019)
Bugs and Car Break Downs (Fri 6th Dec 2019)

November

Hawthorn Block Making for Wood Engraving Printmaking (Fri 22nd Nov 2019)
Lower case g carving (Thu 21st Nov 2019)
My hand tools & traditional techniques (Fri 15th Nov 2019)
Timber Source - local trees, quartered using traditional techniques (Fri 15th Nov 2019)
Vintage Printing Blocks - 3 Experimental Prints (Sun 10th Nov 2019)
Liberty of London - Chesham & Historical Family Connections (Sat 9th Nov 2019)
Christmas Cards for 2019 (Fri 1st Nov 2019)

October

Letterpress - Moveable Metal Type (Mon 28th Oct 2019)
'Etching and Engraving' by John Buckland-Wright: Mini Book Review (Sun 20th Oct 2019)
10 Years of Clock Cases - Photographing Clocks (Sun 20th Oct 2019)
Amersham Art Group (Fri 18th Oct 2019)
'Wood Engraving' by Walter Chamberlin: Mini Book Review (Wed 2nd Oct 2019)
'Modern British Wood Engraving DVD' from The Society of Wood Engravers: Mini DVD Review (Wed 2nd Oct 2019)
JW Evans, Silver Factory, Birmingham - Site Visit c.2009 (Wed 2nd Oct 2019)
'Engravers Two' by Simon Brett: Mini Book Review (Tue 1st Oct 2019)
'Wood Engraving - How to do it' by Simon Brett: Mini Book Review (Tue 1st Oct 2019)
'The Technique of Wood Engraving' by John O'Connor: Mini Book Review (Tue 1st Oct 2019)

September

Testing, Testing - Getting new site ready (Sat 28th Sep 2019)