Percy Bishton - Woodworker and Turner

I mean, I'm not wrong. I do have a terrible website. I update it once a year if I remember, and looking at the traffic it receives, I am...

I have been making a very imposing set of garden gates with timber from a tree that was felled less than a hundred yards from where the...

Just finished a pair of bar stools for clients, and thought I would share my thoughts here. The clients gave clear instructions on what...

The finial mentioned in the previous blog post now installed by its new owner. Hopefully it will adorn the apex of its roof for many...

I get asked to make all sorts of things, from coffins to houses, pepper mills to bookcases. I am more attracted to jobs that need an...

Over the last few years we have really started to see the effects of Ash die-back on the UK's tree population, with many land owners...

Last time I mentioned to work I had been doing on the Verzasca dam in Switzerland for a multi pitch climbing race. The event was a great...

My life has given many interesting work opportunities, and recently I took up one of these offers to help create a climb in an unusual...

I usually start a blog with an apology for not updating it more often. This time I have decided to skip this apology – I have been busy...

One thing that has consumed a large chunk of my summer has been the Olympic Games in Tokyo. I was appointed to be chief route setter for...