| November 19, 2020
Sex Cars & Rock'n'Roll, part 1
When restoring timberwork in cars I marvel at the difference between cars of different nationalities. Politically incorrect if cars were people. I often feel that what people say about cars is literary Valium but what cars say about people? Let’s have a quick look, eh...
| November 18, 2020
Sex Cars Rock'n'Roll II
America by contrast was a land where the ideals of democracy and the notion that any little boy could grow up to be president still held sway....
| November 17, 2020
Sex Cars Rock'n'Roll III
By 1973 the sixties were almost over and 1970s TV focused largely on sex with a plethora of sexy comedies enabling us to laugh at last at...
| September 28, 2020
Shellac and alcoholism
With shellac being the product used to produce the wonderful effects of French polishing French Polishers had a reputation of being buggers for the bottle due to...
| September 14, 2020
Aeroplanes and Lies
Bruce Vinall’s 1989 acrylic and collage on canvas titled NINETEEN THIRTY NINE, the year of his birth and the year that Britain and Australia entered WW2. I...
| September 14, 2020
Elgin Marbles
Over the last 40 years I have been privileged (uh oh there's that word) to work on some of what I consider the most beautiful furniture in...
| September 14, 2020
Soviet Russian desk lamp
A difficult piece to get into perspective as a decor item due to its political connotations and totally unconventional design, appearing at first glance as something from...