Blue Shed Exhibition May 2013
Weekends in May between 11 and 5. Not open bank holiday Mondays. Exhibition of sculpture: David Browne lutherie: Ian Chisholm chairs: Martin Spencer design: Sally Williams. 6 East Gardens Ditchling Sussex BN6 8ST I’m showing …
There is hope in honest error
We’ve just been up in Glasgow enjoying a weekend the Celtic Connections music festival. Paid an all too brief visit to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s astonishing College of Art. For many years I’ve had this piece …
Lyon and Healy style two point archtop mandolin
This is only my second attempt at a carved front and back instrument and it’s been a long time in the making. Built under the expert eye of Richard Osborne it has turned out extremely …
The 5 string Mandocaster
I just completed a 5 string mandocaster for Will Fly. The original Fenders which inspired it were Strat style instruments with 4 single strings, and were made between 1956 and 1976. A 5 string version …
Tonewood
I was alive in the woods I was cut down by a hard axe. While I lived I was silent Now dead I sing sweetly I’m sure I first saw this on a harpsichord at …