Craftybits

Drawn, cut and finished on one bench in Gloucestershire.

Signs, map art and wedding pieces cut to order from real timber, slate and acrylic. No drop shipping, no printed vinyl pretending to be wood.

One sheet, three parts, almost no waste. That is the whole trick.

Cut here, not bought in

Every piece on this site comes off a machine in my workshop. If you email about an order, you are emailing the person who made it.

Proofs before cutting

Anything with your words on it gets a full-size proof by email first. Nothing goes on the bed until you have said it is right.

Materials that last

Solid hardwood, Welsh slate, birch ply from a sustainable mill. Finished with oil rather than lacquer so a scuff sands out.


Something that isn't on the list

Most of what leaves the workshop is a one-off. Trophies for a village show, a set of jig parts for someone else's workshop, panels for a shop fit, replacement fascias for a machine nobody makes parts for any more.

Send a sketch, a photo or a drawing file and I will tell you honestly whether cutting is the right way to make it, roughly what it will cost, and how long it will take.

Send me the details