Australian Woodwork Blog

When we had our shop in Sydney’s Darling Harbour we were often visited by smartly groomed but anxious PA’s whose brief was to go out and find some really good quality, Australian-made gifts for international VIP’s. It often went “someone told me about your shop – Oh, thank goodness I found you! It’s so hard to find a quality Australian product!”  This is also...

The Rare Chairs shed, Moonan Flat.  (Last Updated: Dec 05, 2023) I am often asked by customers in the gallery “Where is all this made?” or “Do you make all this yourself?” The short answer is no, we are primarily on the sourcing, designing and developing side of things, though that said, Gregory can turn out a pretty nice chair. But to better show where...

For starters Huon Pine only grows in the wet, temperate rainforests of South West Tasmania – on the whole planet! ‘Lagarostrobus franklinii’ (its proper name) is not actually a pine and is the only member of its family, so a pretty unique tree which grows extremely slowly, averaging just 1 millimetre in girth per year. They can grow to be 2,500 years old which...