Curious Craftsman Gifts

'Here's all that stuff I used in that demonstration, but for Pete's sake, don't try it at home!'

'Mum! Come and see the coffee-table I've made with my new tool-set!'

"1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood"

Whittler's Mother.

Bad Interview Technique

'Are you sure you brought the right flat pack?'

Posh Easter Egg

The Sculptor

Daniel Day Lewis & George Glasgow

'Bob likes to express himself through his art!'

Nick Offerman

Little boy blows a larger bubble than glass blower can.

'Yes, Ralph, they are nuts, but...'

"Hold still, it's a programme about making your own tv cabinet."

Raw Piano Bar

'Well, that does not yet look like a wall. Try it again, Liam!'

"Any beaver can cut down trees, but marquetry, now that's art."

'McWit never could build anything level.'

"So does George still enjoy his woodworking?"

"I spent twelve years making this. Where's MY award?"

Private View.

"Is it important for a politician to speak a number of languages?"

'Please be quiet while the attempts to locate your head.'

'I built the patio out of old newspapers.'

Bricklayer admires her work.

"Yes, I would love you more if you didn't make mobiles out of old cutlery and beads."

A Martha Stewart Moment in Apartment 8-J

'. . . as shelves go it's okay - but I like to feel that my best work is ahead of me!'

"True I'm an investment banker, but I was handcrafted in Maine!"

"Weren't they the people you lent the complete macrame book to?"

'The ladykin lived in a mickle biggin of cipolin.'

I made shoes for you last night, but Bob set up your website and mass marketing e-mail program.

Young Picasso In Woodshop

The maintaining different types of fence.

'You constructed a beautiful work table. You're a talented woodworking legend in your own life.'