Much as the workshop was set up to create bits, bobs and other things beginning with b (and several other letters) for my own purposes, enjoyment and satisfaction, I suppose it was inevitable that – at some point – someone might say “Hey, you there. You with the screwdriver. I should like to buy one of your… things”.

And so it is that some of my things are now available to purchase. I can be contacted via the pages of this here website for such dealings, or some of my ‘pieces’ can be bought at the veritable emporium of delight that is Homemade Wales, in the coastal resort of Barry, in South Wales. That’s old South Wales by the way, not the upside down new one. At the moment, Homemade Wales remains the exclusive retailer of Sleeping Dog creations. That’s the easiest way to go if I’m honest (which I rather like to think that I am) and it helps to support local business on two levels; maker and retailer.

So, anyway, here are some of the things I’ve produced and will probably make more of. Hope you like.

The Lime and the Coconu…

Sorry. No coconuts. And no singing. The latest in candlesticks/tealight holders are emerging from the workshop though. A marriage of ...
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Have Your Cake & Eat It

They say you can't. I don't know who They are, so I'm ignoring them. I say you can! A little ...
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Forks for Cakes

Cake fork, pastry fork, call it what you will. Norman, if you like. Either way, it's a small fork with ...
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A Few Pens Worth

So after a play with some ornament tubes that needed a pen mandrel on the lather, I thought it was ...
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Spalted Eggs

What's that? A new style of cookery chefery? Why no, it's just craftery. By using the kit and caboodle normally ...
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Mini Spinny Egg

Please do go and view this on my YouTube Channel too, so the numbers can go up nicely. And SUBSCRIBE ...
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37 Pencils (in motion)

Please do go and view this on my YouTube Channel too, so the numbers can go up nicely. And SUBSCRIBE ...
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37 Pencils

I should probably have started with turning a few shapes on a solid lump of easy-to-work wood, but no. The ...
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Wanderful Magic

How's this for a jolly fine bit of magic makery? For those that don't know, my 'day job' is an ...
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Serving Up Spoons

I seek out vintage spoons of all shapes and sizes, usually silver plated, and spend time at the bench with ...
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