About Graham

An artist craftsman, having fabricated a multitude of things in wood over the years. The workshop is a small man-cave (garage) where works come to life. Graham can work by eye without measure and often does so, but there are times when working to a client's sketch, for example, the measuring stick becomes an essential tool.

Boat building is one area of his craft where a small discrepancy could lead to a ride in a Lifeboat or becoming lost at sea.

This Inuit Kayak Graham made is now sold to a school in Ullapool, Scotland.

The light weight runabout, a small Italian style classic for cruising the estuaries and inshore waters of the South Devon coast. Built during the Covid lockdown, taking approximately 1,100 hours. Most wooden boat builders use hundreds of metal fixings of copper, bronze or stainless steel. Graham chose to make this one using just a few dozen S.S screws in the transom area and on fittings and fixtures that have to be detachable. All the rest are of Bamboo wood nails. They are only visible along the gunnel and on the seats. For those readers who like boats and building them, I have a Blog with extensive coverage of the build. Follow the link below and a menu with over twenty phases of construction for the long read.