Learn how to split kindling with this instructional article by woodsman Vince Thurkettle.
The Delight of Kindling The ubiquitous petroleum-based firelighter has to a large extent replaced traditional kindling in fire lighting, both in the home and with the summer barbecue. This is a pity. I…
Learn how to make a perfect wood fire with this instructional article by woodsman Vince Thurkettle.
Our Debt to Fire Most anthropologists believe that people first ‘domesticated’ fire over one million years ago; some believe it was very much earlier. I believe it is hard to overstate the importance…
Learn how to care for your axe with this instructional article by woodsman Vince Thurkettle.
The Axe, our Oldest Tool? In caring for and using an axe it is worth a moment reflecting upon the history of this singularly useful tool. The first axes were made around 1.5…
Exploring the cultural & creative philosophy of the iconic Swedish design store.
Concepts that can often be thought of as paradoxical – such as historic & contemporary, modernism & heritage, craft & commerciality, functionality & elegance, capitalist & charitable – come together seamlessly within the…
Exploring the art of cultural photography with Adam Marelli.
The photographer is always the invisible force behind an image, the eyes and the soul that are able to capture a scene at the optimum moment to allow a connection between subject and…
An insight into contemporary Chilean architecture, by Gerard McGuickin.
In Chile, contemporary architecture is shaped by nature, mass urbanisation, poverty and a willingness to improve. Traditional styles and influences are found across many dwellings. Chile: Facts and Figures Chile is a truly…
Interview with Viktor Blomqvist, CEO of Swedish heritage brand, Skultuna.
Ever since the then King of Sweden founded a brass foundry at Skultuna on the north-western side of Lake Mälaren, 65 miles from Stockholm, over 400 years ago, Skultuna has been designing and…
From the ‘boy in the photograph’ to life behind the lens…
Like so many of us, Adam Marelli disliked being photographed as a boy, equating cameras and photography with the self-consciousness a family photo-album can bring. However, he found photography to be a useful…
An appreciation of the skill involved in making a Sussex Trug, by Robin Tuppen of the Cuckmere Trug Co.
The apparent simplicity of a trug is deceptive; although simple in terms of design, name and use, the construction of a traditional Sussex Trug requires much skill in order to transform the humble…
Interview with Robin Tuppen; owner of Cuckmere Trug Company; makers of Thomas Smith trugs.
A trug, like the word, is simplicity itself. Dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, when a ‘trog’, meaning a boat-shaped vessel, was used to measure and carry all manner of things, the modern day…
