CRAFTED STRUCTURES
Over the years, through crafting furniture and managing a small woodland, Michael has extended his woodworking skillset to building bespoke, low impact, high value green oak timber structures.
* In Britain terms such as “green oak building” or “green oak framing” are used to describe the key load-bearing structural frame of a wooden building that is typically made wood that has fallen or been felled in the past year or so, and therefore has a high moisture content. As the wood dries over time, it shrinks, shifting slightly and characterfully, to form exceedingly strong mechanical joints. Oak is a key species that is often used, but “green oak framing” when it comes to timber buildings in the UK takes on a broader meaning, as it can also refer to other species that are also used, including the likes of sweet chestnut and Douglas fir.