Neil Hiscox
Neil's pieces of work are shown below. As Neil says in his profile he makes his furniture and artifacts for family and friends and does not undertake commissions.
Neil does not design his pieces, sometimes he modifies a design, but says most of his best ideas are somebody else's.
Celine's Box This jewellery box was a wedding present for my daughter-in-law in burr oak. The substrata is made of mdf. I did put something nice in the box. The design was from Andrew Crawford’s book on making boxes
Barbara's Box This jewellery box was made for my wife veneered in book matched American black walnut. You can find out more about making boxes at http://www.fine-boxes.com/
Rocking Horse Made from Paduk or tulip wood, I went on a three day course with Anthony Dew the rocking horse maker in Fangfoss in Yorkshire to carve the head, and used the set of plans to make the horse. The base is in ash. Painting was tricky but my no.4 son is an artist and got the eyes right. Find out more at: http://www.rockinghorse.co.uk/
Bob's Side Table. Made for my brother-in-law as a 70th birthday present, American cherry inlaid with ebony stringing. Traditional dovetailed drawers. Not much designing there.
Tommy's Bowl The bowl was made from rings cut at 15 degrees from the cut out of a beech work top. A fun thing.
Elisa's Desk Made for my Swiss granddaughter in oak. I inlaid a English rose on the top to remind her of her heritage
Tom and Laura's Chest The wood was some shelves I found in a friends garage he had had them for some 30 year. Originally they were planks from a packing case used to send home from the Far East containing furniture. We (the SFW) think it is Holm Oak, it is the hardest and heaviest wood I have ever worked with
Jonny's Car Made from a design in Richard Blizzard book for my godson.
Rocking Chair Made for my wife but given to my no.2 daughter-in-law on the birth of our second grandson. This piece I felt was my most ambitious project. I used English walnut bought on Ebay. Some detail in sycamore the back braces had ash between the laminates for flexibility. The design in based on the Sam Maloof style, the plans from Hal Taylor an American woodworker and rocking chair maker. Find out more http://www.haltaylor.com/
Garden Bench Made in Afromosia, I couldn’t afford teak at the time. I liked this design because one can sit at each end and talk to the other person without twisting ones neck. From a 1950 woodworker magazine.
Ginnie's Table Made for a friend of my wife, she had an Ercol elm top and asked me to screw four black D.I.Y. legs on it. I felt it deserved better.
