All the wood is scraps, offcuts, donations, prunings or windfall. Even the firewood pile isn’t safe. Anything that might otherwise go to waste but looks pretty is up for grabs. The jewellery findings are all sterling silver.

Wooden pendants from rescued wood

In October 2021 we were visiting Exeter and saw a shop selling wooden heart pendants. My wife liked them and I was planning to go back and buy one when I thought - “I could make that. I’ve got a bit of scrap oak at home.”
A few months later a wooden heart pendant was finished and a Christmas present delivered. This pendant is the basis of my logo.

I’m not sure what prompted me to make more but I had scraps of wood from floor board samples, an old church pew and old flooring all begging to be used. I made a few more pendants and I was hooked.

My goal is to try and use wood that is going to waste. It’s amazing what you can find and be given. I’ve used beautiful offcuts from a wood store, old flooring and chopping boards, odds and ends left by the bin as well as Christmas trees and prunings. I was lucky enough to be given a load of oak from a church pew that was surplus to requirements which I’ve made many things from.

With each new pendant, piece of equipment, feedback or advice, I learn something new so what I make keeps evolving. That’s why it’s called Progress Crafts.

This is a hobby along side my day job so the output is limited but I hope you find something you like.

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