One Board, One Table, One Day - Thursday 18th July

One of our artists based at Manor Oaks, Finbarr Lucas, crafter of bespoke handmade woodwork and furniture has a very interesting project happening this Thursday and we wanted to tell you all about it, he plans to create a table in a day, crafted from a piece of locally sourced wood, streamed live on the internet!

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Over to Fin to explain more about the project....

" My name is Finbarr Lucas and I have a business called Finkfurniture, based in studio 2 here at Manor Oaks. 

On Thursday 18th July I'll be attempting to make a table from a single plank of wood, in a single day, live on the internet. The event is a bit of a challenge, and a bit of fun as I race against the clock to convert a board of locally sourced ash timber (from a tree felled in the Peak District) into a modern coffee table before your very eyes.

The event starts at 8am. Visit www.ustream.tv and search for 'table in a day' or 'finkfurniture' and you'll find the channel. Alongside the streamed video we will be making and posting up other short films made on the day, showing interview clips or focusing on milestones such as making the joints.

Our first video, about 2 minutes long, introduces the project and it's available to view here:

http://vimeo.com/user19185834/videos

The table should be finished at around 8pm, assembled and varnished and ready to be used. Shortly afterwards we'll auction it and the proceeds will go to planting trees in local woodlands.

Visit our blog at:

http://finkfurniture.blogspot.co.uk/

for more updates. And wish me luck!"

Good luck Fin