Timber framing
I
know from what I have heard, that timber framing, as a craft, differentiates from carpentry, joinery and cabinet making. I couldn't
explain how, but both words can give a quite accurate definition : the
timber framer does only the structure, the frame of a building, using mainly wood, probably some bits of metal. One small but major detail is the use of the pegged
draw-bore : tenon
and mortise are pulled and locked together by a slight offset in their
respective peg holes. When the peg is driven through the assembled tenon and mortise, it tightens the joint.
Draw-bore originates during the medieval period (which is quite vague), in all likelihood around the 11th century and is, from my opinion the best way to joint two pieces of wood together.
When it is needed, I use a traditional French method to scribe the wood, which allows me to work with all sizes and shapes of wood, not only squared timber.
Small, entirely hand-hewn cabin, split shingles out of very local sweet chesnut. Autumn 2024, Woodchurch and Chichester.
Construction of a barn in Andover involving the Carpenter Fellowship, Summer 2021.
Open workshop with hewn curved timber in Marnay Sur Seine, France, Spring 2017
Extension of an existing stone and clay bricks building for a bakery in Marnay Sur Seine, France, Summer 2018
