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Meet Phil Crennell, woodwizard who makes hardwood stools for me…..          Phil lives in and cares for a beautiful coni...
16/08/2026

Meet Phil Crennell, woodwizard who makes hardwood stools for me…..


Phil lives in and cares for a beautiful conifer woodland……

His wood-wizard helpers help to manage the woodland in their own unique ways…..

Stacking and drying wood for the winter in the neatest eye catching ways….

The woodland becomes more magical each time I visit……

Phil and I love to work together on the hardwood stools he makes for me…..

And Phil is often introducing me to interesting new ways forward…..

Phil makes beautiful uniquely finished hardwood furniture of his own…..

Not from his conifer woodland but from estates around and about which his other woody wizards supply to him……

Phil makes me blank hardwood stool tops so I can upholster them…..

In his busy complicated workshop full of his wizardry machines…..

He makes me all sorts of sizes and stool tops shapes…..

I tuft a template to fit just right on the tops and pin it on for a nice cushioned seat…..

I’m forever developing on my craft so this little beauty has a naturally dyed Scottish Blackface Wool top….

Phil and I are very proud of what we do and what we achieve together…..

And we love the endless variety of what we make. Contact detail in comments ⬇️

This wonderful prize winning abstract will still be on show and I think a couple of my stools are still available       ...
11/08/2026

This wonderful prize winning abstract will still be on show and I think a couple of my stools are still available

Last week of Visual Arts Scotland ‘A Seat at the Table’ This is a small selection of images by  really is worth popping ...
15/06/2026

Last week of Visual Arts Scotland ‘A Seat at the Table’ This is a small selection of images by really is worth popping round to see this show 🙌🙌🙌

Quite a buzz at the opening of  A Seat at the Table South Block  Glasgow! Exciting! It’s a splendid curation of vibrant ...
05/06/2026

Quite a buzz at the opening of A Seat at the Table South Block Glasgow! Exciting! It’s a splendid curation of vibrant works 🙌 I recommend

Just about ready for you coming. Looking forward to seeing you. It’s a busy Saturday so make sure we say hi 👋
22/05/2026

Just about ready for you coming. Looking forward to seeing you. It’s a busy Saturday so make sure we say hi 👋

I’m so thrilled to have this benchmark stool accepted by Visual Arts Scotland and Wasps Studios to show in Glasgow 🤗 🎉 🌟...
20/05/2026

I’m so thrilled to have this benchmark stool accepted by Visual Arts Scotland and Wasps Studios to show in Glasgow 🤗 🎉 🌟 ‘Cutty Balance’ has a naturally dyed 100% Scottish Blackface hand tufted wool pile top scored with loop pile texture of local prehistoric rock markings which sits on locally made wind blown sycamore and beech. Phil Crennell Artist/Woodworker made the stool Old Mill Arts naturally dye materials Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere made the Blackface wool possible and our local arts agency created the initiative to push this stool along

Spring Fling time is nearly here 🌼🩷☀️🫟 what a thrilling time of year! I’m pushing it to fit in everything I need to be r...
10/05/2026

Spring Fling time is nearly here 🌼🩷☀️🫟 what a thrilling time of year! I’m pushing it to fit in everything I need to be ready and enjoy the sunshine too. Here’s a peek at where I’m at today. I have a busy week ahead! Have you a Spring Fling plan? Search Spring Fling Open Studios 2026 to see virtual studios, download a brochure etc etc

Getting ready for Spring Fling? Have you a brochure? Planned your route? Search Spring Fling Open Studios 2026 where you...
27/04/2026

Getting ready for Spring Fling? Have you a brochure? Planned your route? Search Spring Fling Open Studios 2026 where you can see virtual studios, download a brochure, learn about the bus trips etc. Hope to see you in Kirkcudbright. I love the chat and to show you how I make the lovely variety of tufted stools and rugs I’ll have for sale

Now showing at ‘Future Folklore’ curated  available to view at beautiful Rozelle Park, Ayr as part of  exhibition progra...
21/04/2026

Now showing at ‘Future Folklore’ curated available to view at beautiful Rozelle Park, Ayr as part of exhibition programme

Rather than telling a story these works are a quiet form of future folklore; hand-tufted British wool ‘We May Become’ rug/ wall hanging and storm-fallen hard wood tufted top stools come together as something both functional and sculptural. Each work is made to be lived with, sat on, walked across, and experienced as visually and acoustically enhancing the aesthetics of a living space.

Crafted, in collaboration, with attention to material, community, and the spaces in between, where materials shift, where relationships unfold over time. Inspired by coastal thresholds and shared ecologies, my work draws on slow, reciprocal cycles and carries traces of place, people, and process.

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Commission work. For a couple who are familiar with our windswept Galloway coastline and wanted lots of colour and movem...
14/04/2026

Commission work. For a couple who are familiar with our windswept Galloway coastline and wanted lots of colour and movement. I send progress images to the commissioners on the way along to ask them what they’re happy with, what they want more of. I’d no idea this one was going to become so colourful and with so much movement!

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