Beautiful Box Guitars

These wonderful noise boxes are hand crafted by the very clever Jon Watkins.

You can find him and his wares here Watkins Guitars

Opening Night This Thursday

This is our Shiny Shop: Shoes, Guitars, Furniture, Sculptures and Portraiture.

All lovingly handmade by local Artists.

Come in for a tipple this Thursday night (22 May) and meet the crew.
5 Coronation Street, Hornsby

The Circle of Brogues

... well, semi circle.
Sorry, that was terrible. It is late!

Pop Up Shop

If you would like to try my shoes on and see some other really cool stuff. You can visit our pop up shop.

I will have some tools there and will be working. If you are interested in shoe making, this will be a good chance to come along and ask some questions.

My Workshop

This is my little oasis.

To the right of me is my collection of lasts. To the left and behind, my current line.

Technical drawing department

This is the pattern of an 'upper'. 

It consists of a toe cap (the bit that covers your toe) and a vamp (the piece that appears to have wings). 

You may notice little circles, these remind me to include underlay and folding allowances.

Clickety Click

In the world of shoe making a Clicker is the person who cuts the uppers for the shoes.

The job was historically named prior to mechanism, due to the sound of the operator's hand-knife blade clicking against the brass edge-binding used to protect the patterns.

New Threads

I have acquired some über durable Bonded Nylon thread for footwear.