Monday, 28 February 2011

8 A note from the past



In 1902 Bansall & Sons of London built an overstrung, underdamped upright piano action within a walnut casing - a small part of which fell loose when it was moved 109 years later.

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

7 White Smoke



We have white smoke. The Bishop of Frodsham emerges from the classroom.

Monday, 21 February 2011

7 From Woodwork to Divinity



A familiar journey from one lesson to the next, another shiny faced schoolboy drags himself across the quad.

Sunday, 20 February 2011

6 From the woodwork teacher's stockroom



Over a hundred years of leaky pens, blotting paper darts and penknife graffiti are going into the manufacture of this latest piece. Will it survive its next set of cuts as delicate as any Amsterdam diamond cleaver's?

Saturday, 19 February 2011