A statement Pippy Oak dining table made for a young family seeking durability, longevity and soft features for their new-born. Measuring 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, 50mm thick – a heavy piece. However, thanks to its clever joints, which can be easily dismantled (no screws or nails), this table is easy to move from home to home. Entirely made from English Oak felled locally.

This impressive Elm dining table was designed to extend up to 3 meters and host up to 14 people. Crafted entirely from one Scottish Elm tree. The customer chose Elm due to his sentimental connection to this tree.

A bespoke Pippy Oak craft desk with a soft-closing drawer. A wraparound feel from the natural shape of the tree. The legs were made from salvaged 16th-century English Oak beams.

A highly detailed Burl Oak console table. Designed to be eye-catching when entering the front door, and slim-lined to not protrude into the room. No screws or nails, only traditional hand-cut joints and glue.

A chunky but elegant coffee table made from brown Oak with hand-cut finger joints at each end which attract the eyes of people sitting around it.

Where the magic happens. 3 years to design and build; this is the Rolls-Royce of workbenches. At the heart is a 90-year-old Record 52 1/2 quick-release vice. On the right: a custom-made steel sliding tail-vice which Olli made in his university metal workshop. At both ends: beautiful double pin dovetails, because why not? And finally, a soft-closing heavy-duty cupboard underneath. She weighs in at around 250kg (550 lbs). She’s built from Sapele and Douglas fir salvaged from 160-year-old brewery ceiling beams. She’s a beast but a thing of beauty.

An electric bass guitar made from English Oak, Iroko and Jarrah salvaged from an old sailing ship from Australia. She heavy and sounds deep and bassy.

A polished, highly figured Burl Oak coffee table. Simple, elegant and visually striking. The Oak was felled locally in Wiltshire.

A farmhouse-style desk with a modern colour contrast. Made from slow-growth English pine salvaged from a local pub renovation. Stained to look similar to walnut on a smaller budget.

This rustic, heavy door with its forged iron handle is fit for a castle. Made from salvaged pine, this door was built as a sound barrier between two busy rooms.

This is Shelly – the most complex and time-consuming project you can imagine. At the time, way out of Olli’s ability level, but he took on the challenge at 16 years old. Made from the highest-grade Sitka Spruce (hand-picked in Austria), walnut sides, Sapele back (reclaimed from a school physics bench), and a sandwiched neck of Maple, Oak and Mahogany.

To explain the complexity of making an acoustic guitar would take an hour. To give you an insight: the 3mm thick top and back of the guitar are actually spherical, not flat, with an 8m radius to be exact… Why’s she called Shelly? Because the fretboard inlays are white shell Olli picked from a beach in Devon and cut by hand into the wave shapes.

This project has given Olli the skill set to take on any project, no matter how intricate or large. Not just the physical skills, but more so the thought process and methods to succeed in a new project he may know little about.