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Wilf 'Squirrelman' Hutchinson (Ex-Mouseman): A former Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson craftsman (starting his apprenticeship in 1952), who set up his own workshop at Husthwaite in 1958 making handmade from seasoned English oak and carrying the signature carved squirrel symbol. The business still continues today in the capable hands of his Son Trevor, who sticks religiously to the traditional handmade cabinetmaking techniques
English Oak: The most British of woods, that can produce really special results. English oak has been used for hundreds of years to construct everything from sea-going vessels to fine furniture. Although oak grows widely across Europe and North America, craftsmen continue to cherish English oak which grows more slowly than its foreign counterparts giving it strength, durability. Quarter sawn boards are very straight grained and have distinctive growth rings and medullary rays that give a very beautiful effect as well as being renowned for their superior stability and strength
The Yorkshire School of the Arts & Crafts movement started with Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson's transformation from jobbing carpenter to master craftsmen. By the mid-1920s he had adopted his trademark mouse (now world renowned as a symbol of quality furniture) and had his own workshop busily employing several men. As the workshop grew and over the years many of the craftsmen have taken their skills and branched out and adopted a trademark of their own, a fox, a lizard, a fish, a rabbit to name but a few, and whilst some have closely stuck to the Mouseman designs others have taken the style and adapted it. Other craftsmen, unconnected to the Mouseman workshop, have also chosen the classic Yorkshire Oak style as their own. Typical Yorkshire school items are in English Oak, with traditional pegged joints and adzed surfaces
Collections: All, Arts & Crafts Clocks, Lights & Mirrors, Arts & Crafts Furniture by Yorkshire Critters, Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School Furniture, Out of Stock
Category: egnition-oos-police, English Oak, exp0000057, Lamp, Maker_Wilf 'Squirrelman' Hutchinson, Material_English Oak, Object_Lamp, Wilf 'Squirrelman' Hutchinson
Type: Lamp
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