Handmade Craft Furniture By James Carroll

James Carroll is a furniture designer/maker who creates pieces from local wood and resources

Semi Stool
€240.00 Add to basket
Three Legged Stool in Ash
€180.00 Add to basket
Sheep Stool
€295.00 Add to basket

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Nice to be included in this lush shot by @cliodhna

Nice to be included in this lush shot by @cliodhnaprendergast with @thetweedproject. In the current @houseandgardenuk magazine. Work also by @hewnspoons @thisiswhatwedoo @sarahjenkinsonbaskets and commissioned by @rutherton. #Irishcraft #greenwoodworking #liveauthentic #nothingisordinary #slowliving #livefolk #madeinireland #woodcraft #futureheirloom #handcrafted #ireland #furniture #wood

What a mini drama. Fully dedicated to an unusuall

What a mini drama. Fully dedicated to an unusually well designed day plan I walked to the workshop this morning. On the way there I saw the top bar hive on the roof had fallen off during the night. Smashed. Easily done with the thunder and lightning and a rotten leg I hadn’t fixed properly. The bees were acting like it was Black Friday and plasma TVs were a tenner. A hastily made replacement hive was knocked together from some wide boards Western Red Ceder I had. The half hour job took 3. Loaded up on a barrow I wheeled the full new hive to the roof bridge. Passing my beloved vintage Fiat the top heavy top bar toppled over, the mineral felt roof dinting and scratching the old Italian. Luckily, the downpour, thunder and lightning started a bit before. The bees were not happy. Talk about a stitch in time. ‘Sake lads. #broken #leg #planB #bee #puns #ceder #hive #calm #storm #car #repair #honey

Playing with cleaving some willow and making nice

Playing with cleaving some willow and making nice kind of shingles. Also cleaning up some beeswax from the hives. It gave me the idea to combine them and make a wax tablet and stylus. Like an ancient Roman iPad sort of. It works well. Cicero was mad for them. Handy when you’ve to get ‘the messages’. #romans #retro #birthday #card #bee #wax #tablet #ipad #handtools #stylus #reuse #irishcraft #greenwoodworking #liveauthentic #nothingisordinary #slowliving #livefolk #permaculture #madeinireland #woodcraft #futureheirloom #handcrafted #ireland #wicklow

Was a nice and easy day to drop in and help on the

Was a nice and easy day to drop in and help on the best bit. The frame raising. @gracedesign_artisancarpentry and his crew cut this fabulous Douglas Fir frame and it went together like Amish Lego. The massive crane helped. #timberframe #douglasfir #traditional #carpentry #wood #wicklow #building #barn

Just finished this outdoor classroom area in Wild

Just finished this outdoor classroom area in Wild Eala, Blessington. Local peeled Sweet chestnut poles support a top notch (the best of the best) canopy made by @schooloutdoorlearning. And the whole structure anchored by dry compacted stone and Pats wisdom. Looks like it will last many moons. It’s an 8m span and no doubt will have multifarious uses, rain or shine, in this lovely lakeshore spot. #shelter #forestschool #outdoors #sweet #chestnut #topgun #irishcraft #roundwood #greenwoodworking #slowliving #livefolk #letsgosomewhere #permaculture #ireland #wicklow

A big ash table commission I made a while ago. The

A big ash table commission I made a while ago. The legs are charred ash. It’s massive. I do like big tables. Hubs. Lots of important stuff happens around them. And after desert it can be cleared for table tennis (As per the official rules of table tennis, the game is played on a 2.74 x 1.53-metre table. But you are allowed set the net up if it is not this actual size too). If you want one get in touch.

#sultansofpingpong #table #tennis #ash #home #irishcraft #slowliving #livefolk #madeinireland #woodcraft #futureheirloom #handcrafted #ireland #wicklow

I do enjoy the feeling of …thinks it’s mainly

I do enjoy the feeling of …thinks it’s mainly relief? when finishing off a commission. What’s done is done, it is what it is, on to the new thing and various other cliches. This pair of Wedge benches are made from Irish Walnut. From tree to finished piece all on site. Now to be boxed and shipped far away. #walnut #forest #furniture #relief #bench #irishcraft #greenwoodworking #liveauthentic #thatsdarling #slowliving #livefolk #permaculture #madeinireland #woodcraft #futureheirloom #handcrafted #ireland #wicklow

Simple walnut stool with cleft chestnut legs. …I

Simple walnut stool with cleft chestnut legs. …I put up the lights (thanks for the lights @jenwalshdesign) and set the camera and downloaded Lightroom (thanks for the pointers @tommyjpurdy) and edited adjusted the somethings….and while it wasn’t that hard in the end it was still much more difficult than making the stool. Still. A start. #studio #photography #stool #computersareannoying #irishcraft #greenwoodworking #slowliving #livefolk #madeinireland #woodcraft #futureheirloom #handcrafted #furniture #ireland #wicklow

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