Featured Commissions & Signature Pieces

A Selection of Past Featured Pieces

Some commissions don’t belong to a wedding story or a legacy piece. They begin with a spark — a favourite timber, a colour that resonates, or a form that simply feels right in the hands. These are the bowls shaped from curiosity, character, and the joy of making.

This page gathers a selection of those one‑off commissions: pieces created for people who wanted something unique, personal, and beautifully made.

Trail Crown

Turned from Beech heartwood recovered after the January winds that brought down several ancient trees along the Murieston Trail. This piece carries a more deliberate presence: a warm, polished form crowned with a rim of copper filed rings , each set with care.

**The embellishment is not flourish but tribute—a quiet coronation for a tree that once stood sentinel. A bowl of ceremony and memory.**

Autumn Radiance

The wood for this bowl came from a Cherry tree that once stood on the boundary of two gardens in Craigshill, Livingston—one of which was my childhood home. When the tree was removed, I arranged to reclaim the wood, but the landscapers had cut the trunk into pieces too short for traditional turning. Instead, I blended fragments of cherry with multicoloured resin to create this vivid and uplifting result.

Heres to Family Reunions

Garden Echoes

This lime wood once grew in a garden in Derbyshire—a place I visited for the first time with my sister, reconnecting with our cousins after years of distance. The scattered branches were too small for a bowl, but we gathered them together and I gave them new life, suspended in resin and shaped into this hollow form. It was crafted for the lady and her husband who tend that garden, and who welcomed us with warmth and grace. A quiet tribute to memory, reconciliation, and the beauty of shared roots

ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION of Scotland presentation Platter

Presentation platter crafted for the Arboricultural Association of Scotland,

Engraved inscription on the underside of the presentation platter, honoring dedicated service

The Ken Martin Award

Presented by the Scotland Branch of the Arboricultural Association on January 25, 2025, to Kevin Frediani for outstanding service to Scotland’s trees.

"Very large", crisp bowl. It's a birthday present for A hungry husband."

Large willow tree decorative wood bowl with mussel shell inlay

Large turned bowl crafted from native timber, commissioned by a customer in Edinburgh — Commissioned as a birthday gift for a hungry husband, this generously sized bowl was turned from native timber and delivered to its new home in Edinburgh. A celebration of scale, utility, and personal story

Large willow tree decorative wood bowl with mussel shell inlaid rim

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Whether you have a clear vision or just the spark of one, I’m always happy to talk timber, form, and possibility. Every heirloom begins with a simple conversation — no pressure, no obligation.

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