Ben has been green woodworking and tool making for nearly ten years now and through these years of experience has gained the skills to provide the woodcraft and bushcraft enthusiast with some very well designed products and  thorough training courses.

Having spent three years training with some of the top green woodworkers at Clissett wood ( Mike Abbott and Gudrun Leitz) and Steve Betts ( woodland management and coppice crafts) and undertaken a cabinet making and furniture design course at Hereford College, Ben has gained a very wide skill base in both woodwork and tool use.
This has given Ben a remarkable skill base from which to move forward and combine with many other crafts, from blacksmithing (Holme Lacey College), spoon and bowl carving (Wille Sundqvist) to leather work (Val Michaels), tool making and teaching.

Ben has used this fusion of skills and materials to produce a comprehensive range of tools for the outdoor enthusiast. He has travelled around Europe and to California to pass on the skills he has acquired, and loves demonstrating the skills around the UK at craft fairs and exhibitions.

Lois has been working as a full time green woodworker and leather worker for over 3  years now and had been studying the craft on a part time basis for over 10.

With her skills and underlying love of craft she makes excellent green wood products and leather work that is all handmade with care and attention to the design.

Lois trained in horticulture and this has given her a superb skill base and knowledge of trees and plants in the UK and with this love of the outdoors has found her own natural place in the world of craft.

Lois's love of Green woodwork and the desire to hone her skills took her to Clissett Wood where she attended several courses with Mike Abbott and learned the skills of chair-making and pole-lathe turning.

She then used these skills to demonstrate at the Chiltern open air museum and then later ran several greenwood courses in the Arborfield Barn at the museum.

For every tool or knife that Ben makes, Lois custom makes the leather sheath.

Through both Lois and Ben's love of green woodwork and outdoor skills they met and became very close friends.

They are now man and wife! Combined Ben and Lois make a superb team.