Tabler Maker: A Carpenter's Guide to Life by Joel Bird

The mindfulness of carpentry; sourcing and seasoning your timber; tongue and groove, lap and spleen; legs, aprons, stretchers and trestles; fox wedges and tenon joints: through his inimitable artistry, wit and individualism, Joel Bird passes on the skills of table making while also expressing the personal journey that accompanies the learning of these skills. Split into four parts--table beginnings, the table top, the table base, and the table finishing-- The Table Maker is part meditation and part guide book, and has within its pages the information needed to make a quality table of your own.

Joel Bird is an architect, artist, designer, and shed builder, and has professionally designed and built small-scale timber sheds and extensions around South-East England for more than 10 years. He was also the first winner of Channel 4's Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year competition in 2014. Other TV and media appearances include Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden; Eating Well with Hemsley and Hemsley; The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, BBC R2; Grand Designs Live; Manspace magazine; and Completely London.