Little Castle Artisans

Little Castle Artisans Artisanal Wood & Leatherwork, Books & Greeting Cards
Local - Ethical - Sustainable
Made in Australia

Me first (decent) blacksmith knife, forged from a railway spike we picked up in our fruitpicking travels up north, years...
06/08/2025

Me first (decent) blacksmith knife, forged from a railway spike we picked up in our fruitpicking travels up north, years ago. Hammered the blade thin, oil quenched, with only minor grinding.

Sucker cuts tomato skin like you wouldn't believe. New fave kitchen weapon against the pumpkin-y forces of culinary eeeeeevil.

A knife sheath from Damian's old leatherworking days. Picked up some more embossing leather recently. Now just need to f...
16/07/2025

A knife sheath from Damian's old leatherworking days. Picked up some more embossing leather recently. Now just need to find where we stashed those carving tools. Probs somewhere veeeery safe.... -_-'

Busy crafting stock for the this weekend. If you're attending, come say goode daye xDSunning our treenware between wood...
09/07/2025

Busy crafting stock for the this weekend. If you're attending, come say goode daye xD

Sunning our treenware between woodbutter coats, to help with waterproofing.

Also cutting & sealing some mango tree and macadamia nut wood saved from chippers by :)

Some bowls we're seasoning; mostly spotted gum, with silky oak and red cedar. The papers are to record the date and wood...
18/06/2025

Some bowls we're seasoning; mostly spotted gum, with silky oak and red cedar. The papers are to record the date and wood variety, and the warped little bowl at the back is what happens if a piece isn't cut and selected correctly at the cutting phase. It goes woOobly, and splits in sad and surprising ways!

p.s. who else hates the sound of their own voice? oof.

Cutting, splitting, and seasoning more spotted gum and silky oak. This needs to be done early on, and with final pieces ...
18/06/2025

Cutting, splitting, and seasoning more spotted gum and silky oak. This needs to be done early on, and with final pieces in mind, before the pressure on the wood splits it erratically.

Butcher bird flew right down as soon as the sawing started. Someone knows what that sound means!

milling a spotted gum that came down in Bardon during cyclone Alfred. Not easy work, so it helped that Michelle set us u...
23/05/2025

milling a spotted gum that came down in Bardon during cyclone Alfred. Not easy work, so it helped that Michelle set us up a shady spot to take breaks! With proper seasoning this will be nice timber to work, and better than it getting chipped :)

Also a big python greeted us on arrival. I doubt that house has any rats!

Trialling our new chainsaw mill setup on a smallish spotted gum log. Only a little blood spilled ;PThis was done with a ...
10/05/2025

Trialling our new chainsaw mill setup on a smallish spotted gum log. Only a little blood spilled ;P

This was done with a braumr ag 82cc, 24" bar with rip chain. On monday we'll test the 92cc braumr with 30" bar. My muscles hate me already.

Here's hoping one of us doesn't limp in with a wooden leg come next market XD

A load of spotted gum from a friend's tree that fell during Alfred. Slowly cut up, lugged home, cut again, sealed and st...
07/05/2025

A load of spotted gum from a friend's tree that fell during Alfred. Slowly cut up, lugged home, cut again, sealed and stored. If this isn't done quickly, the logs will just split any ol' how, leaving them only useful as firewood.

You can see Damian's improvised cartooning desk near the log horse, because he can't help himself.

First red cedar bowl from the other night's haul. Was noooot easy to sand when fresh. Live and learn. Now to season for ...
07/05/2025

First red cedar bowl from the other night's haul. Was noooot easy to sand when fresh. Live and learn. Now to season for several weeks before finalising.

Having a sneaky pop up market today at , we'll be here till 3, come and say hello
15/03/2025

Having a sneaky pop up market today at , we'll be here till 3, come and say hello

"Saturday."Power's out. Two transformers went boom. Stay indoors and safe everyone! Very little is worth a tin sheet thr...
08/03/2025

"Saturday."

Power's out. Two transformers went boom. Stay indoors and safe everyone! Very little is worth a tin sheet through the head ;)

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