Project Archive

Matapō #0009. Quilted Beech from Invercargill. December 2023.

Matapō #0002. Spalted, chatoyant Maple from Wardville. December 2023.

Matapō #0001. Black Walnut from the Bay of Plenty. December 2023.

Redwood vase with a Sakura stem. I kept this one. September 2022

Double Kokedama stand for Babylon Store. Spalted Liquid Amber. September 2022

Kokedama stands and a vase for Babylon Store, Spalted Liquid Amber. June 2022

Vases for Babylon Store, Spalted Liquid Amber, Redwood, Beech. April 2022

Red Cedar guitar, Maple and Sapele neck and centre. September 2021

"Piwakawaka" Prototype. Ash body, Massa neck and centre, Wenge fretboard. September 2021

"Huia" Prototype. Ash body, Massa neck and centre, Wenge fretboard. September 2021

2x8 cabinet, January 2021

I finally gave up on the "Twig" style, this is my final stab at a headless travel guitar. 25.5", Blackwood body, Oak and Massa through-neck. December 2020

AP, a massive collaborative project. Maple neck, Tulipwood body. August 2018

Twig #3. This one worked pretty well, and kept me busy on my OE. May 2018

P270, a hardtail strat on steroids. Ash body, THICK Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard. May 2018
Moa personal bass, replacing the Rimu body from 2016. Antique french walnut. February 2018
"Thing" #2, partscaster on a Tulipwood body. January 2018

Prototype "Moa" 5 string, 35" Bass. Tulipwood body, Maple neck, Wenge fretboard. November 2017

"Scar". Figured Oak top, Honduran Mahogany back, Walnut and birdseye Maple centre, Maple neck, Wenge fretboard. November 2017

Thinline Ukulele. October 2017

Prototype "Pukeko" Bass. 30" scale, SUPER thick neck. September 2017
Taurus, a bolt-on, 25.5" scale SG. Massa and maple. April 2017
Sol, an electric octave mandolin. Recycled Matai sides, Maple through neck. March 2017

6 String, fretless bass. no markers on the side or anything. Hardcore. Honey Locust body, Maple neck, Wenge fretboard. March 2017

"Thing", a partscaster with components salvaged from Twig V2. I miss this one. February 2017

Thinline Tele body, which I ended up trading for a classical guitar to give to my grandmother for Christmas. Recycled Rimu and Oak sides, Mahogany top, Maple centre. December 2016

Body replacement for a Maton Fyrbyrd. Oak wings, Massa centre. Completed in January 2017

Body upgrade for my personal bass, which started life as a black Aria. Rimu sides, Maple centre, second-hand Warwick active pickups. November 2016

Twig V2, September 2016

Twig V1, a prototype headless guitar, completed in June 2016. This is what started it all!