Our craft

Cut by machine. Finished by hand.

Every piece starts as a block of wood at our partner workshop. Machines make the first rough cuts. After that, people shape, sand, fit and test each part by hand until it moves the way it should.

From block to bench

Five steps, most of them by hand

01Cut
The rough shape is cut from a solid block, by saw and sander.
02Shape
Details like ribs, scales and joints are cut in with a gouge and a knife.
03Sand
Every edge is sanded smooth, so the parts slide and the wood feels soft.
04Fit
Wings, legs and fins are fitted onto pins and wires, one joint at a time.
05Test
Each piece is switched on and watched before it is packed.

Every part of the Wyvernwood dragon laid out on a wooden table: wings, body segments, wires, the tower and its base

Every part, laid out

One dragon, before it moves

This is Wyvernwood in pieces: two ribbed wings, the body in sections, the thin wires, the dark wood tower and its pale wood base. Every part has a job, and you can watch each one do it.

See Wyvernwood move

Look closer

The details we will not hide

Ribs cut into a wing, on Wyvernwood — **Ribs cut into a wing** · Wyvernwood

Wooden wheels, on Twin Wake — **Wooden wheels** · Twin Wake

A pinned shoulder, on Longshore — **A pinned shoulder** · Longshore

Pins at every joint, on Canterwood — **Pins at every joint** · Canterwood

Wires through the dark wood, on Polar Lance — **Wires through the dark wood** · Polar Lance

Grain on the shell, on Longshore — **Grain on the shell** · Longshore

The bell, close, on Lanternbell — **The bell, close** · Lanternbell

Where wire meets body, on Lakesong — **Where wire meets body** · Lakesong

How we pack it

Packed like it is going to someone we know

Thin wires and fine wings do not like rough handling. So we pack every piece slowly, the same way, every time.

If it still arrives broken

Send us a photo. We replace or refund it.

1. Checked first
We switch it on and watch it move before it goes in the box.
2. Held still inside
Wings, wires and legs are held in place so nothing bends in transit.
3. Wrapped in kraft
Then wrapped in kraft paper and tied with cotton twine.
4. Boxed and tracked
Padded outer box, marked fragile, tracked to your door.