Welcome to Carved Kink. The website has been live for a few days now and its time to say hello. This has been quite a steep learning curve for me. I am a carpenter, not a web designer, and so the thought of creating an online store by myself, to sell the hand carved implements I produce, was a daunting one. So, lots of questions to, and great advice from, people in the scene later, and the use of some excellent tutorials on youtube like this one from @katrinah, and here we are. I have an online shop, and you are here looking at it! The fact that you found it may well be down to the wonderful Yoast Plug-in that I installed for SEO. Thats Search Engine Optimisation incase you were wondering, I know I was, as I had never heard of it before last week!
Why a blog section? So I can keep my growing (hopefully) band of satisfied customers up to date with everything. New products, new species of timber, new tools, new ideas. Also I hope to give you insights into my work, why I do things a certain way, why I like certain tools and techniques, what makes me, and the workshop, ‘tick’. On a slightly more lighthearted note I may share some pictures of the workshop dogs, usually sleeping in the shavings, and keep you up to speed on my current favourite Gins and Craft Beers.
Workshop Dogs…
Work in progress…
Commissioned items…
New designs…
So, thank you for finding me, for reading this far and letting me share my thoughts, techniques and designs. I hope I can offer an alternative to everyday kink shopping, an antidote to mass produced, soulless implements. I hope I can place something created with love, understanding and skill into your hand.
And now its time to shop!