I really struggle with knowing how to charge for my work and if asked how I go about it’d, the only answer I could give is; “with great difficulty!” Coming up with the perfect price for my woodcarvings has been a learning curve. Initially, I worried no one would be interested, but then a friend paid me double what I had asked for a piece, telling me I wasn’t charging enough. (If anyone else wants to double the price, that’s fine by me!) The simple fact is, I could never charge for the amount of time and effort that goes into the sourcing, preparation, carving and finishing of products. Even a fairly simple carving could involve 8 hours work when all of the above are taken into account. At the UK National Living Wage, that would mean charging over £90, which nobody is going to pay an amateur but enthusiastic wood butcher. All I can do is take into account how long the piece has taken, how well I think the finished piece turned out, and what I think people might pay. Some things sell quickly, others not at all, but whether that is down to quality, price or subject matter, I am still in the process of discovering.

Hi all, sorry, another post from me. Well, I finally got the two fox carvings promised last week finished and posted to the shop. I am working on a couple of commissions now, and I won’t be posting any more items for sale until the web site is finished at whitehorsewoodcraft.co.uk Talking of commissions, the picture is a small part of one of them. Can you guess what it is? (Don’t answer if it is your commission!) Correct answers will win a crisp bag full of genuine recycled sawdust from my shed floor (you need to send your own crisp bag, and pay postage and an admin fee 👍) (originally posted on Facebook)

Hi all, hope you have had a good week. I have been busy with setting up a website (coming soon), a couple of commissions and preparing wood for upcoming work. Hoping to add a couple of pieces of vulpine goodness 🦊 to the shop later today. Talking of foxes, in my other life, I am honoured to be Chair of Trustees for an amazing charity, Greenwich Wildlife Network, and our volunteers have been busy with foxes and a whole range of other wildlife. Please give them a visit and see the amazing work they do.

For those of you who do the Insta thing, you can also follow me on Instagram. I don’t think I will be doing TikTok though. I went on there once and could feel my brain dissolving by the second.

I just wanted to say thank you for the excellent response to my venture. Things are selling as quickly as I can get them on the shop. I have lots of designs planned, including new versions of previously used ones, so it looks like I am going to have to get busy in the shed. Once again, many thanks.