Wood Classes Starting Late Jan

Pinkerton Wood School for 2012 kicks off soon with classes starting at the end of Jan. There a new course where you get to make a simple box on Wednesdays nights, in addition to the existing make a stool classes which are on Monday nights. For more info click here.

Jamie's Italian Opens

Some early pics from Jamie's Italian which is doing a number of soft launches this week. Pinkerton did numerous pieces for the restaurant including wine racks, pasta making area, bar tables, flour bins, bread stands, blackboards and more. Images courtesy Jamie's. We'll upload more pics when we get our own prof shots done soon.

Hunter Design School Visit

Some students from the Hunter Design School visited the workshop last week, you can read about it here.

Ahoy there

A detail shot of a recent res project in the warehouse before delivery this week- a desk that references the port hole in a beautiful Federation house in Hamilton.

Ncle Gallery Soc Walk Through

The Newcastle Gallery Society ended its annual workshop tour chez Pinkerton this year. Gallery Society members are given something something of a mystery tour - told to show up a certain place at a certain time and enjoy what they find along the way. This year they started at Peter Tilley's sculpture workshop, then were given directions to a local lino cut artists studio, before adjourning to Pinkerton's Fern Street warehouse where they finished with drinks and canapes.

Lovely Sunday afternoon, thanks to Jan Hill of the Gallery Society for organising everything.

Maitland Library Circulation Desk

Just installed in the new circulation desk for Maitland Library. Working with MCC Senior Architect, Aaron Cook, Pinkerton created an arced desk in two parts from a range of Australian timbers, steam bent around the curve of the units.

Not Working for the Man

Stu was on ABC Radio today, on Jill Emberson's morning program as part of her series interviewing people who work for themselves. You can listed to it here.

Next Wood School Class starts soon

Following on from the inaugural Pinkerton Wood School class, the next session will kick off on Wednesday October 5. Drop us an email and we'll send you out an application form.

Necker Belle on habitusliving.com

One of our favourite design mags, habitus, has a story on the Necker Belle on its website this week. 

Here's a grab from the article:

"Sir Richard Branson has extended his broad portfolio of business, leisure and adventure activities, proudly adding superyacht, Necker Belle, to his list. The 32 metre long vessel, launched in 2003 and then re-imagined through a mega two and a half year refit in Australia, is available to venture tailor-made itineraries all year round. The international client worked with exclusively with craftsmen from Newcastle, Azzurra Marine, and Stuart Pinkerton, on the project."

Click here to see the story in full. 

Redkite Autumn Shorn Ball

Pinkerton has donated a Mitre Table for the Redkite Autumn Shorn Ball. It will be included as one of the many great prizes in the silent raffle. Redkite provides real and practical support to children and young people with cancer and their families. Support is provided from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment, and on return home to the community. David Giffin will be guest speaker, talking about his son Joseph's childhood cancer and the family's personal experience through those rough few years.

Wood School Wrap Tea Party

Well the first wood school class has finished their stools and met up to celebrate last Saturday. Stu made a nutella cake, Anna brought Gidget the Curly Coated Retriever, Joey's wife Phoebe came along too and so we got her to pretend to be Tookie (who was studying for uni exams) and along with Sarah and Tobey everyone looked pretty pleased with themselves. 

That's pukka!

Pinkerton has landed a tasty project doing 15 pieces of custom furniture for Jamie Oliver’s soon-to-be opened Italian restaurant in Pitt Street in Sydney. Using enormous planks of recycled timber sourced locally through Round Two Timbers at Carrington, and featuring metalwork by Imagiron at Steel River, the suite of specially commissioned pieces includes numerous bar tables, waiters stations, menu boards and wine walls. Pinkerton has been working with a Sydney architect and Jamie’s design team in London to get the rustic look just right for the restaurant, which is the first Australian opening in Oliver’s worldwide ‘Jamie’s Italian’ chain. We'll post some images when the project is finished. 

Top 10 Stools

Up Down is in Home Beautiful's "Top 10 Stools" story in this month's edition of the magazine. Thanks to stylist Lesiele Hailami for the "hb loves" sticker!

The View From the Office This Week

Stu and Andy are currently in Sydney working on a refit of the bar areas of SY Southern Cloud. Here's the view they get to enjoy from the dock in Balmain everyday.

And it's pretty good at night too...

Wood School Progress Pics

Some progress shots from the current wood school group, making their stools.