JOHN BISSET/Stuff
Eva Cloake has been learning to make her own furniture under the guidance of her grandfather Mervyn Cloake in his home workshop. The first item she purchased was an $80 dresser and Mervyn Cloake showed her how to put a nice rimu top on it. Next Eva realised she needed a desk for her study, so Mervyn demonstrated how to make it from scratch, in his fully kitted out home workshop. “He would show me, then get me to do it.” “Some of the techniques are hard, and it’s hard to get everything exact. It’s difficult to make four legs all the same,” she said.