Elise McLauchlan Tableware
Blending traditional craft with functional design, Elise McLauchlan creates wood-turned tableware that privileges the natural grain and texture of her material. The Yorkshire-born, Montreal-based woodworker works with locally-sourced maple and maple burl.
Hand-turned cake stand made with locally-sourced solid maple wood. Made in Montreal by woodworker Elise McLauchlan, a TOAST New Maker 2025.
Elise McLauchlan is based in Montreal, Canada. She uses naturally abundant materials to craft hand-turned woodwork pieces from the famed Canadian maple. Inspired by the natural warp and varied grain of timber as a living material, Elise’s work embraces the wood’s inherent character.
Solid maple cake stand. Hand-turned. Made in Canada.
This item is part of our New Makers programme. In its seventh year, five makers demonstrating excellence in skill, originality and craftsmanship have been chosen by a TOAST panel. We offer a platform to sell their pieces as well as mentoring until the end of this year, with full profits being returned to them.
If you place an order today, it will be made for you and then sent to you directly from Canada. Delivery, import duties and local sales tax are included in the price.
Details
Maple. Avoid soaking the wood in water when washing, always dry the wood off after. If the wood appears dry which will happen over time use a food safe beeswax or natural oil to bring back the shine. The cake stand is treated with beeswax and mineral oil which makes it water resistant and food safe. Any scratches or water marks can be removed with a light sandpaper in a circular motion and recoated in oil.
Made in Canada.
Approx. 8 x 25cm.
Due to the handmade nature of this item, each piece is unique and natural variations are to be expected.
Delivery & Returns
Free standard delivery on full price orders over £125.
Standard Delivery: £3.00
Express Delivery: £5.00
Next Working Day Delivery: £7.00
Before 12pm Next Working Day Delivery: £13.00
Free returns (subject to our returns policy).
£3 returns charge on sale-only orders.
Please refer to our delivery & returns policies for more information.
Reviews
Made in Maple
Block printing is a centuries-old craft. Though it might be the simplest and slowest of all textile printing methods, it yields some of the most beautiful results. The technique demands precision and patience: each block is skilfully hand carved then carefully, laboriously, lined up by eye upon the fabric. It is these human processes that result, inevitably, in slight irregularities. A machine-printed fabric might, by contrast, be perfectly executed, yet it is somehow always a little flat, lacking the inherent liveliness of a hand printed piece.