Business Details
4 Years
experience
Expert Patternmaking & Woodcarving Services in Glasgow
Pollock Davies is a specialist patternmaking and woodcarving business serving architectural, artistic, heritage, and conservation sectors alongside private clients. With over 15 years of collaboration with UK foundries, we prioritise precision in crafting traditional wood patterns for ornamental cast iron, ensuring exact replication of client specifications. Our design service accommodates bespoke requirements, while our expertise extends to engineering patterns for steam railway parts, yachting machinery, and restoration projects. We also deliver high-quality woodcarving for architectural details, historical restoration, and Royal Navy ceremonial items, including ships' crests and battle honours boards. Additional capabilities include mould-making and casting in fibreglass, plastics, resins, and plaster, complemented by gilding and hand-painting services for metal castings.Our work features in notable restoration projects such as Glasgow's Albert Bridge, Paisley's Walrus Fountain, and the MacFarlane Drinking Fountain in Dalmuir Park. Ruth Davies, founder, combines traditional craftsmanship with technical innovation, having trained under Robert Pollock, a renowned craftsman for Royal Navy ceremonial pieces. We also offer woodturning services for bespoke items like roof finials and stair components, alongside 3D printed sculpture finishing. Our commitment to quality ensures every project meets exacting standards, from initial design to final installation.
Services
Balustrades and Railings
Ornamental Pattern Work
Woodcarving
Royal Navy Ceremonial Items
Engineering Patterns
Woodturning
Mould Making
Fibreglass Patterns
Gilding
Painting and Finishing
Details
- Year established: 2022
Highlights and features
- We have over 15 years' experience working with UK foundries on ornamental and engineering patterns
- Our team specialises in Royal Navy ceremonial item restoration and production
- We offer full-service patternmaking from design to casting in multiple materials
- Our woodcarving expertise covers architectural details, heraldic crests and sculptures
- We combine traditional craftsmanship with modern techniques like 3D printed sculpture finishing
Services
Woodcarving
We create intricate woodcarvings for architectural decoration, historical restoration, and ceremonial items. Our expertise includes heraldic crests, sculptures, and Royal Navy ceremonial pieces. Each project combines traditional techniques with modern precision to ensure faithful reproduction of original designs while meeting exact client specifications.
Patternmaking
Our patternmaking service produces precise wooden templates for ornamental cast iron and engineering components. We work with sand and lost wax casting methods for iron, aluminium, brass, and bronze. This includes reverse engineering from existing sections or creating new designs for architectural and industrial applications.
Royal Navy Ceremonial Items
We specialise in crafting naval ceremonial items including ships' crests and battle honours boards. Building on traditional techniques learned from master craftsman Robert Pollock, we produce historically accurate pieces for vessels like HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Glasgow using time-honoured woodcarving methods.
Mould Making
Our mould-making capabilities cover fibreglass, plastics, resins, rubber, and plaster. We create patterns for reproduction parts and can take moulds from existing objects. This service supports architectural restoration projects and bespoke manufacturing requirements across multiple materials.
Fibreglass Patterns
We design and produce patterns for fibreglass mould production, enabling multiple copies of architectural or artistic elements. This includes creating formers for complex shapes and reproducing historical details for installation in heritage restoration projects.
People
Ruth Davies
Founder & Master Woodcarver
Ruth Davies is a skilled patternmaker and woodcarver with over 15 years' experience working with UK foundries. She specialises in traditional wood patterns for ornamental cast iron and Royal Navy ceremonial items, having trained under master craftsman Robert Pollock.
Questions
What types of woodcarving projects do you undertake?
We handle architectural details, historical restoration, heraldic crests, sculptures, and Royal Navy ceremonial items. Recent projects include work for Glasgow School of Art and Mount Stuart House.
Can you reproduce historical ironwork patterns?
Yes, we specialise in reverse engineering from existing sections, original drawings, or catalogues to restore lost ornamental ironwork for public spaces and heritage buildings.
Do you work with materials other than wood?
We create patterns for fibreglass, plastics, resins, rubber, and plaster. We also offer gilding and painting services for finished castings in metal or fibreglass.
What Royal Navy projects have you completed?
We've produced ceremonial items for HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Prince of Wales, and Astute Class Submarines, continuing traditional woodcarving techniques learned from Robert Pollock.
Can you assist with engineering pattern requirements?
Yes, we produce engineering patterns for industrial components including steam railway parts, yachting machinery, and restoration projects like the PS Maid of the Loch paddle steamer.
