Leigh Kelsey at Jenny’s Café

Welcome. If you’re reading this, you scanned a code at Jenny’s — which means something caught your eye. Good. That’s exactly what it’s supposed to do.

I’m Leigh Kelsey. I’ve been sign-writing, paint-spraying, sculpting and generally making things for forty years.

Jenny’s is full of character and curiosities — but if you’ve spotted something big, bold and hand-made that looks like it has a story behind it, that’s probably one of mine. And it’s for sale.

You may have spotted the long red sign with the newspaper cutting on it. That’s my great uncle, Leigh Bentall Kelsey — my namesake — fined 40 shillings in 1914 for riding a motorcycle at excessive speed through Brixton. The need for speed runs in the family.

Tap any of the pictures below and you’ll get the full story behind that piece — how it was made, what it’s made from and what it costs. Some pieces behaved themselves. Others required considerable persuasion and the occasional unrepeatable word. When you’re done, there’s a link at the bottom to bring you straight back here.

My workshop is about 12 miles towards Lincoln. I might even be sitting in the café right now, fuelling up and talking to strangers. If you spot a 63 year old bloke who looks like he makes things, say hello.

And a big thank you to Jenny for having me.