30 November 2017, Woodturning in practice
This is my first experience of wood turning tuition and something, which we both thoroughly enjoyed. Magnus has just spent two days in my workshop making a variety of designs.
Continue reading...30 September 2017, Woodturning in practice
I've been planning to build my own drying kiln for quite some time, so I can process smaller batches of wood. With so many ideas and theories available, I eventually chose a kit.
Continue reading...28 August 2017, New work
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Here's a selection of my latest natural edge bowls, soon to be featured on my site. I've been working with a variety of woods this month, although burr elm and yew will always be my favourites!
Continue reading...25 July 2017, Woodturning in practice
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This large yew tree had to be felled, due to it pushing against a wall beside a churchyard. Luckily I've managed to acquire the complete tree, including the larger branches too.
Continue reading...30 June 2017, New work
At the moment, the majority of my time is being spent preparing and finishing natural edge bowls. These are becoming ever more popular, especially the larger designs. Here's some which I've made just recently.
Continue reading...30 May 2017, Woodturning in practice
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Over the past few months I've been mainly sorting through elm, cutting it down to size and rough turning the useable sections. Although I've discovered some really nice pieces of burr amongst my stack of timber, this one is certainly special
Continue reading...30 April 2017, New work
I've recently sent some burr elm to US craftsman Wallace Hammond, who produces some of the finest knives I have seen.
Continue reading...31 March 2017, New work
I've been very busy roughing out bowl blanks at the moment, so they'll hopefully be ready in time for Christmas. However, I have been making some new designs too.
Continue reading...12 February 2017, Woodturning in practice
I featured this amazing tree in my blog last December, so here's some photo's of it being cut up. Ever since it arrived, I've been dying to have a look inside!...
Continue reading...31 January 2017, New work
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I've just introduced a new supersize bowl, as part of my range of natural edge designs. At two feet in diameter, this is officially the largest yew bowl I've ever turned and is made from a single piece of wood.
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