Bob Chapman looks at sweet chestnut and turns an Art Deco-style bowl
Philip Greenwood turns two bowls to create this balancing act
We find out about the Yorkshire-based woodturner
Nick Arnull takes inspiration from nature and creates and textures this seedpod-inspired box which is made from a piece of English sycamore
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Mark Baker
For the love of timber
10 June 2019
It is interesting that many young people do not know what they really want to do when they leave education. I think that comment would apply to many of us. I think I’ve mentioned in the past that I had two things I loved and wanted to work within. The dominant thought was to be a geochemist, the s ...
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Chestnut vase/open turning
By Dalboy
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 9:26 PM
Thank you both even though the rim is a little thick it was so that I could keep and show the nodules intact. The bottom photo makes it look thicker than i...
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Wood and Fire...small pots
By Dalboy
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 9:22 PM
very nice Les simple designs and simple decoration but it makes them stand out. I have just been given some European Oak which could do with something to l...
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Chestnut vase/open turning
By CHJ
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 9:21 PM
[QUOTE=Les Symonds] . If I have one reservation, it's that I feel it's a little heavy.Les[/QUOTE] Similar thoughts myself when I first saw it, I guess Der...
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Chestnut vase/open turning
By Les Symonds
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 8:42 PM
What a cracking little piece of timber and great that you kept the twig nodules intact...bags of interest in it...bags to look at and you were so right not...
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Wood and Fire...small pots
By Les Symonds
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 8:20 PM
I'm having so much fun -playing with these scorch-bowls that I almost feel guilty about taking money for them (I'll soon get over that). A variety of finis...
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Chestnut vase/open turning
By Dalboy
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 8:02 PM
Just finished this Chestnut Burr today it stands 6 1/2" tall by 6 1/2" across. Finished with sander sealer and satin lacquer, I then gave it a wax with woo...
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Wood for food
By Claude
Saturday, August 17, 2019 - 8:59 PM
[QUOTE=Robson Valley]The best thing I carved was a big fat kitchen prep fork. Maybe 1" diameter x 14" length.Just 4 tines, one at each corner of the ...
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Wood for food
By Robson Valley
Saturday, August 17, 2019 - 7:57 PM
The best thing I carved was a big fat kitchen prep fork. Maybe 1" diameter x 14" length.Just 4 tines, one at each corner of the stock billet of birch...
