About Us
Experience & Creativity
For me woodturning is like treasure hunting, as I turn the wood I uncover the treasure hidden inside. The shape and colours I use should be what a picture frame is to a picture. They should show the wood off to its best effect. I like to use either reclaimed wood or wood that was destined for the fire. My aim, working with nature, is to create beautiful and unique pieces.
Our Process
I collect most of my wood from community wood recycling projects and from local tree surgeons. I dry and prepare the wood for turning and wait until the wood tells me what type of object and shape it should be. I like to work with the grain, the figure, the bark, the burrs and even any rot in order to bring out the beauty in the wood. I am happy to take commissions.
Sales
There is a small sample of my work that is for sale in the shop. If there is something you see in the gallery that you like or you would like to commission something similar please contact me.
Sporting Memorabilia
Collecting the Manchester velodrome wood
I like to recycle wood especially if it has some history
Cutting it down to size
This is going to be a segmented bowl with milliput inserts and marbling effect.
Segments being cut and sanded
This is a four ring bowl with 16 segments in each layer. The segments in each layer are different lengths.
Gluing up the rings
If I have cut the segments accurately each ring of 16 segments should form a perfect circle.
Putting the bowl togther
The rings need to be carefully glued together. Each ring has been through a thicknesser and sanded so the joins should be perfect.
Turning the bowl
The bowl is 5 mm thick, 15 cm deep and 38 cm wide.
Sporting memorabilia
Milliput inlay
I thought the bowl should replicate the slopes of a velodrome and the track markings.
Blood sweat and tyre rubber
Although the actual bowl is made from the Siberian spruce from the Manchester velodrome. I wanted to have a piece of the actual track surface in the bowl.
Great British success.
The outside of the bowl is decorated with a red, white and blue marbling effect to represent the movement of bikes around the velodrome.
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Sporting Memorabilia
The finished large bowl
I was able to make three bowls from the wood I got. I think they capture the excitement and history of the velodrome.
The finished bowl from the side
The finished large bowl from the base
A smaller bowl
Small bowl from the side
Small bowl from the base
Beech wood triple loop
(£20.00 shipping)
Beech wood triple loop
Yew bowl and clock
(£10.00 shipping)
Ash maple leaf
(£10.00 shipping)
Elm Burr Resin Globe
(£10.00 shipping)
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Beech bowl with terracotta inlay
(£10.00 shipping)
Segmented and offset oak vase
(£20.00 shipping)