John from Gloucester

John my student today has had about a years Woodturning experiance and wanted to brush up on his bowl turning and to do some colouring.
We had a very pleasant day and John turned a beutiful Beech Bowl with a textured and coloured wide rim.
Thank you for a good day John I enjoyed your company you made it an easy day for me.

More Wood and Glass

This Wall plaque is 13" x 3/4" Beech and Glass Frit.
I see a leafy Shrub in the foreground and a Beach with cloudy sky

Last student of the Week

That is it for another week a busy day with Ian.

Ian my Student today has completed a furniture making course with the local College and a woodturning course with a pro turner about seven years ago and he wanted to have a day brushing up on Bowl turning.

He was more concerned with improving his tooling than making a finished piece but as you can see we managed both and Ian made a very nice Beech bowl with an undercut and coloured rim.

Well done Ian I look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

 

 

Teaching a Teacher

Andy my Student today is a Head Teacher and sometimes Teachers can be difficult to teach but Andy was dead easy and good company with a great sense of humour.

Andy has restored several houses and a narrow boat so is quite useful at DIY so wood turning came quite easy to him.

As Andy is a Teacher I asked him to give me some feedback on our day together and basically if he can point out any  improvements to the way I teach it would be very helpful.

Feedback is something I always encourage as I am always open to improvement.

I look forward to Andy's feedback

 

Very well done Andy that is a lovely Beech bowl

 

 

 

Another Wood and Glass Sculpture

This is another Wood and Glass Sculpture this time it is made from Idigbo one Mtr high

 

 

An easy day with Ed

Ed my Student today was here for a days tuition because his Mates clubbed together to buy him a thirtieth Birthday present.

Ed was very good company and very easy to teach so I had a very nice relaxed day. Ed's Wife Samantha is expecting their first baby in August so this bowl will be a nice present for her as the rim is coloured turquoise her favourite colour.

Thank you Ed for making my day very enjoyable that is a great bowl you turned.

 

 

No turning in this one

Recently there was a thread the AWGB Forum about filling cracks and crevices. Pete Moncrief Jury used glass Frit and it started me thinking about other ways of using Frit so I asked Pete where he got it from and a few pointers how to use it.
In his reply to me he said I expect you will do something fancier than me so I took this as a bit of a challenge LOL.

This piece is 3' x 6" x 3" made from Beech
There is no turning in this but I think it is worth a look.

This piece is three feet high and six inches by three inches made from Beech.