Today Mark Sanger and myself are going to Pembroke in South Wales to the Pembroke Woodturning Club.
This evening we will be helping ten of the club members sort out any tooling or other woodturning related problems in a Master class organised by John Blake their Chairman.Five lathes and a sharpening system will be set up for the evening.
Tomorrow Mark will doing an all day Demo for the members and I will be going to a gallery I supply in Milford haven to change stock.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Tool bargains.
I have just been looking at Mark Sangers Blog and seen a lot of bargain tools on offer.
A lot of the tools are discounted by 10% with free postage.
If you want a bargain follow this link. Here is the link.
A lot of the tools are discounted by 10% with free postage.
If you want a bargain follow this link. Here is the link.
Leaving comments
I am constantly told that people are unable to leave comments on my Blog.
I have now changed the settings to hopefully make it easier.
Yo are now able to leave comments without having a google account.All comments will still come to me for approval before they are uploaded onto my blog.
Now where it says Select profile you click on the drop down box and click on Name/URL.
Leave your full name followed by your message.
There is also a facility to leave anonymous messages any anonymous messages will be discarded unread.
If you go to the bottom of the page you can become a follower of the blog and you will then be notified when new content is added.
I hope this makes things easier.Please leave comments as they are important to me.
I have now changed the settings to hopefully make it easier.
Yo are now able to leave comments without having a google account.All comments will still come to me for approval before they are uploaded onto my blog.
Now where it says Select profile you click on the drop down box and click on Name/URL.
Leave your full name followed by your message.
There is also a facility to leave anonymous messages any anonymous messages will be discarded unread.
If you go to the bottom of the page you can become a follower of the blog and you will then be notified when new content is added.
I hope this makes things easier.Please leave comments as they are important to me.
A disapointing Gallery experiance
About ten months ago I was approached by a Gallery in Glastonbury with a view to stocking my work.
I was asked to supply them with about twenty pieces ten to display and ten so that they would be able to change the pieces displayed to keep it fresh.
I vited the Gallery and was impressed with the way they had their paintings displayed and all looked good.
I supplied them with a mixture of coloured ,plain bowls,and hollow forms.
About four months ago I visited the gallery as they had not told me they had sold anything.
When I supplied them we agreed a rate for the works that I was happy with and a price that I thought was fair and a price they would sell at.
The first thing I noticed on my visit was that everything was priced much higher than agreed.
When I pointed this out to the owner he said it does not matter as you will still get your share .I said that is fine but if everything is too expensive to sell there will not be any shares.
A couple of days ago I received an Email from the gallery asking me to pick up my stock.
I rang and spoke to the woman who is responsible for pricing and displays in the Gallery.
When asked why wanted the want the stock removed she said because it is not selling and it has been sat in their office for several months,
I arranged to pick everything up the next day as I have two more Galleries pressing me to supply them.
When I was shown into the office to pick up my pieces they were all stacked in two boxes with no protection between the pieces,
I politely pointed out that this was not they way to treat my works and that they should have been wrapped in bubble wrap or similar for protection.
She said that if I go away she would wrap them and i could collect another day as I had made a special jurney I declined her offer and said I wold wrap them myself.
When I wrapped them I found that two bowls had been damaged and two hollow forms were damaged.I can repair all of them without too much trouble but that is not the point,Why is it that they treat paintings with the utmost respect but dump my works in boxes with no protection and leave them on the office floor.
I was talking to a woodturner mate yesterday and told him about it his first reaction was that they should be charged for the repairs.The chances are that they would deny they had caused any damage and I would just be embroiled in an argument.The best thing seems to be to put it down to experience and move on.
This is the first Email from them claiming they could not contact me on my mobile.My mobile is never switched off and is always with me.They managed to contact me by Email so they could have done that at any time if they wanted to make contact.
Hi George,
We have some of your stock here at B---------.
The number i have for you doesn't seem connected anymore! (079709-----)
Please can you reply and let me know when you are able to collect your work as it is sat in the office doing nothing.. unproductively.
My reply.
Further to my visit today to pick up my stock I was very disappointed to see it all just dumped in two boxes and placed on the floor without any protection between the pieces.
I take great care to make sure that all the pieces I deliver to Galleries are perfect and I don't think it is acceptable to see them treated with such disrespect.
Two of the bowls heve chips on the edge of the rims and two Hollow forms are scratched.
I can repair these but that is not really the point.
If pieces are not selling then obviously they need changing or removing but I think the way my works have been treated is unacceptable.
My mobile number that you have has been given has been working with no problems and is always with me therefor I am surprised you could not contact me earlier.
Regards George
Their reply
Hi George,
I am sorry that you feel so disappointed and can only apologise on behalf of B--------.
I did say today when i saw you that i would package them up for you in bubble wrap before they were put in transit to protect them, if you wanted to come back at a later date, however you refused. I am sorry to hear that two of the bowls have been damaged.
I will forward your concerns to A--- & P-----.
Regards,
My last reply.
I appreciate that you offered to wrap my stock for me but unfortunately the damage will have already been done.Two bowls and two hollow forms are damaged but as I say they can be repaired.
I am sure you would not treat paintings in this cavalier fashion so I am surprised you would treat woodturnings like it.I am sure you have not done this on purpose but I consider my works to be every bit as important as paintings.
Regards George
I am sure I will get a reply from the owners who I must say are really nice people.
I just for the life of me cannot understand why my works were treated so badly.
I am absolutely sure they would not have done it on purpose and can only assume that it is because as one gallery owner in Birmingham told me when I asked why he had ceramics,stone and artworks in his gallery but no woodturnings he said.
His words not mine: The trouble is with woodturning it is associated with Fred in the shed,boot sales and is not appreciated.
I was asked to supply them with about twenty pieces ten to display and ten so that they would be able to change the pieces displayed to keep it fresh.
I vited the Gallery and was impressed with the way they had their paintings displayed and all looked good.
I supplied them with a mixture of coloured ,plain bowls,and hollow forms.
About four months ago I visited the gallery as they had not told me they had sold anything.
When I supplied them we agreed a rate for the works that I was happy with and a price that I thought was fair and a price they would sell at.
The first thing I noticed on my visit was that everything was priced much higher than agreed.
When I pointed this out to the owner he said it does not matter as you will still get your share .I said that is fine but if everything is too expensive to sell there will not be any shares.
A couple of days ago I received an Email from the gallery asking me to pick up my stock.
I rang and spoke to the woman who is responsible for pricing and displays in the Gallery.
When asked why wanted the want the stock removed she said because it is not selling and it has been sat in their office for several months,
I arranged to pick everything up the next day as I have two more Galleries pressing me to supply them.
When I was shown into the office to pick up my pieces they were all stacked in two boxes with no protection between the pieces,
I politely pointed out that this was not they way to treat my works and that they should have been wrapped in bubble wrap or similar for protection.
She said that if I go away she would wrap them and i could collect another day as I had made a special jurney I declined her offer and said I wold wrap them myself.
When I wrapped them I found that two bowls had been damaged and two hollow forms were damaged.I can repair all of them without too much trouble but that is not the point,Why is it that they treat paintings with the utmost respect but dump my works in boxes with no protection and leave them on the office floor.
I was talking to a woodturner mate yesterday and told him about it his first reaction was that they should be charged for the repairs.The chances are that they would deny they had caused any damage and I would just be embroiled in an argument.The best thing seems to be to put it down to experience and move on.
This is the first Email from them claiming they could not contact me on my mobile.My mobile is never switched off and is always with me.They managed to contact me by Email so they could have done that at any time if they wanted to make contact.
Hi George,
We have some of your stock here at B---------.
The number i have for you doesn't seem connected anymore! (079709-----)
Please can you reply and let me know when you are able to collect your work as it is sat in the office doing nothing.. unproductively.
My reply.
Further to my visit today to pick up my stock I was very disappointed to see it all just dumped in two boxes and placed on the floor without any protection between the pieces.
I take great care to make sure that all the pieces I deliver to Galleries are perfect and I don't think it is acceptable to see them treated with such disrespect.
Two of the bowls heve chips on the edge of the rims and two Hollow forms are scratched.
I can repair these but that is not really the point.
If pieces are not selling then obviously they need changing or removing but I think the way my works have been treated is unacceptable.
My mobile number that you have has been given has been working with no problems and is always with me therefor I am surprised you could not contact me earlier.
Regards George
Their reply
Hi George,
I am sorry that you feel so disappointed and can only apologise on behalf of B--------.
I did say today when i saw you that i would package them up for you in bubble wrap before they were put in transit to protect them, if you wanted to come back at a later date, however you refused. I am sorry to hear that two of the bowls have been damaged.
I will forward your concerns to A--- & P-----.
Regards,
My last reply.
I appreciate that you offered to wrap my stock for me but unfortunately the damage will have already been done.Two bowls and two hollow forms are damaged but as I say they can be repaired.
I am sure you would not treat paintings in this cavalier fashion so I am surprised you would treat woodturnings like it.I am sure you have not done this on purpose but I consider my works to be every bit as important as paintings.
Regards George
I am sure I will get a reply from the owners who I must say are really nice people.
I just for the life of me cannot understand why my works were treated so badly.
I am absolutely sure they would not have done it on purpose and can only assume that it is because as one gallery owner in Birmingham told me when I asked why he had ceramics,stone and artworks in his gallery but no woodturnings he said.
His words not mine: The trouble is with woodturning it is associated with Fred in the shed,boot sales and is not appreciated.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Experimenting
This evening I have experimented with a new design for a wall plaque.
My Granddaughter Ali suggested I do a Zebra pattern.
This is my first try at this pattern The important thing was that I did not want sharp line I wanted the black and white to fade into each other.
My Granddaughter Ali suggested I do a Zebra pattern.
This is my first try at this pattern The important thing was that I did not want sharp line I wanted the black and white to fade into each other.
Friday, 4 November 2011
Roughing out.
This morning I had a session of roughing out bowls .
You have to think well ahead if you buy unseasoned wood as it takes at least a year from cutting down the tree to making the bowl.
I like to have about a hundred bowls roughed out and drying at any one time.
For me rouging out bowls is one of the greatest pleasures in woodturning,
I usually rough out about thirty at a time.
I have not counted how many I have done today but it is probably about thirty while listening to Luciano Pavarotti.What never ceases to amaze me is the amount of shavings turning creates.
None of my shavings are wasted a friend uses them for his chickens.
You have to think well ahead if you buy unseasoned wood as it takes at least a year from cutting down the tree to making the bowl.
I like to have about a hundred bowls roughed out and drying at any one time.
For me rouging out bowls is one of the greatest pleasures in woodturning,
I usually rough out about thirty at a time.
I have not counted how many I have done today but it is probably about thirty while listening to Luciano Pavarotti.What never ceases to amaze me is the amount of shavings turning creates.
None of my shavings are wasted a friend uses them for his chickens.
Two Turned Sculptures,
These two sculptures are four feet by one foot .
The first one is Yellow pine turned ,coloured and framed with MDF.
The second one is Yellow Pine Turned coloured and framed with MDF.
The first one is Yellow pine turned ,coloured and framed with MDF.
The second one is Yellow Pine Turned coloured and framed with MDF.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Pics from Exibition in Bath.
These are some pics I took today at the Exibition I am involved with I Bath.
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