14" Cedar of Lebanon Bowl

14 " Cedar of Lebanon beautiful figuring.
This came from a Private Estate in Devon it was cut down about a year ago and roughed out soon after .
The second pic is the wood roughed out
Myself and three mates were given the opportunity to help ourselves to wood that had been cut down.
There was Yew,Turkey Oak Holm Oak and Cedar of Lebanon.

Dan and Ed

Yesterday my Students were Dan and Ed and both look like they will be taking up Woodturning as a hobby.
They both took to Woodturning easily and I am sure they will be good turners in the future.
Very well done both of you two very nice Sycamore Bowls to take home

Loren and Hazel

Today I had the pleasure of teaching two lovely Ladies Bowl turning.
I always enjoy teaching Ladies and today was no exception easy to teach good company and I get payed for it.Life is good.

From these two Sycamore Blanks they made two lovely Bowls

Yesterdays Students

Yesterday my Students were Robin and Gareth were new to Woodturning and were here as an experience day as a treat by their wife's.
Both were good company and easy to teach making it an easy day for me.
They both started of wit similar Sycamore Bowl blanks but made bowls that were quite different.
Well done both of you you did very well.

Art Weeks

Very quiet at Art Weeks today but it gave me a chance to process some wood.Brother Chris picked me up some Sycamore and Ash ready for me to cut into Teaching Blanks

Some nice slabs

 Slabs cut into squars ready for turning into Blanks

 42 Nice Teaching Blanks

Gerry from Cork

Student today Gerry from Cork wanted to learn Sharpening ,Bowl turning and some colouring.Gerry had only ever used scrapers so wanted to use Gouges .12" Sycamore Bowl with coloured rim he did well #artistryinwood #woodturning

Alister and Mike

Alister and mike were my Students on Saturday.
Alister is Mike's father in law and they were treated to a days Woodturning by Alister's Wife Catherine and Mike's Wife Helen.
We had a very enjoyable day they both did well and were good company.
It was a taster day and Alister enjoyed it so much he is going to sort out his garage and get Woodturning equipment as he has just retired and needs a hobby.
I am sure I will be seeing more of them in the future