Airbrushed Hollow form

This Airbrushed Hollow form is approx. 8" high

A Fruit making session

Today I made some fruit for Somerset Crafts Gallery because I am down to one piece.
They are all approx. 3" wide using up odds and sods of wood I have been saving for a while.

A Beech Bowl by Jim

My Student yesterday turned a very nice Beech bowl.

Stuart

Today Stuart was my Student and he turned a very respectable Ash bowl.
Very well done Stuart I hope Jess was pleased with it.

Neville

Neville who came here yesterday for some bowl turning tuition is a retired farmer. He first saw me demonstrating at yandles show in September where he bought a lathe and tools.
Farmers are always good with their hands and Neville is no exception.
Neville turned a very respectable beech bowl with very little impute from me and I am sure he will go on to be a very competent turner.

Very well done Neville

A joy to teach

When teaching very occasionally you get a student that you just know would make a first class woodturner.
Today was one of those days her name is Joy and she was an absolute joy to work with.
Joy is a surgeon working mostly on patients with bowel cancer and I expect she has to have a very delicate touch to carry out these operations. Well she certainly had a delicate but positive feel for woodturning.
Joy is coming back for two days in the new year and I am looking forward to seeing her again .

The second picture shows the bowl colour better and yes Joy did the turning and the colouring.

 

 

 

Getting in the Christmas spirit

Everybody keeps telling me it is near Christmas so I thought I should get in the spirit of things .Here are some Sea Urchin ornaments I made today and have about another 20 to go .The shells have been hanging about here for several years so it is about time they were used.