Huge pole lathe turned Beech Platter. approx 13" dia.

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Beech Plates from a 260 yr old Beech tree that came down in a local estate. These platters are great for serving , or for cutting up roasts. They have a deep central section that holds a pint of fluid. See video on main site to see how these were made.

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INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT SHOWING HOW IT IS MADE

If you find yourself free on the 17th of June and fancy making something, then why not head on over to @woodlandmakers and book a short course on how to make these handled mugs.
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It is suitable for those that have a little turning experience, I sh

Supperware box..
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This one is off to it's new home in Colorado, it is finished in Urushi on top of Sycamore. Veg tan leather and Ash mechanism.
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#supperware #handmade #handtools #woodworking #woodturning #tools #treen #polelathe #greenwoodworking #

A dozen years.
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That's how long this piece of work has been incubating. It's taken this long mostly because I didn't have the skill. Partly because I didn't have the tools. A little from lack of time and a smattering from the need to find the coura

Stacking it all up.
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First, thanks to everyone who bought a plate from the shop; it means that I can keep turning as a profession.
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It also means I can go to my lathe and put the time in, the time to make mistakes, the time to experiment and the

It was nearly a different story.
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I really enjoyed the journey of this Gallon Jugs' making. The wood came from below our house and the initial roughed out form, as I put it on the lathe, weighed in at a half a bag of cement, 13kg.
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Slowly by degr

Supperware box.
Wood not plastic!
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The original inspiration for these was me not wanting to take my lunch down to the woods in a plastic box.
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No good for sarnies, unless you have round bread. Perfect though for left over curry with a pudding cou

Greedy boards for travelling.
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One of the beautiful things about going away to a bowl turning festival is the opportunity to trade treen with other folk.
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So many gorgeous things from equally gorgeous and inventive minds. Wooden ware to touch and a

Quarter sawn plates.
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This Beech is a joy to work, joyous to smell, sensual to the touch and a sight to behold.
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The stack is growing and drying, the first couple have been oiled.
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#maker #bowls #bowl #polelathe #bowllathe #bowlhooks #handcrafted

The value of sharing..
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The past few days has seen me finish using up the grant funding provided by the Worshipful Company of turners. The aim of the money was to allow me to go and work alongside of crafts folk at the top of their game.
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This few

Many irons in the fire.
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Despite my love of diversity in work I find that I have, after all the lockdown isolation, spread myself a bit thin.
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These bowls and plates represent the calm I am chasing, made because I want to make them rather than nece

Unlike @johnwilliamsondartmoor I've had the opposite problem today!
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Usually a no.9 pasta bowl keeps the sun at bay, today a no.12 pudding basin barely did the job.
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I've been testing out a batch of nesting hooks today, this 12" bowl wa made

Trial and error.
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The past few days have seen me distracted from the turning I should have been doing.
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A quick plate, I thought, from this beautiful tree.
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Each failed plate took me deeper down the rabbit hole. Snatching moments then spending h