Publications
Moral Compass!
My latest article for “Woodturning” magazine takes me into something I’ve not tried before. In fact, I’ve often looked at the pivot points of tools like pliers and wire cutters, and wondered how on earth Read more…
Marketing
Guest Editor at Woodturning Magazine
Several months ago, the good people at GMC Publications contacted me and asked me if I would like to be their guest editor for one of the issues of Woodturning magazine. Needless to say, I Read more…
Exhibitions
Time on my hands!
Since lockdown eased sufficiently for my woodturning tuition sessions to recommence, things have been rather busy and I’ve had to restrict the sessions to two per week; although it must be said that I’ve given Read more…
Publications
Cone Vessel
This month, for my article for Woodturning magazine I was supposed to be writing about steam-bending timber, but I made a last minute substitution and wrote about something far more intriguing! Several thousand years ago Read more…
Publications
Mixed Emotions!
This weekend has seen both great joy and great sadness. For a few years I have been liaising frequently with a gentleman called Mark Baker; one of the great ambassadors of the wood-turning world, who Read more…
Publications
Cloak and Dagger
Once a month, every month, I down tools in the workshop and turn to the laptop as my main source of work, by writing an article for Woodturning magazine. Sometimes these articles are about techniques, Read more…
Publications
Not a wood shaving in sight!
Yesterday I tried something new! I think it’s quite important in the development of any skill-set, to push yourself and try new things, although I must admit that I do tend to stick to what Read more…
Commissions
Bronze Age Beaker….reproduced in wood!
90 Years ago, a gang of roadmen in the village of Llanharry in South Wales, made an amazing discovery, a grave, complete with skeleton and drinking vessel, and the whole thing was more than 4,000 Read more…