Things are busy in Bala, making preparations for Christmas and especially getting the shop and the window decorated. This year we’re going for a window completely free of items for sale, and giving the display Read more…
As my regular readers will know, I write the occasional article for “Woodturning” magazine and my latest piece has just been published. Every year, at about this time, a special Winter edition is published. A Read more…
It’s that time of year again when we open the Helfa Gelf exhibition at Oriel Brondanw, and this afternoon I attended the private viewing and official opening. Brondanw is a gallery based in the family Read more…
My interest in pyrographing designs onto platters started about five years ago, when I drew up my first design for a Celtic inspired platter, but I foolishly chose what must have been about the most Read more…
Well that was a fine evening! This afternoon I finished early, locked the workshop and had an early shower, then shaved, dressed and off to a charity event at “Gorwelion”, a local venue on the Read more…
Here’s something we’ve been keeping under wraps for a while. Several months ago, I was contacted by the editor of “Woodturning”, a magazine with greater circulation figures than any other craft-based magazine, world-wide. Indeed, it Read more…