Turning Club - 09/Apr/2016

Woods shown included Copper Beech, Yew, spalted Oak, Walnut, Boxwood, Oak, Sycamore, Ash, Chestnut, and Maple.

Pieces shown - a most unusual klein bottle - an exercise in segmentation (and Patience); a lidded box with combination lock, a rifle pen in antler, a Sycamore goblet with foodsafe finish, textured paint affects by Bill Foster, a vase form with gilding and colouring, a natural edged dish, and a large deep vessel in Chestnut.

Alwyn Moorbey created a luxury rocking chair with upholstered seat and back (a new skill for him) adding to his existing skills as a turner...

Three pieces highlighted the beautiful textures of wood - the burr Oak dish by Colin King, the Copper Beech bowl by Allen Atkins and the pedestal bowl in Yew by Bill Foster.

Allen Atkins and Roy demo'd several pieces each, including finishing a bowl in Copper Beech, a Tazza, a goblet and more...