Turning Club - 12/Dec/2015 - Geoff Hawkins - Turning

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Turning Club - 12/Dec/2015

Turning Club - 12/Dec/2015

Woods shown included Sycamore, Yew, Walnut and coloured woods.

A collection pens, tea pot stand, box in sphere, spiked star in sphere, inlays in a sphere and a captive cube in a sphere, a large Yew snowman/figure, a coloured soldier with moving joints, a mouse, a brush pot, trees, display pieces with offset turned figures, and an apple plus another with marbling.

Allen Atkins demo'd marbling techniques plus a yew apple.

Roy Boulton demo'd turning a lamp with texturing and colouring plus a lidded dish with finial (in a Thai wood) - plus more ...

Photos of the Fun Day mushrooms have been added to the Fun Day gallery.

Geoff Endersby - "Natural edged dish in Yew." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Geoff Endersby - "Natural edged dish in Yew." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Geoff Endersby - "Pot-pourri," - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bob Child - "Pen made up from acrylic offcuts." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bob Child - "Pen made up from acrylic offcuts." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bob Child
Pen made up from acrylic offcuts.

Bob Child - "Rifle pens." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bob Child - "Rifle pens." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Christine Holmes - "Tea pot stand on a Walnut base." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Christine Holmes - "Tea pot stand on a Walnut base." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

David Collins and Christine Holmes - "Mouse (Christine) plus Christmas trees (David)." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

David Collins - "Pot/paint brush holder in dark wood." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin King - "Christmas figure in Yew (approx 8in tall)." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin King - "Christmas figure in Yew (approx 8in tall)." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Apple in Yew plus apple treated with coloured marbling." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin Brown - "Spiked star in spheres; captive square in sphere, inlayed sphere plus patterned sphere." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin Brown - "Spiked star in spheres; captive square in sphere, inlayed sphere plus patterned sphere." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin Brown - "a patterned sphere ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin Brown - "... a sphere with captive square." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin Brown - "... a sphere with spiked star." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Colin Brown - "a sphere with inlayed contrasting woods." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bill Foster - "Presentation piece - offset turned figures with a cup form." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bill Foster - "Offset figures hold a cup form aloft." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bill Foster - "Offset figures hold a cup form aloft." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Bill Foster - "Offset figures hold a cup form aloft." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

David Collins - "Soldier figure - approx 18in tall - most of the joints move ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

David Collins - "Soldier figure - approx 18in tall - most of the joints move ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

David Collins - "Soldier figure - approx 18in tall - most of the joints move ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

David Collins - "Soldier figure - approx 18in tall - most of the joints move ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Roy Boulton - "Roy demo'd turning this lamp on a textured and coloured base." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "the Marbling kit ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "To 0.5 litres of water add about 4 drops of background marbling colour - green in this case. This will spread over the whole surface." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Add about 5ml of Water Thickener - after a few minutes the thickening of the water can be felt. This limits the spread of further colour drops ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "add a few drops of colour - they will spread out after a short while ... the thickener slows the rate of spread of the oil drops." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "add a few drops of colour - they will spread out after a short while ... the thickener slows the rate of spread of the oil drops." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "add a few drops of colour - they will spread out after a short while ... the thickener slows the rate of spread of the oil drops." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "add a few drops of colour - they will spread out after a short while ... the thickener slows the rate of spread of the oil drops." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "add a few drops of colour - they will spread out after a short while ... the thickener slows the rate of spread of the oil drops." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Use a fork to spread colours and create a pattern... the thickener has slowed the rate at which the drops of colour spread..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Use a fork to spread colours and create a pattern..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "ready to start marbling ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "The rim surface has been sanded to a fine finish. The edge has been waxed so that the oil marbling will not soak in ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "dip the rim keeping it at an angle to avoid trapping any bubbles of air ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "dip the rim keeping it at an angle to avoid trapping any bubbles of air ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "... the oil has been picked up with this random pattern - now leave it to dry for 24 hours ... lacquer (3 coats) and dry." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "... the oil has been picked up with this random pattern - now leave it to dry for 24 hours ... lacquer (3 coats) and dry." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "... add more colours" - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "use the fork to create patterns ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "dip another rim - avoid trapping bubbles ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "another random pattern on the rim..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "... add more colours" - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "... add more colours" - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "use the fork to create patterns ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "dip the rim surface - avoid trapping bubbles ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "another random pattern on the rim..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "another random pattern on the rim..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "another random pattern on the rim... and the waxed edge is protected ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "this is one prepared earlier ... marbled, dried, lacquered (3 coats) and dried." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Mount the fully dry rim on the lathe - ready to flatten and burnish the lacquered surface ..." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "using 600 grid wet and dry paper - flatten the surface - it will also get a little lighter in colour." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "using 600 grid wet and dry paper - flatten the surface - it will also get a little lighter in colour." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "After flattening with wet and dry - cut out the recess for the dish... then finish with oil and wax." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "After flattening with wet and dry - cut out the recess for the dish... then finish with oil and wax." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "After flattening with wet and dry - cut our the recess for the dish... then apply three coats of lacquer." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Wide rimmed dish blank has been marbled and left to dry for 24 hours" - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Wide rimmed dish blank has been marbled and left to dry for 24 hours" - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Wide rimmed dish blank has been marbled and left to dry for 24 hours" - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Leave marbing to dry fully for 24 hours - flatten with we and dry paper - then turn out the centre to form the wide rimmed dish," - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Leave marbing to dry fully for 24 hours - flatten with we and dry paper - then turn out the centre to form the wide rimmed dish - finish with oil and wax." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.

Allen Atkins - "Leave marbing to dry fully for 24 hours - flatten with we and dry paper - then turn out the centre to form the wide rimmed dish - finish with oil and wax." - Photo: 12 Dec 2015.