Turning Club - 28/Nov/2015

Woods shown included Sycamore, Mahogany, Oak, Yew, Ash, Field Maple, burr Elm, Sepele and Wellingtonia.

A collection of 30 pens, a wide rimmed dish with Marbling effect, a hinged lidded box, a lidded box, a display piece, a pedestal bowl, a scorched bowl, a large bowl and large Sycamore 'picture frame'.

Allen Atkins brought wide rimmed dish with marbling. The abbreviated technique: - mix wallpaper paste - add base colouring, let it thicken; add spots of colour, stir to give swirls, dip bowl rim in paste ( or apply on stationary lathe), allow to dry (overnight), finish with lacquer ... Allen also demo'd turning a lid in oak with Sepele finial for last weeks bowl plus a dish in Yew.

Roy Boulton demo'd turning bowls in Field Maple and burr Elm - plus more ...