It is hard when you do a job which is your passion, to stop long enough, to see what has been achieved. As such, this blog post is a review of 2025, which I hope will appeal to anyone following my journey. I do hope you enjoy reading it as…
On Monday 22nd September I visited the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading once more in order to try and find answers regarding the design of the pole lathe and its paraphernalia. This blog post is very much aimed at other pole lathe turners, but non turners may find…
This week’s blog is about a very special evening that happened in the workshop recently. Together with friends we transformed the space into a place to sit and eat food together and talk craft. It celebrated both the craft of cooking and the craft of making, but mainly we just…
Aim: To make a wooden bowl each week for a year from a different UK grown wood. Inspiration: I was inspired by some spoon carver friends who just completed a project to make a different spoon each week for a year. However, I’ve made it harder for myself by having…
