Category Demonstrations

Wood turning professional demonstrations

Emma Cook – Tiny Turner

Really good demonstration at Kings Lynn Wood Turners. Emma showed how to make a hollow form type cup with a double sided lid. Emma applied a textured finish to the lid and painted it blue with vibrant acrylics, then dry-brushed…

Christmas Tree Keyrings

Lovely hands on evening at Lincolnshire Woodturners making ornamental Christmas Trees for St Barnabas Hospice charity. Small blocks of wood turned to a tree shape with details added using a beading tool. As you may expect I went my own…

Robert Till Demonstration

Fenland Wood Turners in Spalding hosted the excellent Robert Till from Stafford. Robert produced a coloured flying saucer shaped bowl. His turning was very accurate and precise. I was very impressed how he could get such a great finish straight…

Mick Hanbury

Another great demonstration at Kings Lynn Woodturners with the very experienced Mick Hanbury. He demonstrated how to make something that resembled a large spinning child’s toy. It was very impressive. He managed to squeeze in how to turn thin and…

Sunrise Bowl Demonstration

Darren Breeze This type of bowl is not something I would make however I was very impressed how Darren turned and coloured it. The way he applied the paint with a mouth blowing sprayer was something I have never seen…

Andy James Demonstration

We were all treated to a magnificent demonstration from professional wood turner Andy James. Andy specialises in small segmented hollow forms turned from exotic woods and acrylics. The blank from which Andy made an exquisite little hollow form had been…