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Here are some examples of work that I have produced.
This chalice stands about 10 inches high. It is made from spalted beech and finished with a gloss varnish. "Spalted beech", (or spoilt beech), is beech which has died and has started to decay. The ingress of moisture and fungi give distinctive patterns and colouring in the wood. It is sometimes difficult to turn as parts of the wood may be fragile or of different consistencies.
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This chalice stands about 8 inches high. It is made from spalted beech and finished with beeswax. |
This pedestal plate stands about 7 inches high and is about 13 inches diameter. It is made from spalted beech and finished with a gloss varnish. |
This elm bowl is about 5 inches diameter. It is finished with a gloss varnish. |
This elm bowl is about 11 inches diameter. It is finished with tung oil, which is food-safe and gives a pleasant silk finish. |
This oak dish is about 5 inches diameter and is finished with tung oil. Oak has a very pleasing appearance because of the distinctive cross-graining. |
These platters are about 5 inches diameter. They are made from the same ash log, cut through the centre and turned in opposite directions with the bark left on, to make a mirror image pair. They are finished in tung oil. Ash is a very white wood with a distinctive grain. |
This beechwood bowl is about 7 inches in diameter and finished in tung oil. Beech is a pleasing wood to turn as it has an even consistency and a fine grain. |
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