The seasons are changing and the dryer climate means I'm in a race against time to use the green wood before it becomes not so green. Seasoned wood is much harder to turn and the nature of many of my blanks (taken from small logs which will split a lot once dry) means that much of it will be completely unusable if it gets too dry.

So, on with the bowls;

Small Ash bowl, the cleft rim shows interesting signs of Spalting;

Larger Ash bowl, lots of Burr and bark inclusions - taken from the crotch of a tree;

Another small Ash bowl, with more Spalting. Opposite piece of the log from the first bowl;

Another Ash bowl with a dead knot that stayed in place! Usually they come flying out, or curl and tear when they catch the chisel.

No longer round in any shape or form!

Deeper Ash bowl with natural edge rim, more seasoned than the others;

Bowls made from a beautiful piece of Elm;

The Elm was totally dead, overlooking the old tennis court.

Very large Ash bowl, now the largest I've turned at 15";

Holly bowl. If you want to see this from start to finish you'll find an extra page on the right; or click on; Burr to bowl.

I also turned some candlesticks, the first I've turned since my very first days turning!

Left to right: Hawthorn, Hawthorn, Holly, Ash, Hawthorn & Apple.

And finally, I made a couple of chisels. The metal is special metal working steel - very, very hard. The handles are turned from Ash. The 1st is a scraping tool.

The 2nd is a special parting tool, for making very thin cuts all the way through a piece of wood.