Turning Workshops

with

GEOFF HANNIS, CELI McCUTCHEON, FLO HAMER, YOAV ELKAYAM & JACK LABANOWSKI

Workshop

Descriptions

Spend time at out wonderful Bristol workshop discovering how to turn wooden objects on the pole lathe. Three different turning courses are offered:

  • A one-day course entitled ‘Introduction to Green Woodwork’ which will cover splitting, axing and drawkniving wood as well as using the pole lathe to spindle turn objects such as dibbers or potato mashers. (Tutor: Geoff Hannis or Celi McCutcheon)
  • 1-day Beginners Bowl turning expereinces using the pole lathe. A chance to turn yor own bowl on the pole lathe. (Tutor: Geoff Hannis, Flo Hamer or Celi McCutcheon)
  • 2-day Beginners Bowl turning course using the pole lathe. A chance to learn all the ins and outs of making bowls on the pole lathe. (Tutor: Geoff Hannis, Flo Hamer or Celi McCutcheon)
  • Spouted bowls using the pole lathe, an introduction to sidegrain stop-turning. Suitable for pole lathe turners who have made at least ten bowls. (Tutor: Jack Labanowski)
  • Endgrain Cup Turning courses using the pole lathe. Suitable for both complete beginners and experienced turners to learn new skills and improve on existing ones. (Tutor: Yoav Elkayam)
  • Endgrain Friction Fit Box Turning courses using the pole lathe. Suitable for turners who have made at least one cup. (Tutor: Yoav Elkayam)
  • Axed Endgrain Cup Turning courses using the pole lathe. Suitable for both complete beginners and experienced turners to learn new skills and improve on existing ones. (Tutor: Jack Labanowski)
  • If you want to learn more bespoke things then 1:1’s can be arranged with Geoff Hannis, click here for more information.

Please view available courses on the calendar below and click on each for more details of course content.

Booking

About

Geoff Hannis

Geoff (@geoffhannis) has always been fascinated with working wood, however it wasn’t until 2018 that he discovered the joy of working green wood through the Cherry Wood Project and the Somerset Bodgers at Tyntesfield House. Having learnt from some of the best craftspeople in the country, he is delighted to offer courses in both spindle turning and bowl turning at Grow Wilder.

Geoff Hannis

About

Celi McCutcheon

Celi (@grownandmadewoodcraft) has been working with green wood for 11 years including completing an apprenticeship in woodland management and teaching green woodworking at the Cherry Wood Project near Bath. She is focused on making small useful items on the poles lathe, but is all about the connection between trees and the end product and enjoys all areas of woodland crafts and woodland management. She is a member of the craft council and the heritage craft association. You can read more about her work on her website.

Celi McCutcheon

About

Flo Hamer

Flo (@flohamer ) is a traditional craftswoman specialising in green woodworking, bowl turning and basketry. She loves working with natural materials using traditional techniques. Having discovered her love for pole lathe bowl turning for four years she now takes great pride in being able to introduce this wonderful craft to new people.

Flo has a background in carpentry and timber framing, after completing a natural building course she went on to build she own ‘tiny house on wheels’. Over the last few years Flo has been working with basket maker Annemarie O’Sullivan, and Windsor chair maker Jason Mosseri. She has recently been awarded funding from the Worshipful Company of Turners and has been forging new sets of turning hook tools, for teaching.

You can read more about her work on her website.

Flo Hamer

About

Yoav Elkayam

Yoav (@yoav.kafets ) has been a full time maker and tutor for the past ten years, as well as running the Woodland Makers workshop and co-running the Bowl Gathering. He’s helped hundreds of people turn their first items on the pole lathe and always feel grateful for the opportunity to share space and skills with others. He’s passionate about pushing the boundaries of these simple tools and creating beautiful every day objects as seen on his website.

Yoav Elkayam

About

Jack Labanowski

Jack’s (@jack_labanowski )work focuses on our eternal connections to nature and an awareness of our heritage  whenever he makes something. People have been using these same hand crafting skills for millennia and he loves that sense of history and continuity .

For over 10 years, Jack has been bringing beautiful but practical wooden products into people’s homes – items which can be used everyday, and look better the more you use them and will last for years.

For a closer look, do check out his website.

Jack Labanowski