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Woodturning sites
NICK AGAR:
Nick Agar's large-scale, multi-textured turned wood sculptures have earned him an enviable
reputation for producing highly individual, beautifully crafted art.
YVONNE ARLOTT
Yvonne turns out work of an extremely high standard, at the age of twenty-two she was accepted
onto the Register of Professional Turners. Her designs have featured piercing and the use of twists,
and she has recently released a DVD on lacework techniques.
MICHAEL BROLLY
Michael Brolly is a woodturning sculptor. This is a good site to look for inspiration for your
woodturning projects.
JIMMY CLEWES
Jimmy is based in the north east of England. He runs tuition workshops for all levels, with
classes generally limited to two or three people per class, and can be tailored towards specialist
projects.
RICHARD HOOPER
Richard Hooper's woodturning is abstract sculptural, his work relies on an appreciation of
geometry, mathematical models, astronomy and structures within civil engineering and architecture.
Richard is also Associate Professor in Fine Art and Design at Liverpool Hope University.
TOBIAS KAYE
Tobias Kaye is a professional woodturner, based in Devon, famous for his turned sounding bowls.
PAUL KHOSLA
Paul, who is also an acupuncturist, just has a love for all things wood-based and it definitely
shows.
GARY RANCE
Gary is considered one of the fastest and accurate woodturners in the UK and is one of only a
handful whose income relies solely on woodturning.
BOB NEILL
Based at Aston on Trent, Bob's work, which includes bowls and plates, is an exploration of line,
pattern, texture, tone and colour. Bab is a master of pyrography and is available for demonstrations and tuition.
LEIGH & JO RIHAN
This husband and wife team live and work within Pembrokeshire National Park. They run
woodturning classes at their workshop set amongst the beautiful scenery of South Wales.
OYVIND-RIISE
This Norwegian woodturner works in the local timbers of Aspen, Birch and Elm with lots of photos
in his gallery.
EDUARDO SARMIENTO H.
Eduardo Sarmiento is a left-handed woodturner based in Peru. He turns the wonderful and exotic
local woods on a homemade lathe.
ANDI WOLFE
Andi Wolfe is a botanist by day and a woodturner in the evenings. Her work focuses on the use
of surface enhancements that employ botanical motifs.
DAVID WOODWARD-From the Wood Gallery. Hay-on-Wye
David is a professional woodturner, who has a fantastic gallery and workshop located on the
edge of the Black Mountains.
MALCOLM ZANDER
Malcolm Zander's pierced work looks just like lace, you have to see it to belive it.
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General interest
AXMINSTER POWER TOOLS
OCKENDENS WOODYARD
PAT WARNER ROUTING
ABBOTS LIVING WOOD
A site dedicated to pole lathes and green woodturning, with an interesting links page.
AVALON WOODTURNERS GUILD
This is a small group of woodturners based out on the furthest edge of Canada, on the Avalon peninsula of
Newfoundland. Surpisingly for such a remote place, they have a strong club membership, go on, take a look
at how the Newfoundlanders do it.
KANSAS CITY WOODTURNERS
American woodturners, from Kansas City, host this site with a wide range of interesting content.
They have all their monthly newsletters, past and present stored online. This provides a library of
information about the club and woodturning.
NORTHERN FEDERATION OF WOODTURNING GROUPS
NFWG is an umbrella organisation representing woodturning clubs in the UK. It encourages
communication between individual clubs, writes a newsletter and also arranges exhibitions, competitions,
seminars and provides public liability insurance for its members.
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