YouTube, a good way to see whats happening here.
Michael posts daily on Instagram, short videos of what he is working on that day. This is still the best way to keep up to date with the goings on in an Orkney woodturners workshop. However, I have started adding a lot of the shorts on to our YouTube channel and some...
Heritage Crafts the Makers 2026 edition
Michael is one of the makers featured in Heritage Crafts, The Makers 2026 edition. It’s a lovely little publication and features 48 Makers in many disciplines from a Doll maker to a Canal Artist/signwriter and everything in between. Quite a few of these are...
It’s the start of the season
Here we are into April already and we have had a busy week of people calling in to our gallery and workshop. The weather has been very changeable. A day of beautiful sun and warmth followed by white stuff. It has also been extremely windy which is making life...
A great feature in the Register of Professional Turners Magazine
Just published is the digital quarterly magazine for the Register of Professional turners (RPT) and the Letters from The Lathe feature is our very own Mr Orkwoodturner. It was an interesting process and an honour to be part of this publication. Follow the link below...
‘Bit of old Yorkshire Oak’
Michael was given the opportunity to work on a ‘bit of old Yorkshire oak’ This idea for this project came about from a customer who had seen and bought some of Michael’s work on previous visits to Orkney. He was convinced that Michael would be able to...
The Longest day already
After a stunning evening the morning has arrived with cloud and a good breeze, standard longest day weather🤣 Still it’s nice to start with a walk round the Ring of Brodgar and along the loch. It was early enough to have the place to myself, but when I arrived...
New range for 2025
Michael is working on a new range for the 2025 season. The bowls are inspired by Samurai, Viking and Roman amour worn by the warriors. These scale bowls are hand carved and have tiny steel pins added. The two in the picture are turned from Scottish oak. At this time...
A Christmas Gift listing by Orkney.com
It’s the time of year for gift ideas. Orkney.com are exceptionally good at promoting everything Orkney and they have had a great idea this year for the Creative makers. We were asked to select something from a fellow craftsperson that we’d like to see...