Ray Key
Ray Key This is the first woodturning book Michael bought. Having been born and bred in Orkney Michael had no woodturning club to go to, or any other woodturner to show him the ropes so all he could do was teach himself and this was a start (along with a lathe and...
A design challenge.
Another Petrosphere design has captured mr.orkwoodturners imagination. Always up for a challenge he disappeared to his workshop and with some head scratching and copious amounts of tea it came together. He started as usual turning a boxwood sphere and then pencil and...
‘Petrospheres’
As part of the ‘Neolithic inspired’ range Michael makes ‘Petrospheres’. These are the stone balls found here, in various areas of Scotland and occasionally further afield. Nobody knows what they were for, child’s toy!, a show-off piece, or just because!,...
Summer update
Summer continues. Schools have finished here, Wimbledon is in full swing, nearly every second field has a tractor in it busy, busy, the young farm animals and the multiplying wild life are prospering. Our pond area is alive with froglets. The garden is full of flowers...