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You will make your spoon from locally sourced green wood using an axe and two types of knife, which we will teach you to use safely and effectively. The course is suitable for both complete beginners, and those who’ve made spoons before and would like to hone their skills and develop their designs.


Spoon Carving - Full Day

Start with a stump, end with a bowl! Come and carve your very own unique soup/salad/fruit bowl from a log using an axe, adze, gouge and drawknife. This course is more physically demanding than carving a spoon, so would serve as a natural progression for those who have done some carving before. However, if you want top jump straight in with a bowl we cater for all abilities.
We'll be working in the beautiful courtyard of Bridge Farm Community: a slice of Somerset in the heart of Bristol, surrounded by stone barns and meadows!

Bowl Carving Course - Full day 

This is a class for two. It's suitable for absolute beginners as well as people with some woodworking experience. You and a friend will each make your own wooden bowl. Terry Vaughan, a very experienced woodturner and a friendly, approachable tutor, will guide you through the process step by step.  In turn, you will complete each step in the process. You will take breaks while your partner is working, but participate in the discussion, learning all the time. This is true one to one teaching. Terry will give you his undivided attention throughout the making of your bowl. The bowls you take home at the end of a great day will be nicely turned and finished, things to be proud of. They will be entirely your own work, made by your own hands, and there will be no others in the world quite the same!  All tools and materials are provided.

This class is similar to the one that Terry offers for one person at a time - book that if you want to come alone.

Make a wooden bowl - a great woodturning workshop for two

Try your hand at woodturning at this workshop. It's suitable for absolute beginners as well as people with some woodworking experience. The class will allow you to explore your creativity by designing and making a wooden bowl.

Terry Vaughan, a very experienced woodturner, and a patient, friendly and approachable tutor, will guide you through the process step by step . The class is one-to-one, and you will be the only guest,, ensuring that Terry can give you his undivided attention.  Terry runs a similar class for two people, so please book that if you would like to bring a friend.

You will select a turning blank from the pile, which may include various wood varieties. Then you will fix it securely to a faceplate and mount it on the lathe. Under Terry's guidance, you will use scrapers and a gouge to create the shape of the bowl. Next you will remove the faceplate and use a scroll chuck to reverse the bowl on the lathe, ready to shape the inside, again using a bowl gouge and scraper. When the bowl is complete, you will be able to sign the piece as your own work and apply finishing oil.

You will end a great day with pride in your achievement, having made a beautiful object that you will treasure.  Your bowl will be nicely turned and finished. It will be entirely your own work, made by your own hands, and there will not be another in the world quite the same. Safety equipment, tools and materials are provided.

Make a Wooden Bowl: a one-to-one woodturning class

This class is mainly for people who have their own lathe, but anyone can attend. It won't turn you into a skilled woodturner - that takes long hours of practice in your own workshop. But this is an opportunity to troubleshoot and refine your technique. You will learn how to avoid tool catches and get a finish that needs little sanding. It will give you a foundation to build on later. You are welcome to take along your own turning tools if you wish so that Terry can check their condition for you.

You will not make a specific project, but Terry will clearly explain and demonstrate the proper use of the different spindle turning tools. There will be plenty of hands-on practice time.

Classes are taught on a one-to-one basis, allowing Terry to give you the benefit of his undivided attention. He is a very experienced turner and a patient, friendly and approachable tutor

Spindle Turning - a one to one woodturning workshop that will enhance your skills

Though modern woodturning is usually carried out using a mechanical lathe, this class takes you back to basics, showing you a range of woodturning and shaping methods whilst using a traditional foot-powered lathe.

In this course

In this class, you will learn how to use a variety of hand tools, whilst operating a traditional woodturning lathe. These tools will include;
Axe
Draw knife
Roughing gouge
Skew chisel

Now you can

Use these new skills to shape and Create your own woodworking projects
expand your knowledge further with a more advanced woodworking class
display your creations at home, or give them away as gifts to family and friends

Take home

All of the items you create during the woodturning class are yours to keep, give away or use to decorate your home.

Introduction to Woodturning Course

Turnery is a specialist skill used by operator of woodturning machinery and tools. You can attempt these yourself with the right equipment and endeavor by purchasing items like a potters wheel to symmetrically craft the wood.