Wayne Fennell

Ash platter 23*2.5cm, finished with boiled linseed oil and beeswax

Another shallow Ash bowl finished with an ebonising lacquer and a silver embellishing wax.

A shallow Ash bowl (21*3cm) finished with an ebonising lacquer and gold embellishing wax

First bit of turning for a while, a spalted Sycamore platter 40*3cm, finished with boiled linseed oil.

A 28*4cm Ash bowl with a bead to the bowl and a rim 6cm wide.

A little disappointed with this Holly hollow form (15*13cm), didn’t get the shoulder quite right. I got everything down to around 5mm and again, hard getting the finish I wanted but I do like bringing out the natural imperfections in the piece.

Today’s offering, a 23*13cm hollow form in Yew. I know it’s a simple shape but I wanted to keep the inclusions. Sanded to 320, Yorkshire Grit and then finished on the buffing wheels.

Today’s hollow form, this one in heavily spalted Walnut, it was really punky and took an age to get a good finish! It measures 15*9cm, sanded to 400 and then finished on the buffing wheels.

Our Tulip tree is looking a picture at the moment!

A fantastic craft fair/artisans market to attend. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend the first one in June but I’ll be there for the July, August and September markets, hope to see you there!

I managed to get the second Cherry crotch bowl finished today, same width bowl but not as deep as the previous one. Again, finished with three coats of boiled linseed oil.

The Cherry crotch bowl now finished with three coats of boiled linseed oil, another one one the lathe at the moment for the guy who gave me the timber.

Work in progress, a Cherry crotch bowl, looking forward to this wet piece drying so that I can finish it. The bowl itself is 20*4.5cm…and the bonus….the bark stayed on!

Today’s piece, a 10 sided bowl in Walnut with a little spalting, it measures 27*3.5cm. Finished with boiled linseed oil and beeswax.

Finally, I found a couple of hours to do this shallow hexagonal bowl in Walnut, shame about the few worm holes! It measures 23*3cm and is finished with boiled linseed oil and beeswax.

28 degrees, Cuckoo calling and now the first Swallowtail laying eggs on fennel, spring is certainly here!!

Fabulous morning to be up and out early with the girls!

A natural edge Yew platter, 28cm at its widest. Really lucky it held together with all the splits, finished with boiled linseed oil.

Today’s hollow form, this one in Walnut and measuring 15*12cm. Usual finish, sanded to 240, Yorkshire Grit and finally with White Diamond and Carnauba wax on the buffing wheels.