Monday, 6 October 2014

The Begining

Today I am starting a new venture.

Inspired by a recent visit to the country home of the Bloomsbury Group, Charleston Farmhouse, near Glynde in East Sussex, I saw a selection of hand painted lamp bases and shades for sale in the shop and I realised that woodturned lamp bases for decorated shades would be a good use for my lathe.
    An example of Madeleine Bradbury's work
I haven't touched my lathe for quite a while but when I was actively making and selling bread boards and chopping boards I used my lathe with a faceplate on an 'outboard'.

 Making big round flat things like chopping boards up to 30" in diameter meant that I had no use for the lathe's very good spindle turning facility. 

Between the two centers, I can turn wood up to 36"long .  Table lamp bases will be made by spindle turning. These are just a few of the gouges and chisels I will be using:
Now, together with a bit of inspiration, a new roof on the garage and a great lathe, we can all be back in action.


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Location: Pulborough, West Sussex

2 comments:

  1. jenny6 October 2014 at 22:10

    Good luck Chrissie! I can't wait to see what you make next. Your bread boards were very popular in Handmade Happiness.x

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  2. Christine Burgess6 October 2014 at 22:25

    Thank you Jenny. I hope they will be good enough for you to sell in Handmade Happiness. The table lamp illustrated is just an example of what inspired me - they will be different!.

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