in the Guardian today

[robin wood]

A feature on my woodturning work. It's in the work section or online here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/dec/12/turn-a-bowl-pole-lathe

On Tuesday or Wednesday there will be a slideshow online with all the stages of making a wooden bowl on a pole lathe.

 

[apj1974]

Good article.

When I looked at it, there are two related links at the bottom of the page:

One was about glass blowing - fair enough

The other was this:

http://careers.guardian.co.uk/video/burlesque-dancing-teaching

is there something you want to tell us Robin?

 

[Rob84]

Thanks for the link, good article:You_Rock_

 

[gunnix]

Nice picture, nice article. Congratulations!

"five nesting bowls from a single blank" Wow

I didn't know pottery wasn't widely used (except for the Romans) until the early 1700s in England.. Why was that?