Many of our members offer training courses for those new to turning, intermediate turners and also for more experienced turners looking for specialised tuition. All our tutors have many hours of hands-on experience delivering professionally structured courses in well equipped workshops, with an emphasis on health and safety, and where you can be assured you will receive top class tuition individually tailored to your requirements and ability.
If you’re a beginner or wish to learn new woodturning techniques our members can offer training in every aspect of woodturning.
When you book a training session with an RPT member, you can be certain that you will receive top quality tuition from a highly skilled turner who has years of woodturning and teaching experience.
Below are all the registered professional turners who offer a teaching service, randomly ordered. Click their name to view the complete details, or use the ‘Show Bio’ or ‘Show Map’ links for a quick view.
I have been professionally Turning for over 35 years, alongside making bespoke Furniture for leading designers. My Turnings have contributed to prestigious projects for many Royal Residences, Church’s, Museum’s and Government buildings. In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, I reviewed my work:life balance and decided to start Demonstrating, Teaching and Assessing.
I’m a member of the Worshipful Company Training Team. I deliver the Certificate in Woodturning in various locations across the UK and assess the Diploma course.
I am very passionate about passing on my skills and knowledge to fellow Turners, especially to our Young Turners.
I offer a variety of demonstrations in the UK and abroad.
I am a keen volunteer for a variety of charities and organisations. I have previously been a trustee member of AWGB and I’m a volunteer Tutor Assessor. I am also a committee member of the Heart of England Woodturners.
I also champion ‘TherapeuticTurning’, supporting people with their mental health, learning challenges and neurodiversity.
I am an Autistic Woodturner from Chester. I first began woodturning at the age of 13 when my DT teacher introduced me to the lathe. The first project I ever made was a ‘kururin’ rolling toy on the school lathe from an old beech rolling pin. It wasn’t the best piece but I still have it now to remind me how far I’ve come!
In 2019 I won the Young category of British Woodturner of the Year from the Guild of Master Craftsmen with a Zebrano segmented vase. My piece was exhibited at the Oxo Tower as part of “Celebrating British Craft’ exhibition. I began to enjoy making segmented work and went on to exhibit segmented pieces twice at the Royal Academy Young Artist’s Summer Show in London.
I was awarded a Bursary from the Worshipful Company of Turners in 2022 as well as being mentored by Colwin Way. I have been a part of the Emerging Turners Programme where I have learnt from some amazing woodturners and met lots of other young turners who have become great friends!
In 2023 as part of Woodturning Connect, I was honoured to be invited to exhibit in the ‘Master’s Exhibition’ based on the theme of the Coronation. I was awarded the ‘Choice Award’ from the V&A museum for my piece ‘Continuity Rings’. Aired in Nov. 2023 I won Channel 4’s Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker.
I particularly enjoy doing club demonstrations and tutoring at my home workshop.
I have been turning now for 12 years and it has become a passion of mine.
How I started turning came when I was offered the opportunity to buy our local school lathe, the one I had used at the school many years ago. Well I jumped at the opportunity to purchase it and I have never looked back since !
I am self taught and have learned through my mistakes rightly or wrongly so. I am now a member of two local clubs which I attend whenever possible. I suppose I am the same as everyone else starting away with smaller items such as pens etc and progressing to larger and more intricate pieces. I do a lot of wet turning and then reintroduce the items back onto the lathe to turn and finish.
I am a big fan of Stuart Mortimer and love to try and mirror the type of pieces that he is famous for. Lately I have been experimenting turning platters at 7 different centres and was quite pleased at the outcome. I have also been making large segmented Christmas Trees standing 5ft tall that have been popular with my clientele. One of the other things that I like making is anything that is left looking natural as possible once finished. I have undertaken a few demonstrations at my local clubs and this is something that I would like to expand on.
I am also a qualified AWGB INSTRUCTOR and I do teaching from within my workshop. This is something that is growing in popularity .
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