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.
Dennis Hales
Biography
Dennis works with locally grown sycamore, holly, ash and maple. The white woods offer a natural canvas on which to incorporate a wide range of finishing techniques. Turned, carved, textured surfaces finished with water soluble dyes and metal leaf are used to enhance the natural features of the wood whilst achieving a sympathetic balance of form and finish. His work includes fruit displays, Sycamore bowls and boxes embellished with silver leaf and wall plates of ash and copper.
Dennis is a member of the Suffolk Craft Society and the Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society His work is sold through Galleries, Exhibitions and craft events.
Commissioned work has included; table centre fruit dishes, gold leaf bowls and wedding anniversary wall platters and colour matched pieces for interior designers Visit the workshop display (by appointment) to discuss individual requirements.
Open by Appointment Only
Windermere Saint Johns Road Norfolk NR12 9BE