Eleanor Lakelin III

Stunning turned burr vessels by Eleanor Lakelin look more like crumbly yeast or cheese than wood.

This burr was probably the resulting healing to a wound caused by a large nail, which Eleanor removed prior to turning.

Liam Flynn

 Carved turned vessels by Irish Craftsman Liam Flynn 

Eleanor Lakelin I

 Eleanor Lakelin is a craftswoman whose practice is rooted in traditional skills and inspired by the natural world; fossils, geology, burrs and seeds.

"I use highly traditional turning and carving techniques with lathes and chisels but the forms are contemporary in shape and feel. Work may be sandblasted and bleached to conjure up a world of fossilised landscapes or scorched to contrast with the interior of a gnarled fruit-wood.
Each piece has a story to tell about how and why it was made and this sense of narrative is underlined by the notes which accompany each bowl or vessel. These not only date the work but also explain the age, type and provenance of the material, its inspiration and the processes it has undergone."
Eleanor Lakelin 

Hans-Henning Pedersen

Hans-Henning Pendersen's wonderful turned forms made from green wood of freshly felled trees.
“What interests me is first and foremost the shape of the bowl, then the wood grain. In some bowls, it can be great when these two aspects harmonise, but in others, the wood grain can be surprising or provocative,” Hans-Henning Pedersen