Last weekend I visited the Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design in Cheltenham with my Dad. I have been for the last 3 years now, partly because my parents live nearby so I can visit the exhibition with them as they like to go, and also because I love to see all the amazing furniture. The exhibition is a source of great inspiration, and I get to see what some of the best wood workers in the country are doing. As ever, the beauty and craftsmanship in all the pieces on exhibit were stunning, but this year I noticed myself looking a lot more critically at some of the work. How can I be critical of some of these works? Well, I find myself starting to pull drawers out and looking at joints very
School holidays are here again, so there's been a bit less work going on than usual, and more fun being had! However, whilst it's slowed progress down on a couple of projects, there's nothing that can't wait a bit, and one thing that has slowed things up is the arrival of 'the monster'. It's a great big wood turning lathe that I have been lusting after for years, as well as saving up for the day when I can finally afford the thing. Well, the day finally came a few weeks ago, and so I finally bit the bullet and bought the monster. The thing is, we had to do a bit of work in my workshop before the monster could arrive. As it weighs around a third of a ton, I had to pour some extra concrete foo
