Theme: Christmas
Providing an additional platform to showcase your handcrafted work.
Every month, we share a theme. Makers from all over the country are invited to create new work or share photos of existing work that relates to the chosen theme of the month. The theme for October 2022 was 'Christmas' to get us into the festive spirit!
The maker of each submission was also in with a chance of winning a £25.00 Turners Retreat voucher! A member of our team selected one piece as our winner. The work made by that maker will be our ‘Featured Piece of the Month’ and will be shared with our Mailing List subscribers by email and on our social media pages.
View the submissions sent in to us during October below and support fellow makers by following their social media pages. Let's help eachother grow!
If you would like to take part in the next theme, click here to find out how to enter!
Prize Draw Result
Due to us working with a smaller team at the moment, we decided that this month, our team member, Stuart, would choose the winner! Stuart was presented with images and stories of each piece, no names as some entrants have entered and won in previous months and we wanted to keep everything as fair as possible.
Words from Stuart: "Reindeers are just the best! This piece is so unique, the image instantly stood out for me as I can imagine this in my own home. The paint textures add a fun element, it's such a great piece!"
We're pleased to announce that David Gibbs' wooden reindeer has been chosen as our Featured Piece of the Month - congratulations! A £25 Turners Retreat voucher is on its way to you by email, and your work will be featured on our social media feeds and in our e-newsletters during November.
Featured Piece of the Month: David Gibbs
Maker: David Gibbs
Craft: Woodworking
What inspired this piece: This piece was made by me in September 2022. The antlers of the reindeer measure 85mm across with a head made from lime wood. It is intended as a fridge magnet with a rare earth magnet attached to the back. The antlers have a textured look created by splashing paint with a paint brush. The ears are carved with a fine V tool. The holes for the eyes and nose, were drilled using a Proxxon drill.
David does not currently have any social media links.
Bill Percival
Maker: Bill Percival
Craft: Woodturning
What inspired this piece: Each Christmas I turn something different to insert into the Christmas lunch crackers for our family of 13; this time it was Christmas trees, all different to keep it interesting ! The size is dictated by the diameter of the Christmas Crackers, about 20mm. They are turned from random offcuts of different types of wood using a Robert Sorby 3/8" fingernail spindle gouge finished with Danish Oil.
Bill does not currently have any social media links.
OED Woodturning
Maker: Owen Davies
Craft: Woodturning
What inspired this piece: It is something I have been thinking to do for a long time, just never got the courage to do it. As I have been pen turning I thought I give Christmas tree decorations a go this year, also after a prompt from Turners Retreat.
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PyroCrafty
Maker: Jenny Beech
Craft: Pyrography
What inspired this piece: A Christmas gift for my dad, whose treasured memories of reading the book 'Wind in the Willows', and seeing the lovely illustrated scenes and his dreams of one day of owning a boat like ratty. Made as a wall hanging for inside the kitchen of his narrowboat.
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Kate's Kuality Krafts
Maker: Kate Kitchin
Craft: Woodworking
What inspired this piece: Rocky and Merry Dinosaurs. Another 2 dinosaur characters added to the range, this time with a Christmas theme. Merry complete with his ‘Santa’ hat and Christmas gift with his best friend who’s a wannabe reindeer complete with his very own set of antlers and red nose! Handcrafted from Birch, walnut antlers and finished in natural oil bought from Turners Retreat.
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C+D The Wood Wizards
Maker: Colin Roberts
Craft: Woodturning
What inspired this piece: I managed to combine 2 of my hobbies on this 8" x 1" platter. I used my carbides for texturing and applied Yorkshire Grit and Chestnut Rainbow wax finish on the bottom of the platter. I then used my laser engraver for the Acorn detail. I'm really pleased with the results.
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Hand Crafted Arts
Maker: Kenneth Moore
Craft: Woodturning
What inspired this piece: I like Christmas and turning and it’s great combining the two, I made this carousel a short while back. I like it and it’s a centre piece decoration at Christmas, combining movement and colour with a Christmas theme and good fun to spin and made the snowmen dizzy.
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Blue Jay Wood Crafts
Maker: Andrew Toes
Craft: Pyrography
What inspired this piece: A few friends liked the pyrography work, and asked me to do Christmas themed tealights.
Andrew does not currently have any social media links.
Woodpecker Woodturning
Maker: Kenneth Moore
Craft: Woodturning
What inspired this piece: This piece is made from Spitfire propeller bases my father brought home after WWII. Very loosely linked to this months theme, but can be used for table decorations at Christmas. Definitely bright colours.
Kenneth does not currently have any social media links.
Thank you to everyone who took part in this month's Showcase. We love the creativity this month and hope that others will be too! Thank you for sharing your work and your stories with us!
To find out the theme for next month and details on how to get involved, please click here.
Here's some of the products used to make this month's submissions...
