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Woodturning teacher & maker
Learn to create well-crafted things in wood
Hands-on courses & workshops
Berkshire, UK

🪵 specialism - sustainable wooden toys and homeware 🌳



06/10/2026

This October half term, we’re making magic wands — from real wood.

Children start by choosing the branch they want to work with and thinking about their own wand design. Then we’ll head to the lathe to shape it before adding the finishing touches.

They can keep the natural beauty of the wood, add colour with wood stains, or decorate their wand with pyrography.

No plastic replicas here — just a completely unique wooden wand, designed and made by its owner.

Perfect for young Harry Potter fans and budding makers aged 9+, accompanied by a parent.

30th October
9.30–11.30am or 1–3pm
Love Heartwood Turning School, near Reading

https://www.loveheartwood.co.uk/product/kids-woodturning-sessions/

30/09/2026

Make a few beads, bring them to the AWGB Festival in Stratford, and join the Turned Connections bead exchange!

Wear your beads on your lanyard, a cord or a wristband so fellow woodturners know you’re taking part. Then swap them with other turners you meet throughout the festival.

They don’t need to be perfect or complicated—just make a few from your favourite scraps and bring them along.

Everyone’s welcome! If you see me wearing mine, come and say hello—and swap me a bead!

23/09/2026

Yes, I really am smelling my wood finish…

This is Natasha Craig’s Wood Oil, a natural blend of linseed, h**p and orange oils — and it smells absolutely gorgeous.

Here I’m using it to finish an ash platter. I love watching the oil bring the grain to life, adding warmth and depth while still leaving the wood looking and feeling beautifully natural.

My usual process is three thin coats over three days, allowing each coat time to soak in before applying the next. Then comes the bit that’s easy to forget: giving the oil time to fully cure.

After a couple of weeks, you’re left with a lovely natural, fully cured, water-resistant finish that still looks and feels like wood rather than a coating sitting on top.

It’s a really satisfying finish to use — and the orange oil makes applying it smell rather wonderful too.

I’m very happy to be a brand ambassador for Natasha Craig and to be using finishes that fit so naturally with the way I work.

https://www.loveheartwood.co.uk/product/100-natural-wood-oil-uk/

Well, summer’s definitely over now but for the next few days I’m gonna share some of my summer workshop highlights with ...
07/09/2026

Well, summer’s definitely over now but for the next few days I’m gonna share some of my summer workshop highlights with you.

Here’s a couple of photos from the end of busy Association of Woodturners youth training day. The 4 students had a great day learning how to make apples and plates. 🍎

Thanks to Neils Woodcrafts for gifting me the spalted beech. It was quite soft, so tricky to hold on screw chucks, but we persevered and them apples came good in the end!

I’m a bit sad that’s the final youth training day of this year, but happy that I’ll be seeing some of my students at the Festival of Woodturning next month. They’ve taken up the offer of youth bursaries to be able to come along for free, so thank you very much AWGB. 👍

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Unit 6A The Courtyard, Amners Farm
Reading
RG303UE

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 3pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 3pm

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+447897998586

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