Our pen blanks for turnng go far and wide across the UK, this and the next photo are of a pen made from English Walnut.

The Walnut came from a tree that fell in storms during the winter of 2017 on a farm in Oxton village near Southwell, Nottinghamshire 

This blank is unusual as it was cut across the grain so what you see is end grain.

Although the boards were secured via secret screwed, the client had requested the boards to give the appearance of age so nail holes were punched into the surface and then stained black to give the impression of traditional nailed boards

The client had specified they wanted random width boards in random lengths which on the face of it seems a simple request but in reality meant that sufficient boads of each width had to be made so as not to run out halfway down a run

The board edges and ends were planed and sanded too give a look of age, the boards were also stained including the tongues before laying, this meant if the boards shrink there won't be any sign of new wood showing.

Once down the boards were hand sanded in places and then polished with several coats of a hard wearing floor wax to give the appearance of age.

Oak and Ash grown locally to our site, milled and dried by us.

The client drove 4hrs each way to buy timber from us having seen our website, he had been impressed with how we process and store our timber.

We know exactly where the timber came from and where the trees grew.

Hand turned mugs in Sweet Chestnut 

The mugs are designed to be used and are coated with a liquid proof, food safe finish on the inside and come with full care instructions

Made from green Sweet Chestnut cut from a felled tree grown in a privately owned woodland in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire

Andy makes mugs from various timber species, these were commissioned by me and are made from timber that came from a tree I had felled.