Phil Howard
A woodturner creates items from wood, using a lathe as the principal machine. The wood is attached to the lathe which rotates the wood at anything from 200 to 3,000 plus rpm while the turner shapes the wood using a variety of special tools. This is an ancient craft, shown in Egyptian tomb carvings, which is very much alive and evolving in the 21st century.
tea light holders set of food bowls
hollow form ‘A Stitch in time ?’ square bowl in Cherry wood
Phil was born in Manchester, went to university at Newcastle and has lived and worked in Manchester, Surrey, Toronto, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire and is now settled in Dalbeattie. A former IT professional, retired but busier than ever. Phil creates a wide range of both functional and decorative pieces, from small items to larger bowls and vases. Phil will make items on request; previous jobs have included - handles for a horse-drawn plough, a set of blind pulls to a Victorian design, chimneys for a dolls house, large finials now installed on a house near Moffat, and a new top for the RNLI flagpole at Kippford !