We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

Wood turning is fast becoming a popular hobby for woodworkers of all skill levels. You can buy your own wood lathe or build your own. He always starts with wood and materials that are readily ...

Here is Alan Holland performing his craft: woodturning. He takes a big chunk of wood, spins it on a lathe and shaves and cuts it down into something much more detailed. It’s painstaking work but it ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the late spring, working with a new tool in his Somerset studio, sculptor Max Bainbridge astonished himself.