Cliff Coleman  Woodturner

Cliff has been turning and carving since 1995, although his experience of woodturning does date back to his schooldays! (just don’t ask when that was.) 

We have attended a variety of major craft shows.

Cliff collects quite a lot of local timber often as trees that are felled and he seasons the wood in his own wood store at home. This gives the opportunity for some wet or "green" turning, as turners call it, and sometimes lets nature take its course to create uniquely distorted articles.

Fully seasoning fresh "green" timber can take from 2 to 4 years, so space for storage and patience are prerequisites, plus the preparedness to pay for parts of the process if fuel is needed for kilning.

Contact details   

email: cliffcoleman@blueyonder.co.uk 

Telephone:  01895 472621

“Tipsy Trophy”
Turned from green (fresh cut wet) Ash in December 1998
for the Middlesex Woodturners competition
voted 1^st by the membership. Its about 8” tall to the finial on the lid.

3 different 5” tall goblets; lacquered for use
1 in Ash and 2 in Mexican Rosewood
all made in 2001.

Green (fresh cut) Sycamore vase with veins and natural edged rolled rim
about 7” diameter and 6.5” tall
made in summer 2005.

10” diameter Holly bowl with decoration and polished with oil
made in March 2000.

 
“The Volcano”
Burr Ash bowl some 15”x12” and 3.75” deep
oil finished
exhibited at the New Forest Show in 2001; made in 2000.

 
Burr Elm mantle clock about 6” x 5” made in 2001.

 
A Whitebeam oiled goblet-style bowl
exhibited by the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain in 2001/2
made in 2000.

 
Green Sycamore vase
11” tall with 6.75” flared natural edge rim
made in summer 2005.

 
Oiled Elm earring stands about 4.5” tall.

 
Feature Platter 11” diameter
made from Rippled Burr Olive Ash in 1999.