Woodturning: Bowls, Platters, Hollow Forms, Vases, Vessels, Bottles, Flasks, Tankards, Plates

Some of the world's best woodturners explain how you can recreate their favorite projects. John Hunnex reveals how he transforms plywood into gallery-style bowls, and Robin Wood uses a pole lathe to make replicas of bowls and platters found aboard the Tudor warship. Reg Hawthorne explains cutouts as a way to add interest to turnings with pierced and carved flowers, vines, and insects, while Tom Crabb demonstrates making a bowl with handles. Other master craftworkers introduce intriguing items like a painted Celtic decoration; a three-footed leaf-shaped bowl; multi-center hollow forms; "throwing" pottery-style vases; and making a large, oval, wane-edged bowl from green wood. Dozens more projects will quickly bring an expert sense of design and quality to all your work. 120 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 11 3/4.