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Ken Allen ~ Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner

Ken Allen ~ Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner Whilst moored on the Trent and Mersey Canal just south of Great Haywood Junction we took a short walk of about 500 yards/metres through Shugborough Hall Park on the public right of way over the 'Essex Bridge' to the main car park. At the end of the promenade there are a number of 'Bothy workshops'.

A variety and high quality of the lathe turned and hand finished artifacts by Ken Allen ~ Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner One of the Shugborough bothy workshops is the home to an artistic wood turner's business, workshop, showroom and shop. We were impressed by the variety and high quality of the lathe turned and hand finished artifacts. There didn't seem to be anything the wood turner, Ken Allen, couldn't make out of the vast array of woods from around the world. There were exquisite examples of goblets, bowls, boxes, light pulls, Bottle stoppers by Ken Allen ~ Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner bottle stoppers, lamp bases and much, much more.

Think of wood and think of an artifact and the chances are it can be made.

Ken's motto is 'Do a good turn in Staffordshire' and we can vouch for that, he is always designing and fashioning interesting things of beauty from wood!

Raw materials - Besides selling his unique stock items Ken will accept wood turning commissions - Ken Allen ~ Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner Not only is Ken Allen a gold medal winning Staffordshire wood turner he is a teacher and demonstrator of the art of turning wood into objects of beauty! Ken offers one or two day 'Learn to Turn' courses for beginners and intermediates in 2 hour evening classes.

Mrs Allen - Besides selling his unique stock items Ken will accept wood turning commissions - Ken Allen ~ Staffordshire Artistic Wood Turner Besides selling his unique stock items Ken will accept wood turning commissions.