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The Master and Clerk in Canary Wharf, waving off the Turners’ Company sponsored taxi – one of many on the annual children’s Magical Taxi Tour to Disneyland Paris. Driver Glen, who generously made his taxi available, is all ready to go, with Ava and Isaac, and their dad Bennett, eagerly

World renowned turner Jean Claude Charpignon teaches those on the Master’s weekend in France how to make a multi layered Chinese ball. After starting us off, some seven or eight of us took turns to pierce the box wood blank and complete the creation (see insert). Needless to say Jean

Members of the Company toast a successful Master’s weekend in France where we visited WWII battle sites, took in cultural icons, dined well and visited the workshop of friend of the Company and Wizardry in Wood exhibitor Jean Claude Charpignon. He and his wife Françoise made us very welcome at

Dame Susan Langley, Alderwoman and Sheriff of the City of London chaired “Crafting a Brighter Future: Inclusive Pathways in British Heritage Skills”, on 16th September at The Shard, attended by Renter Warden Joey Richardson. A wonderful, informative event aimed at igniting a conversation about how to better support the long-term

The Master of the Turners’ Company, Christopher Scott, has cruised the canals of Britain for many years. But meeting a floating woodturner near Lichfield this summer was a first for him. Peter Fuller retired from a career as a groundsman and took up turning. He lives with his wife on

Christopher Scott, Master of the Worshipful Company of Turners, visits the engineering department of City University, meeting lecturer Matthew Read who demonstrated how apples can be produced by 3D printing. A change from us turners who have been producing them on a lathe for centuries! Which method requires the most