{"id":470,"date":"2024-12-31T13:33:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T13:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pole-lathe.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2024-12-31T13:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T13:33:36","slug":"england-trip-bodgers-ball-matty-and-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pole-lathe.com\/index.php\/en\/2024\/12\/31\/england-trip-bodgers-ball-matty-and-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"England trip: Bodgers ball, Matty and Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bodgers Ball<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Within the world of the pole lathe, the Bodgers ball is almost legendary and this event could not be missed in our program. It is a meeting for members of the English Association of Pole-Lathe Turners & Green Woodworkers. During this event there are workshops, demonstrations and competitions and it offers a wonderful opportunity to meet other turners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the latter went very well! Upon arrival at the ball, we had an empty field in front of our camp. Within a few days however, our camp had grown into a whole forest of lathes of turners from several countries. With some it was a nice first acquaintance and with others a happy reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although there are of course many workshops for the pole lathe, there are also other crafts to learn at the Ball. For example, Martijn put the hook tools aside for a day and made a basket from split hazel. Or actually it was two days, including the actual splitting and preparation of the twigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matty Whittaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Pieterjan did a workshop on forging hooks with Matty Whittaker. He has a completely different approach to forging and making hooks than Martijn does, which has allowed Pieterjan to learn different techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides the workshop and lots of fun, there was also time to visit the location of the Bodgers Ball, namely the Weald and Downland Living Museum. This is an open-air museum with mainly buildings that are several centuries old, which have been demolished and rebuilt in the museum. In addition to a pole lathe, there was also a beautiful great wheel lathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali Asadi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During the Bodgers Ball we also saw one of our favorite teachers again, Ali Asadi. A great teacher who has a lot of patience and at the same time knows how to maneuver you so that you do it just a little bit better than you thought you could. Under his expert guidance we made a so-called nest of bowls. You start with a (preferably) large piece of wood, from which you make several bowls inside each other. From the inside of the largest bowl, you make a smaller one, and from the inside of that one another smaller one. You continue like this until you can’t make any smaller ones. It was a long day of hard work, but we learned a lot and, besides the necessary frustrations, also had a lot of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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