Stuart Batty is a second generation woodturner. He began turning at the age of 10, under the expert tutelage of his father Allan Batty, an internationally recognized turner and teacher. Stuart joined the professional ranks at the age of 16, as spindle turner and teacher in his father’s workshop. At 18, he became the in-house teacher and woodturning demonstrator at Craft Supplies Ltd in England and a tool tester for Robert Sorby Tools.

Whilst working for Craft Supplies Ltd Stuart also help set up their first sawmill, as well as being their buyer for exotic woods. Stuart also went on to set up a further six sawmills in five African countries, which included Cameroon , Nigeria , Tanzania , South Africa and Madagascar .

Stuart’s style of woodturning is a development of an orthodox British spindle turning style that he has developed to suit modern tools and steels. He uses very simple tools and grinds to create his pieces.

Stuart has spent much of his time teaching the traditional skills he learnt as an apprentice turner. He has also demonstrated his skills at over 55 international woodturning symposiums in 12 different countries.

Stuart’s artwork is pure lathe made, so you will not see any carving or surface texturing in is work. He specializes in bowls with corners, deep thin bowls and tall very thin goblets, as well as a variety of boxes. His work has graced the front of many catalogs, is in the Whitehouse collection and has been sort after by many of the wood art collectors, as well as by many other woodturners who appreciate the turning skill in his work.

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