George Lailey commemorative bowls
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Robin Wood makes a nesting set of bowls to commemorate the death of the 'last bowlturner' George Lailey who died 50 years ago. Inspired by Lailey's tools and lathe in the Museum of English Rural Life, Robin recreated the lost craft fifteen years ago and now makes his living as a bowlturner.
This video brings a tear to my eye. George Lailey was my great uncle. He died when I was just a year old so I never knew him, but we had a bowl of his in the family for years - now sadly lost after a series of house moves. It is heartening to know that his memory is being kept alive thanks to Robin who has persevered and learned this ancient craft from scratch to make bowls equal those made by 3 generations of Laileys who would all have passed down all their skill and knowledge. Fantastic!
Thanks for that, Nicola puts a lot of time into editing the video so you don't have to sit through the boring bits but still get the good stuff, I think she does a great job. Glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful work. You pole lathe guys deserve medals for endurance and craft.
You can't _see_ the medals. Lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, kidneys, liver, pancreas and lungs in better shape and fewer psychological megrims!
I arrived here from Robert Penn's lovely book. Robin Wood is a proper, true craftsman; his skills translate across the centuries. No sterile machine lathe here with laser sights and purpose-designed bolt-on tools that anyone off the street could use - this is the real thing. Hand-forges his own tools! What a star, and an inspiration to everyone.
It is hard work but no medals needed the work is rewarding enough as it is. I get most reward from knowing there are a couple of thousand people out there eating off my plates and bowls every day, bringing a little pleasure into daily life.
Amazing, and very humbling Robin. It's very nice to see some people are keeping old crafts alive.
That's nice to hear. I have visited and set up on turner green several times over the years and met a lot of folk that used to visit, they all have nice memories.
Hey Robin,
GoodOnYa. That is Australia's highest accolade. Thank you for keeping these old techniques alive. they are an inspiration.
No words! From the recreated techniques to your personal motivation! Loved it.
Pure poetry in motion. : )
There is as much art in the process as in the product.
My mum bought a couple of bowls off George (duly signed and dated, April 19th, 1955). Many years later she told me about the cycle ride she took to Bucklebury Common years before I was born. I'd read about George Lailey in H V Morton's 'In Search of England' while at school and so put two and two together and realised these two bowls were made by the very same man. I've seen plenty of bodging before but it was wonderful to find this film, to see - and most intriguingly - to hear the process more or less as it was in George's workshop.
It's a small world! HV Morton lived in South Africa, not fifty miles from where I grew up, in Somerset West. I _loved_ his book 'In The Steps of The Master' and I found the beautiful sepia photographs haunting and mystical. I believe he died about 1978, not sure.
Such a wonderful skill.
I'm really impressed by the work and the tools.
You're an artist!!.
Thank you for share.
Best regards from spain
Thank you for your videos. They have become friends I can visit from time to time.
Fantastic craftsmanship, i am truly in awe
George Lailey was one of my Nan's second Cousins. His Uncle, Thomas Lailey (Brother of William) was my Nan's Great Grandad! There are a HUGE amount of Lailey's decending from the West Berkshire region and it's taken a LONG time for me to trace our tree back accurately!
But you did it! Me, I spend a lot of time trying to _forget_ who I'm related to😂!
Keeping history alive
Nice work, and nicely crafted video. Thanks for posting it. Very well done on all counts.
Thanks mate. We do it because we love it.
I just got a nice good happy feeling. It must give you so much satisfaction being able to do this all under your own steam.
Glad you enjoyed it, flint knapping is something I have always fancied and I am booked for a day learning with John Lord later in the year.
Trabalho artesanal perfeito. Parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
Absolutely beautiful!!
thanks for the comments, yes it was cold, but as soon as I get going I warm up as you can see it is pretty hard physical work.
Well I think that is the first musical comment on our youtubes. Glad you enjoyed it.
Saw you on ArtisanMediaLTD and was really impressed with your work. Liked and Subscribed, thanks from Chicago!
Wow that is amazing and the pattern in the woods to😁👍
SING TO THE TUNE OF ROBINHOOD.......
Robin wood, robin wood
keeps the past alive
Robin Wood Robin Wood
with his lathe and knives
If George Lailey could
He,d say your very good
So be proud stand tall
Carve out another ball
You do inspire us all
He picked up a chunk of wood and, putting it to the lathe, worked a foot pedal and held a sharp bent knife to the rapidly revolving wood. With suprising speed he cut the outer shape of the bowl; then, taking a different knife, he cut out the inside as you might cut out the inside of a turnip. The bowl was roughly finished. - In Search of England
Love that book and particularly that quote obviously. And the bit about rather make bowls than money too.
@@WoodToolsSheffield Same here! "But you will have guessed that I wished to hear for the second time the voice of the craftman, the lover of his job, the proud creator of beautiful, common things"!
@@WoodToolsSheffield It's been more than 10 years since you post the video, hope I can buy some bowls from you when I visit England.
When you're doing this does that bull make a complete Revolution and how is it that you keep the bowl from not being lopsided
Does it have more torque than a treddle lathe given the same input power? Can you shape something completely irregular in shape? Like an organic sculpture?
To be honest it is hard work and it took a very long time to learn to do it well but once you can do it it is actually quite an efficient production method. Low overheads and minimal waste too.
Just see to it dear, won't you, that before _you_ pop _your_ clogs you hand your skills down to a suitable delegate.
Very cool...
Only it's not such a little cottage any more. One of the interesting things about being there was meeting the mix of new folks...air line pilots etc and old folk. And especially hearing the stories about how kids used to play on the common...sad that they don't any more.
Nice bit of King Blues music in the background there!
That was interesting, More than that, but I dont have a word for it. I got a similar sensation when watching someone flint knapping. I have passed your workshop before on the way down from Kinder, Will say hello, if you are in next time
Kinda crawls unto your memory DNA, doesn't it? Primal. Atavistic.
@@suecollins3246 Yours is by a wide margin the longest delayed reply to one of my comments.
I was sitting in the sun a few weeks ago repairing a net I had had over a fruit bush.
Felt the same reaction. There was a "rightness" about it . I felt connected with ancestors from centuries, indeed millennia ago who would have sat in the sun mending nets.
Growing some veg in containers this year . Waiting for seeds to germinate, watering, hoping the slugs stay away. It feels "Right"
I wonder if DNA does contain memories?. An intriguing suggestion.
fantastic!
Are you apprenticing someone with a sincere love for this craft who will take over as you retire...
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Is this the same set up in the same place as a man that you are taking over from the died at the age of 89 is this all his equipment? And is it in the same location that he was in all those years that he was doing this?
No. George laileys lathe and tools are in the museum of english rural life. I saw them and made copies.
Oh ok, so so cool
Remarkable
what a beautiful lump of splatted Beech
george lailey is my great grandad :)
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Robin wood
robin@robin-wood.co.uk
@1080rabbits
I don't know how since he had no children.
Your leg must be made of iron after all pumping!