The pens Michael Hughes creates are something to write home about. Working with a lathe in the workshop he built above the garage at his Grandview home, Hughes uses traditional materials such as wood, ...

New to pen turning? Learn how to turn your first slimline pen on a lathe in this beginner-friendly tutorial. This video covers the basic tools, accessories, and techniques needed to create a ...

Anna Williams set up a booth at Wednesday's Southern Saratoga Chamber of Commerce Junior Mixer displaying her sample items, business cards and the lathe she uses to create her products, which, if ...

Brian Gray of Edison Pen Company in Milan, Ohio, at his desk in his machine shop. (Courtesy Edison Pen Company) MILAN -- Even if you couldn't care less about writing your name, when Brian Gray brings ...

Two things then happened: he decided he would try his skill at wood turning; and a fellow teacher told him about a certain felled walnut tree in Hatfield. “He said it had been lying there for quite a ...

Randy Kimery’s first love may be wood, but improvisation is a close second. Using snakeskins, coffee beans, pinecones, old countertops, and other found objects, the Columbus-based artist has been hand ...