Stuart Batty
Born in Cambridge, England, Stuart comes from a family of woodturners. Both his grandfather and father were professional woodturners. Stuart began at the age of ten, helping his father make stair spindles, and learning traditional woodturning techniques that had been used in Britain for the past hundreds of years. Stuart is an exciting woodturner who possesses incredible technique and teaching skills. His style of work is greatly influenced by his background as a spindle turner with precise cuts and sharp detail. Stuart has mastered the art of creating long stem goblets, bowls of all shapes, including rectangular and square edge, as well as natural and burl edge bowls. Stuart has demonstrated woodturning at over 35 international symposia in 12 countries. He has also taught and demonstrated in over 60 US cities for the AAW, alongside such well- known turners as David Ellsworth, John Jordan, and Bill Hunter.