This course will explore many of the finer points in designing, creating, and finishing beautifully elegant, utilitarian dinnerware plates & bowls as a series. Based on Matt’s years spent as a professional item maker and producer within the wholesale & retail craft and furniture trade. Explore a refined, advanced usage of bowl and spindle gouges, alongside their most beneficial grinds & cutting applications to develop & hone lasting, genuine traditional woodturning skills, or improve the quality and design aesthetic of one’s work at the lathe. Learn how to effectively add fine detail to accentuate and reinforce balance within the overall form, alongside the nuances and overall benefits of learning effective, quality sharpening practices, and the value of creating fine utility finishes meant for regular item usage. Required Tools: Personal protective equipment Pencil Paper or notepad Close-toed shoes High collar shirt or turning smock Prerequisites This course is intended as a follow up to our Learn to Turn course. It is recommended that you have some basic turning experience.