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About Oldfern Woodturners

We provide bespoke handmade wooden trophies and items using woodturning and pyrography to create pieces based on customers' requests.
We are a small operation - just two of us, Dan and Steve Fearnley - aiming for quality rather than quantity. Read more about us below.

Size, guide prices and further details can be found by hovering over a picture, or clicking on it. Prices on pages marked as "ARCHIVE" may not be up to date.
Ordering is by email request. We rarely have items in stock, and usually make things to order. We will provide a quote and time scale by return email.


Recent projects and visits
Hand made wooden jewellery box
Hand made wooden jewellery box
Hand made wooden jewellery box

Posted 14 March 2024 A jewellery box requested by James for Sophia's first birthday. Turned from spalted beech, with an inner shelf for rings and things. The price will depend on whether a shelf is included, and the amount, if, any, of pyrography requested.


Hand made bespoke newel caps

Posted 10 March 2024 A set of four newel caps made for Simon at Birdsall Estate, as part of a restoration project. The caps are turned from oak, supplied by the estate, and made to their specifications. We are happy to undertake such bespoke work, providing we can source the correct wood for the project.


Barber shop business winner trophy
Barber shop business winner trophy
Barber shop business winner trophy

Posted 10 March 2024 Simon in Boroughbridge asked us if we could make a bespoke gearstick for a replica of a GT40 he is building , based on an original drawing of the gear knob he provided us with. We made one in walnut, to his plans and to his satisfaction.


Barber shop business winner trophy

Posted 10 March 2024 A trophy made to recognise the best Barber Shop in North Yorkshire, as part of England's Business Awards in 2023. Won by Sam (my barber) at the Barber Shop in Pickering. The design is based on a razor blade made from sapele, resting on an oak base, with pyrographed inscriptions.

We can make bespoke trophies for almost any occasion, and are happy to deveop ideas with customers. Have a look at some other trophies we have made.


Burr oak skeleton clock

Posted 27 February 2024 A burr oak quartz skeleton clock requested by Pam in Guisborough, to be presented to a member of New Marske Harriers in recognition of long service. A nice slice of burr is always a good candidate for a clock such as this .


Quercus robur

Posted 18 February 2024 Yet more tree pictures have been added to the tree gallery - photos of trees at RHS Harlow Carr, taken over three years on a number of trips. There are 8 pages altogether (until the next visit) with almost 200 photos. The tree list has also been updated, with 385 different species and cutivars included so far. Also some from Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham.

It is enjoyable processing all the photos taken on different trips, giving the opportunity to reflect on the same trees in changing seasons, and new ones found on each of our visits.


Cake stand

Posted 14 February 2024 A cake stand made for Linda in Rosedale. This followed a number of email communications about the possibility of making a cake stand to fit a cloche. In the end she delivered the cloche to us, and we made the base to fit - much easier than the other way round! The base is made from oak, and is 11 inches wide.


Cross country

Posted 13 February 2024 Richard requested a cup for a cross country race at Dulwich Cranbrook School, Kent, The square base is spalted sycamore, the cup is oak. It is pyrographed with running figures and an inscription. There is space around the outside of the plinth to add plaques for annual winners' names.


Reading trophy

Posted 24 January 2024 A reading trophy in memory of a former pupil at the Thomasson Memorial School in Bolton, who died in an accident. The quote is from ‘How to catch a star’ by Oliver Jeffers: He dreamed how this star might be his friend. They would play hide and go seek and take long walks together. A fairly large lectern trophy on an oak plinth, with mahogany lectern and beech book.



handmade wooden bowls

Posted 7 February 2024 Three bowls made following a request from the Forestry Commission - they will probably choose one of the three, the others will be available for sale. The first is an oak "pot bowl", about 4 inches tall and 6 inches wide. The second is an oak bowl about 8 inches in diameter. The third is ash, turned unusually with the grain running vertical rather than horizontal ("end grain"). It has some bark inclusions, ripples and a void in it.


Children's stool
Children's stool Noah's ark

Posted 13 February 2024 Karen requested a stool for her grandson Barnaby George's christening. She specified 11 inch legs, and a Noah's Ark picture on the seat. This was done using pyrography to produce the drawing by hand. Have a look at more children's stools, and pyrography examples.


Limber pine cone

Posted 24 January 2024 More tree pictures have been added to the tree gallery - photos of trees at the Yorkshire Arboretum, taken over five years on a number of trips. There are 7 pages altogether (until the next visit) with over 150 photos. The tree list has also been updated, with 340 different species included so far.


Hand made wooden design technology trophy

Posted 18 January 2024 Mark at Huntington School in York requested a commemorative trophy to remember a colleague who passed away last year. It has a design technology theme, based on a spalted beech square with a walnut chisel, oak & teak mallet, sapele & ash saw with a little yew log and sapele & oak tri square. This will be kept in school with annual plaques added around the base each year. In addition a smaller chisel trophy was made to be kept by the winner of the award in 2024.

Have a look at more school trophies and awards, and technology trophies in particular.


Hand made wooden rugby ball urn
Hand made wooden rugby ball urn

Posted 18 January 2024 An unusual request from Gerry in Reading, for a full sized hollow rugby ball. This will one day be used to hold his ashes, hopefully a day in the distant future. The ball is turned from a large rhododendron trunk, and pyrographed in the style of a Gilbert rugby ball. The base, shaped as a kicking tee, is in oak.


Hand made wooden Indian club

Posted 18 January 2023 A request for a large "Indian Club " from Luke in Seamer, near Scarborough. Designed for exercising the arm and wrist muscles using swinging routines, this is a heavy piece, weighing almost 4 kilograms, with a cylindrical body 13 inches tall and 5 inches diameter, topped with an 8 inch long handle, all dimensions specified by Luke, as was the request for it to be from a single piece of timber. I can imagine it is quite a sight to see it being twirled and swung, with no mean feat of strength involved. It is made from jarrah, an Australian wood I happened to have available. Jarrah is a very dense wood, with beautiful deep reddish brown grain, which amazingly used to be imported for railway sleepers.


Hand made wooden trophies

Posted 8 January 2024 A set of subject tropies made for Malton School's annual celebration evening. Each trophy is presented to an individual recognising achievement or effort across all the subjects in the school, and is theirs to keep.

Photos of individual trophies are available, and there are photos of trophies from similar evenings every year from 2014.


Hand made wooden ornaments Christmas sale

Posted 14 December 2023 We have a few small items left from our Christmas sales. Still a little time left before last posting dates - Royal Mail 2nd class is Monday 18 December, 1st class is Wednesday 20 December. Or they can be picked up from Thornton le Dale if you are local. Father Christmas £15. Angels £12. Trees £8 - £10. Mice £8. Snowmen £8. Snowchildren £7. Hanging icicles £4. Larger photos below. Email if interested.


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About Oldfern Woodturners

We provide bespoke handmade wooden trophies and items using woodturning and pyrography to create pieces based on customers' requests.

We are a small operation - just two of us, Dan and Steve Fearnley - aiming for quality rather than quantity.

This website

This website was revised in 2022, to create a responsive website better suited to mobiles and tablets, whilst preserving the viewing advantages of full screen on laptops and workstations. Revisions of older pages are ongoing.
The original website was created from 2012 to 2021, and some archive pages have been left available for reference.

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Pyrography sampler

Our work

We also turn bowls, boxes (in woodturning terms any container with a lid), clocks, goblets and vases, items for the kitchen and for textile crafts, and small pieces of furniture or pieces for furniture. Also a variety of ornamental pieces. Although most of our work is to commission, we do like to experiment with forms and realise ideas, so when time permits we do try to add to our stock of ready made new or popular items.

House Cup

Two woodturners

Steve Fearnley has been woodturning for some years now, since 2008. He works from his workshop at home in the village of Thornton le Dale, North Yorkshire.

His son, Dan, joined him woodturning in 2018, working from his workshop on a farm near Castle Howard. Together they produce a variety of items ranging from household goods and ornaments to clocks, trophies and artistic pieces. An article about Steve appeared in Woodturning Magazine.

The majority of pieces are produced on commission: working with customers usually via email to realise a design.


Contact information

Email and phone

Mailing Address

  • Steve Fearnley
  • Garth End Cottage
  • Roxby Road
  • Thornton le Dale
  • North Yorkshire
  • YO18 7SX
  • (United Kingdom)
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Sample cricket trophy

Contacting us

The easiest way to contact us with regard to anything on this website is by e-mail, to info@oldfern.co.uk, with an indication of your area of interest in the subject.

Payment Methods

You can of course pay by cash - the easiest method if you are local or we deliver the items you request.

You can pay by bank transfer if you prefer - just e-mail us and we will send you details.

The same applies to payment by cheque, or by credit card. We will put all payment details on an invoice and email these to you.