Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: polish

This is Adam's wonderful violin, immediately after he finished making it. It's been beautiful watching him sitting, every evening, in the workshop he made in the shed, and contemplating each piece of recycled wood, and how best to carve each one. The violin is constructed in a non-standard way based on his own understanding and theories, and is modelled on folk-style eastern European five-string violins. Sorry about the weird back-lit photo! Nothing to do with the celebratory champagne.

Check out the arc of feet! For a few years I've been a member of a great idea called Hospitality Club. It's a lesser-known version of CouchSurfing — and a little more amateurish, in a good way, in its feel. In essence it's about helping fellow travellers. You use the service if you have a room, couch or even floor to offer (or you want to have a place to stay in a strange town), and even if you just want to give a tour (or be shown) around town. I've met some very lovely people through HC. This pic is of Anja and Agnesja from Poland (and me, and another friend of theirs). They stayed with me just very briefly in Brighton while they looked for another place as a base while they told fortunes there. www.hospitalityclub.org