The Berkshire Woodturners Association is based in Bracknell and draws woodturners from East Berkshire and further afield.
In ‘normal’ times, we meet every third Wednesday of the month at Priestwood Community Centre, Bracknell RG42 1TU at 7pm.
The plan at the moment is to resume meetings at Priestwood from the July 21 meeting, and will probably hold our annual wood auction on that date. But as we’ve seen before, the situation can change on a daily basis.
In the meantime, we are doing everything online: the monthly competition via photos, and demonstrations and workshops over Zoom.
News
- BWA’s new card reader
In an effort to reduce the amount of cash handled at Club meetings, we now have a Card Reader which will enable us to take payment by credit or debit card. We can’t (and wouldn’t want to) take card details over the phone, but it will work as long as your card and it are… - 2020 Turner of the Year
Congratulations to Justyn Fowler, our 2020 Turner of the Year! Yes, I’m afraid the cocked hat awaited everyone else – he was way out in front. Huge thanks to everyone who submitted their photos for the monthly competition. It has been an interesting, evolving process, having a panel of judges awarding points from photos instead… - Keith Sherwood Trophy
The Keith Sherwood Trophy is awarded on the December Club night, the Christmas Special. As always, the winner was chosen by the members present on the night, albeit over Zoom. But the cocked hat appeared again, and congratulations to Harvey Grimwood, who won the trophy by an unassailable margin, and no wonder, for his ‘Edwardian…
Coming Events
- Tue 13 April – Tim Yoder
Tim Yoder, another turner from the US, will give a demo shared with KVWT on Tuesday 13 April. Check out his website at https://wtwtim.com/. If time allows the intention is to deliver four projects, these being a rolling pin, a basic bowl, a spinning top and a honey dipper. Each project allows him to focus on… - 21st April – Club NightBWA’s own ‘Meet the Woodturner’ For our April Club Night, Wednesday the 21st April, we are planning a series of short presentations by members, including a brief tour of their workshops and telling how they got into woodturning – and why! Time to tidy up and volunteer!
- May 19th – Nick AgarNick Agar will Zoom in from Georgia, USA to the BWA and KVWT members on Wednesday May 19th. His website is https://nickagarstudios.com.
- Wed 16 June 8pm – Andrew DanielsAnother demonstrator new to the BWA (thanks to the wonders of technology), on our June Club Night we have a demonstration by Andrew Daniels from Australia, who specialises in texturing techniques. The demo will start at 8pm, which is as early a start as he can manage, i.e. 6am his time! Check out his website…