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. It looks like we won’t be back there for a few months yet.
In the meantime, we are doing everything online: the monthly competition via photos, and demonstrations and workshops over Zoom.
News
- 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 9 March – N. Tod Raines
N. Tod Raines, a USA based turner, will give a demonstration: Turning a Piston Box. This will be on the KVWT Club night, the second Tuesday in March. His website is https://ntrwoodturning.com/ - Wed 17 March – Resin Workshop
Since the March demo is shared with Kennet Valley on their Club night, our own Wednesday Club night will feature Stephen Evans and Linda O’Reilly leading a session on the joys and quirks of working with resin. - 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/.