Welcome

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

  • May 19th – Nick Agar
    Nick Agar will Zoom in from Georgia, USA to the BWA and KVWT members on Wednesday May 19th, starting at 7pm. His website is https://nickagarstudios.com. The plan is to demonstrate a Bronzed Bowl including turning tips, explaining gouge presentation and shape, and discussing how to choose the right wood to use. Nick is famous for…
  • Wed 16 June 8pm – Andrew Daniels
    Another 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…