Berkshire Woodturners AssociationApril’s Club night was an in-house Meet the Woodturner, and we saw a very interesting eclectic collection of workshops, and how turners use the space they have.
The competition theme was: ‘a hollow form with the inlet as narrow as … Read more...
March’s competition theme was: Turn a bowl, platter, or vase using a mix of material(s) e.g. HDPE, Resin, Soap Stone, Aluminium, Brass, Pewter, Horn, False Ivory, Corian and anything else you wish. Naturally, you may incorporate some wood but the … Read more...
The Club Night was an in-house demo on various aspects of Pen Turning.
The February competition theme was A Musical Instrument.
The January demo featured Sue Harker who showed us how she does segmented turning. Her website is https://www.sueharker.com, and she sells kits and jigs for holding the pieces in place for gluing.
Our January competition theme was ‘A Square … Read more...
The last Club Night of 2020 was our Christmas Social, on Zoom as usual this year.
The evening featured the Keith Sherwood Trophy competition. This annual competition is judged by all the members present, although this year photos were compiled … Read more...
On our November Club Night we did an in-house IRD presentation on sharpening systems.
The competition theme was “A Sum of the Parts”
The October Club night was our AGM, held over Zoom like all our meetings since March this year!
The competition theme was Something with Metal.
Chris Fisher – The Blind Woodturner demonstrated in a demo shared with Kennet Valley.
The competition theme was Something Holey.
Our demonstrator via IRD was John Aitken – The Bowler hatted Turner.
The competition theme was Something with Petals.
Our demonstrator was Emma Cook, ‘The Tiny Turner’.
The competition theme was ‘Something Bright’
Our judges were the BWA Committee
