Berkshire Woodturners AssociationThe 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
For the June demo, in conjunction with Kennet Valley Woodturners, we watched Jeff Hornung from across the Pond.
The competition theme was “Something Square”
Our judges were the BWA Committee
Our demonstrators were Stewart Furini and Malcolm Cleaver.
The Competition Theme was ‘Something Light’
Because of Covid-19 lockdown the May competition was judged in July 2020.
April’s demo was, fortuitously, already booked from last year and was the Club’s first experience of Zoom. Cindy Drozda not only gave us an impeccable demonstration from her workshop in Boulder, Colorado, of how to turn a delicate finial, but … Read more...
We had a Drop-in session on March 4th, when Ron Caddy came to show us pen turning.
The March Club Night is normally an open evening, with all the lathes out and a general hands-on session, but it had to … Read more...
