Berkshire Woodturners AssociationOn 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 translates to 6am at his workshop. Check out his website at https://www.fromaseed.net/.
For our July club night we hope to be back at Priestwood and are planning to hold our annual wood auction. We'll keep you updated as we find out more about how the restrictions are going. An Ash tree cut down in Eversley
Our demonstrator for August will be Phil Rose of https://dragonsrose.studio/interactive-remote-demonstrations and he will be doing "Split Turning" – he will walk through the steps of creating one of his split turned pieces from basic wood through finishing and embellishment ideas. Typically, he embeds fused glass into the piece (he will show examples of fused glass),…
When you hear BWA members talk about 'Stonor', this is what they mean. We're regulars at this show in Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames on the August Bank Holiday weekend. See their website http://www.thecraftshows.co.uk/henley/ for more information about the show. Colin, Jason, Chris and Matt will be staying on site for the whole long weekend. If you…
Our Annual General Meeting occurs on the October Club night. The plan is to hold the meeting at Priestwood, but also to include a Zoom link out from the hall so that members can join the meeting remotely if they wish or need to. Details will be sent out to members by email.
Alan Stratton will be demonstrating through Zoom. Alan’s speciality is segmented turning. The meeting will be in the hall at Priestwood and over Zoom. The final competition of the year will be a blended one as in October. Details of the Zoom joining instructions will be sent out nearer the date.
Stewart Furini will be demonstrating through Zoom. Details of the Zoom link will be send out via email.
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Reports due Thursday 3rd Feb
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Demonstrator: Michael Gibson Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email. He will be doing two items for us this month:- A Teapot in the first half and a small Japanese/Chinese Bowl, with intricate carving/piercing in part two. Some elements of his demonstration will have been pre-recorded but there will be plenty…
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
This is for BWA Club members only Theme: ‘Natural edge bowls and platters’ Where: Malcolm’s workshop. Numbers: 4 lathes so 8 ‘students’ max Tutors: Myself, Colin Burge, Jason Taylor and Les Alexander We provide: Lathes & chucks. Access to Pro Edge, a grinding wheel with Sorby universal jigs and a small Tormek with jigs. Free…
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Demonstrator: Ben Dick Combined In Hall and Zoom demo - details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email. Demo will be a Tower spinning top with innovative colouring technique
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Reports due Thursday 7th April
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Demonstrator: Malcolm Cleaver Combined In Hall and Zoom demo – details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email. Demo will be a textured wall plaque.
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email.
Reports due Monday (morning) 3rd May
Details of the Zoom link will be sent out via email. Start and End times to be confirmed.