A varied week again but this week we had quite a few member of the group absent to attend the second last club demonstration of Andrew Hall who, after many years, has decided to retire from professional demonstration work. We still managed a range of topics which included drinking a pint whilst doing a headstand ..... Read on for more:
Another very varied week, we had timber stashes being sorted through, ornithology, boat building, computer technology, alternative photographic techniques, cranes, gardening tools for sale and some of us even managed a little bit of woodturning. Whatever next !!! ..... Read on for more:
Another busy week with the improving weather and lengthening days allowing many of us to get back out to working on a wide variety of projects. We had demonstration preparations, standing around in the dark under cloths, archive turnings, lovely hollow forms, oval hollow forms, welcoming back an old friend from over the water and a whole lot more ..... Read on for more:
Really busy week this week with birthday celebrations, clockwork lenses, multi-centre turning, off-centre turning, an award for one of the group (well deserved), natural edge bowls, hollow forms, fitted furniture, platters with attitude, tools to restore and a whole lot more....exhausting just hearing about it all.....Read on for more:
Another busy week for all. We had hollow forms, natural edge bowls, multi centre turning, sea urchins, puzzles and some skiing rescue dogs...well almost. Read on for more:
Despite the weather (yes, I know the British obsession!!) some of us are still getting out and doing things in the workshop. We had at least one brave soul roughing out bowls in an unheated space. We also got a pupdate, further adventures in early photographic printing techniques, a look into one persons photographic archive and some travel updates from one lucky person who has actually seen the sun this month!! Read on for more:
Another packed evening this week. We all manner of work on show and plenty of ideas for future projects being discussed and of course we had a Pupdate for Jim...though the little pup is now not so little!! Read on for more:
Well, this week as a packed one! We had renovation work, Cyanotype printing, balls - Chinese, Cricket and just plain Large. We had bowls (segmented and natural edge), Urns, Hollow forms, a collection of Bert Marsh pieces on show and a whole lot more...all in all a varied evening. Read on for more:
Despite the somewhat cold temperatures it seems that some of us are continuing through the winter undeterred!! We had training aids, UV lights, plates, red Holly, plates and felled Yew plus a whole lot more this week. Read on for more:
The weather doesn't seem to be preventing folks from getting out into the workshop and in some cases into the great outdoors. We had turning, cars in pieces, filament driers and dog trackers plus a whole load of other stuff. Read on for more:
Well, first meeting of the year seemed to go well with lots of discussion and work on show...seems like Santa was kind to some of us and the workshop allowed some of us to escape the festive onslaught!! Read on for more:
Our meeting in between Christmas and Hogmanay (New Year) was well attended and it seems that quite a few of us made it out to the workshop to escape the celebrations. We had bowls, hollow forms, table lamps, racing cars and Santa's deliveries!! Read on for more: