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:
Right then, last one before the big day. Seems like there's lots of work still going on in the workshops. We had some AI generated images, we got a look at some Christmas decorations making their annual reappearance, some prototype puzzles, an early gift unwrapping, a conical bowl, workholding innovations and a preview of some collaborative woodturning and rush weaving. Read on for more:
Well, the season finale is almost upon us and there is a lot going on. We got a very interesting presentation from Allan Joicey this week on turning cubes "on the bias" with Allan showing us he he handles this task and how his methods have evolved. We had a bunch of other thing being made, a santa claus chandelier amongst them and some talk of competition rigging...surely not!! Read on for more:
Another week with all kinds of things going on in workshops. We had visits to castles, high tech tracings, lots of Christmas crafts (keeping Jim happy), boxes in the shape of pears, flowers from the greenhouse and a rather spectacular piece of hybrid CNC/turning which caused a lot of interest. Read on for more:
A pupdate arrived this week so Jim was happy (well, relatively). We could also see more Christmas production coming through and a rather novel Santa decoration which seemed very popular. We had a cremation urn that almost didn't make it on time, a sander found in the nick of time, some new year preparation work and a really rather nice bowl or two. Read on for more:
No Pupdate this week but lots more going on. We had replacement fans, trips to the beach, dog sculptures, hobbit houses, christmas tree baubles, bowls, spinning tops and some really colourful Christmas Cacti. Read on for more:
Jim was in pupdate heaven this week, not one but two pupdate videos plus some photos of Roman's grand day out !! We also managed to fit in some turning, CNC work, helpful jigs and broken cooling fans....busy week! Read on for more:
Well, this week Jim was unhappy...no pupdate. He was also unhappy as we are now in full Christmas production season and the use of the word Christmas is now widespread. However we did have wall lamps, bowls, vases and a discussion on inertia sanders to keep him happy.... Read on for more: