The start of another year and the demonstrator for the evening was Roger Gilbert. The evening was filled with 3 projects, two of which were intertwined with each other. Roger’s first offering was to make a circular picture frame from the section of a bowl blank that usually ends up as shavings. In this case he mounted the bowl blank as usual but instead of shaping the outside of the bowl he parted off a ring that could be rechucked to make the frame.
Roger then remounted the bowl and followed the usual processes for making a bowl. However, this one was a little different as it was a “boat bowl”. This is different from a standard bowl as the finished bowl is made by cutting the bowl in half then gluing it back together using the small flange on the top of the bowl. (Not that easy to explain, it was much easier to understand when you watch it being done.
The third project was a 2 part vase that included a glass tube that Roger won as part of the recent raffle.
The January competition was also run and the results were as follows
1st Mick Denton with a multi lidded box 
2nd Dave Simms with a Bertie Bassett Liquorice Alsort model
Joint 3rd was Bob Green with a bottle light and Colin Humphries with a Laburnum goblet.