Month: May 2022

The evening comprised of 2 turners doing a joint demonstration. The first part of the evening was done by Ian George who turned a birdbox with lid and finial. This involved some deep hollowing and showed many skills to achieve the final result.

                   

The second part of the evening was Gerald Hubbard who created one of his signature makes, a clock based on a wooden sphere. Making spheres is always considered a difficult skill but Gerald explained the technique and made it look achievable. Maybe this will inspire us to have a go.

                   

The evening started with the Annual General Meeting where Mick Denton explained what has happened with the club over the lockdowns and brought the members up to date with our current status and aspirations. This information will be summarised and issued on the Club Notices page in due course.

There was a quick break for tea and biscuits which is something that was not allowed during COVID 19 restrictions, so this was a really nice step back to some sort of normality.

The remainder of the evening was taken up by a small demonstration by Richard Coleman and then Mick Denton which rounded the evening off really well.

The monthly competition could almost have been themed as there were a number of plates and platters on the table. All very nice to see.

The yearly prize of woodturner of the year was announced. Third place went to Bob Green, second place was Roger Gilbert and first place went to Dave Simms.