The evening’s entertainment was provided by Ian Ethell a professional turner who explained that he was going to show us an off centre project based on 9 different positions. The project was a honey dipper but nothing like the standard straight work that is usual.
Ian explained the set up for the offsets and demonstrated each with enough detail to let us understand the process. It was interesting to watch, with each change in position, how the shapes evolved.
Once completed Ian then made a little stand with a small bowl section to collect the drips of honey, which set the project off really well.
Overall this was an excellent demonstration and should provide us all with some inspiration and knowledge to create our own off centre work.
The evening also updated us on the woodworks show in which Gerald Hubbard created a matching pair of candlesticks as part of the 2 day competition. The candlesticks took second place so congratulations to Gerald.
