As usual our club had a stand at Daventry Woodworks, the annual show that is put on by Tudor Rose Woodturners. The stand was put up on the Thursday night and a good assortment of turnings put out on Friday morning before the show opened: all expertly curated by Roger and his team.
Throughout the show, the stand was attended by club members, to answer any questions, also hoping to entice new members to join up. A lot of interest was shown in the wide variety of items on the stand, produced by many different members.
I’ve slipped in a picture of Gerald’s bowl of fruit here, simply because I loved it!
The display was refreshed with some different items for the second day of the show – it is simply not possible to lay everything out nicely in one go and it adds interest for those who come by on both days.
Once the show was underway, the various competitions also started at the allotted times with the good news rolling in as Roger was deservedly awarded 1st place in the baby’s rattle competition – and with time to spare.
This was followed by 2nd place for the display stand and 3rd place for Gerald’s tazza, noteable for the lovely crisp lines on a beautiful piece of wood.
At the end of the show, this all added up to 1st prize in the Overall Show Competition, a tremendous result and reward for all the hard work put in by the club’s turners and all those others who helped set everything up and provided items to put on the stand.
Our carousel was unfortunately not placed in the awards but it did receive a lot of compliments from attendees, especially for the way that it stood out for its visual impact.
Likewise, Viv’s square bowl (‘B’ in the picture) did not receive an award but was nevertheless attractive and well finished; I’d certainly be happy for it to sit on my sideboard at home!
No placing either, in Best of Show where the standard of entries was extremely high and the competition fierce!
Almost as important as the turning was an opportunity to meet so many like-minded folk and chat with old friends, many not seen since the last show. Did I mention the demonstrators and stalls selling lots of nice gizmos and timber, all contributing to a thoroughly enjoyable two days.
Thanks to everyone in the club who helped and contributed to our success at this show; it is so nice to end the day on a high!
Finally, a big thank you to Tudor Rose for putting on the show, always such a great occasion that brings turners together from all over the Midlands.