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Report of the meeting . 20th August 2026

We welcomed a number of new and budding members this evening. There were two events tonight. Pen making demonstrations and the Shield Competition.

The shield competition had entries from standardised pieces of oak given at a previous meeting.

Results : This was an incredibly close competition with all of the entries of the highest quality.

Novice: 1st: Lynn Holmes

Intermediate: 1st Barry Cumming 2nd Neil Farnham 2nd Sue Drew 4th Alan Smith 5th Marco Baglioni

Open: 1st Keith Hodgson 2nd John Ruickbie 3rd David Hobson

Novice Class
Intermediate Class
Open Class
All together now !

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Open Day report from 8th August 2026

It was a busy day ( apparently – as I wasn’t there !) with much fun. 8 people have signed up for a taster session, and they will hear about that soon.

The proud winner of the ” Guess the weight of the mushroom” and her dad. ( With permission)

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Report on Meeting 23rd July 2026

Sue Drew oversaw this ” show and tell ” meeting ( It isn’t just primary schools you know). This was well used by members to show us things they are proud of , and also for seeking advice about how to make things better. All work was viewed positively, and when asked, helpful feedback was provided. A theme amongst the novices, was about shape and form and what makes things aesthetically pleasing.

Sue rescued a piece of work by setting fire to it, and then stapling it.
Marco explained how he created this ” blood stained” bowl.
Geoff brought some boxes
Neil discussed shape and form for his candlestick thingy.
Nick was delighted to show us this bowl
Alan was delighted to show us this bowl
Alex explained the inspiration behind this piece
This explains how to glue up the pieces to make the vase ( so I am led to believe)
Marco explaining how to make a pair of Quaichs
Bob had some things to show, but nobody took any photographs . This is a photograph taken by Bob
Nick with a very fine thing showing form and technique
This was the whole of the evenings work.

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Report on Meeting. 9th July 2026

Julian Cox shared with us his many years and great craftsmanship on marking and cutting spirals. We were all in awe of the process and the patients clearly needed to cut spirals.

Choosing the right proportions based on the diameter of the piece
A great deal of time spent marking out the piece.
Using a flexible plastic piece to mark out the bases of each cut
This home made back saw, sets the depth of the grooves
Working with the grain to form the groove
Different colours mark the peaks and also the width of the grooves
A round file is handy to finish off the profile and smoothing of the grooves
making a coreless spiral
Drilling through
Using other tools such as a dremel to join the holes together to form the spiral.
The spiral is always the last thig to do to a piece of work.