Venue The Max Carey Woodturning Trust, The Mill, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6AA,
Lead Tutor Jay Heryet
Dates
2018 April 14th & 15th April 28th & 29th May 19th & 20th June 9th & 10th
News
Max Carey Woodturning Trust
The Mill, 35 High Street
Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6AA
Saturday 23rdth June 2018
Applications to
John Montgomery
AWGB Demonstrator Training & Tutor Assessment Coordinator
Email johnmontgomery@awgb.co.uk
Paul Howard Woodturning
29 Newbridge Road, Tiptree
Essex, CO5 0HS
Sunday 1st April 2018
Applications to
John Montgomery
AWGB Demonstrator Training & Tutor Assessment Coordinator
Email johnmontgomery@awgb.co.uk
The AWGB is funding a number of seminar scholarships for members who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend. The form can be completed on the website www.awgb.co.uk/seminar-scholarship-application
Applications must be submitted by June 1st.
2018 Seminar Club Collaboration Competition
At this year’s Seminar, the AWGB is introducing a Club Collaboration Competition involving a
minimum of five club members to produce a wooden tractor. First prize for the winning team will be £250, second prize will be £150 and third prize will be £100.
1. The Collaboration Competition is open to both Affiliated and Associated Clubs and judging will take place at the 2018 International Seminar, to be held at Yarnfield Training and Conference Centre from 5th to 7th October 2018.
2. Club teams should comprise of a minimum of 5 Club members and each club may submit one entry.
3. The theme for the competition is a Tractor and judging emphasis will be on as many working/moving parts as possible. Battery powered, moving components are NOT permitted.
4. The maximum dimensions are 40cms long x 30cms wide x 25cms high
5. The tractor must be made solely from wood, which may be any variety.
6. Preference in judging will be given to turning techniques as opposed to other disciplines such as carving or pyrography.
7. Clubs must submit a materials list with their entry, together with any supplementary plans or techniques that may assist the judges with their decision.
8. Judging is ‘blind’ and therefore any documentation should NOT contain information that will identify the club or individuals.
9. However, the AWGB competition co-ordinator WILL require a separate, full list of participants in the collaboration, together with photographs of the participants and of the entry, during production.
10. The judge’s decision is final.
Get those thinking caps on and teams organised! We are looking forward to seeing what can be produced.
An initiative taken on as part of the 30th anniversary was to complete the archive of our Revolutions newsletters. This provides a history of AWGB activities and some interesting articles along the way!
The archive is there for anyone to view revolutions-woodturners-newsletter-archive
QEST is an organisation at the forefront of supporting education and excellence in craft in the U.K.
They are striving to make a difference to the lives and careers of crafts people whilst maintaining the very highest standards in craftsmanship.
They fund talented people, whether at entry level in to the industry via their QEST Apprenticeship Scheme, or when they are trying to reach a level of excellence further in to their career, via their QEST Scholar awards.
Just to let you know that the next application period for scholarships and apprenticeships opens on Monday 8 January 2018 and closes 12 February 2018.
Applications can be made via their website www.qest.org.uk. All relevant information regarding the application process can also be found on the QESTwebsite.
Using only timber from Royal Greenwich Park 14 UK professional turners and Michael Maisey (the organiser) are making pieces for a charity exhibition and sale. The website for bidding is www.turningagainsttorture.com. An exhibition will be held at the Greenwich gallery, Peyton Place from October 30th – November 7th and, viewing followed by the full auction on Friday evening 7pm 17th November at Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich. all proceeds will go to Freedom from Torture.
The turners involved are:
- Simon Hope
- Stuart Mortimer
- Gary Rance
- Mark Baker
- Nick Agar
- Reg Hawthorne
- Ray Key
- Bob Chapman
- Jason Breach
- Tony Southey
- Melvyn Firminger
- Stuart King
- Dave Register
- Les Thorne
- David Reeks
- Michael Maisey
The Worshipful Company of Turners will be having a stall at the Red Cross Christmas Market at the Guildhall in London on the 27th and 28th of November. They are appealing for turners to donate items they can sell at the market. For more details and information on where to send your items, open the letter linked here – BritishRedCrossAppeal.pdf
We are pleased to announce that Derek Puplett has volunteered to take on the role of secretary. He has been co-opted as a volunteer.