Our demonstrator for this month was Chris Fisher - The Blind Woodturner - who amazed us all by his skill on the lathe. For the first time the meeting was sent out from the hall via Zoom for anyone who wished to view the demo but couldn't attend.
DDWC
November 2021 Meeting
Chris Fisher AKA The Blind Woodturner
Chris completes the shaping of the bowl base.
Commencing texturing the four quadrants of the base.
Starting to apply some base colour.
The finished item after adding copper and green colour.
First place in Masters' competition taken by Geoff Dalton for his hollowform in Spalted Beech.
Second place to David Reynolds who used Spalted Sycamore
Third place taken by John Williams with his jewellery box.
Also entered . . . Xmas decorations for the grandkids by James Sharpe
Natural edge bowl in Laburnum by Peter Fantham.
Peter Rutter used Padauk for his dish.
Beech and resin was chosen by Derek Puplett for this project.
Graham Legg used some 300 year old Olive Ash for his bowl and Oak and Spalted Beech for the contents.
In First place on the Members' table was Terry Cambridge's latest marquetry offering which is finished at last! Measures just over 4 inches square and took him in excess of 150 hours to complete!
Second spot went to Colin Fishwick's Walnut bowl.
New member Gary Wye secured Third place with his pen and stand.
Also entered . . . . . . . .Carole Snell's grotesque carving in Sycamore . . .
. . . .Peter Branson's carving in Lime . . . .
. . . . . a vase in Oak from Graham Jerram . . . .
. . . . pyrographed picture from Liz King . . . .
. . . a miniature captive ring goblet in fruitwood from David Waldron (handy for a Christmas sherry!!!)