The first meeting of 2022 saw members gather at the hall to watch a demonstration in colouring by Darren Breeze, transmitted from his Lowestoft workshop via Zoom. Unfortunately we didn't capture a screenshot of the finished bowl but it can be seen in the January newsletter. There were 15 entries in the monthly competition, the standard once again very high.
DDWC
January 2022 Meeting
Darren Breeze cleans up the top surface of a bowl.
Surface sprayed with four different colours
Masking tape strips applied before . . . . .
. . . . spraying with ebonising paint.
Tape strips are removed. Finished item can be seen in newletter.
Another colouring project completed on the day.
First place in Members' Open Competition went to David Waldron for his marquetry picture.
Second equal to Carole Snell and . . . . . .
. . . . Colin Fishwick who used Beech for his project.
Third spot went to Richard Latos who also used Beech.
Also entered: Greg Holmes work in Oak . . . .
. . . . Bronagh Cassidy, again Oak was the wood of choice . . .
. . . Philip Jones' spactacles holder using plywood . . .
. . . Dan Beard's bowl in Beech.
First place in the Masters' Class went to Dick Potter for his earring stand in Mahogany and Yew.
Second place taken by Graham Legg's tea light hollowform in Yew.
Hot on his heels was Peter Rutter's dish in Yew.
Also entered . . . dish in Elm from David Reynolds . . .
. . . . carving in Lime by Peter Branson . . .
. . . . bowl using Elm from Graham Jerram . . .
. . . . .London Plane was John Williams' choice of wood for his box.