Programme of Events for 2014
All Demonstrations take place in the Grain Loft, from 7pm until around 10pm, doors open from 6pm.
Write-ups of the demo evenings can be found in Club Night Reports.
All Hands-on sessions take place in the Grain Loft, from 6pm until 9’ish.
All day events are highlighted thus.
Date | Event | Presenter | Comments |
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9 January | Demonstration | Club Members | A group of club members will be giving demonstrations during the evening. |
23 January | Hands-on | ||
13 February | Demonstration plus Elston Sawmill |
Peter Wood Pole Lathe turner |
Peter is a pole lathe turner, based in Leicestershire. He came along last year and gave us a talk about the history of the lathe as well as demonstrating how to make a chair leg, chair spindle, baby’s rattle and garden dibber on his pole lathe. It proved to be a very interesting evening that was thoroughly appreciated by all who attended. |
27 February | Hands on | ||
13 March | Club AGM | Annual General Meeting - 7:00 pm start - discussion about
the Club's activities over the past year and selection of
our charity to sponsor for the next 12 months. There will also be a "Bring & Buy" sale during the evening. So all those bits and pieces you've been meaning to sell - bring them along and someone will be grateful. |
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27 March | Hands on | ||
10 April | Demonstration plus Elston Sawmill |
David Lowe |
David lives and works in Scarborough, where he has a gift shop selling his work and a workshop where he holds courses in woodturning. He has a passion for working with wood and looking at ways to show its natural beauty using traditional techniques combined with modern ideas such as airbrushing, texturing, piercing etc. He gets his inspiration from the abundance of natural beauty that surrounds him in Scarborough and after seeing a demonstration by Joey Richardson he realised that his only limitation was his imagination. |
24 April | Hands on | ||
8 May | Demonstration | Dave Atkinson |
Dave “Atco” Atkinson lives in Macclesfield and lives and
breathes woodturning, having taken it up in 2000. He is
treasurer of the AWGB and a trustee of the AWGB Charity. His
aim when he demonstrates is to show something that can be
done by any member using “standard” tools. This is a
first visit for Atco and we look forward to welcoming him to
the club. |
Saturday 17 May |
Full Day Demo plus Elston Sawmill |
Mark Baker Turner and editor of Woodturning Magazine |
Mark is well known to many of our members, not only as the editor of Woodturning Magazine, but also for the master classes he regularly gives at woodturning events up and down the country. Mark loves working with shapes, exploring form and seeing what can be done with them. The classical and ancient forms feature heavily in his work but he always tries to develop and tweak things further. He is very conscious of the woods selected, going a long way to find specific woods and cuts to maximise both the form and the look. At times he uses colour and texture to enhance his work and is always trying new things. It’s more than two years since he gave us his demonstration on ‘exploring supported forms’ so it will be good to welcome him back and see what he has to offer for a full day demonstration. Where:- Wood Lane Countryside Centre -
our usual venue |
22 May | Hands on | ||
12 June | Demonstration plus Elston Sawmill |
Peter Berry Woodcarver |
This demo has had to be cancelled due to Peter having an accident. The evening will still go ahead with someone else stepping in at the last minute. Peter is one of
the best known woodcarvers in the |
26 June | Hands on | ||
10 July | Demonstration | Ian Clarkson |
Ian who is a Tree Surgeon by trade, is
an old favourite of Sheffield Woodturning Club. He works
from his home studio in picturesque |
24 July | Hands on | ||
14 August | Demonstration plus Elston Sawmill |
Andrew Hall |
Andrew Hall, an old favourite of the
club, is returning to give another of his very interesting
demonstrations. He is most famous for making wooden hats,
which he demonstrated to us in 2008 and again last year. |
28 August | Hands on | ||
11 September | Demonstration | Philip Greenwood | Another first time visitor to our club, woodturning has
been Philip’s way of life since 1986 and is a frequent
demonstrator at clubs and shows in the North. He
is a contributor to Woodturning magazine and since 2008 he
has been a regular demonstrator at Harrogate. Philip
is going to turn wet, natural edge items. http://www.greenwoodcrafts.co.uk/ |
25 September | Hands on | ||
9 October | Hands on plus Elston Sawmill |
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23 October | Demonstration | Richard Findlay |
Richard will be known by many of our members as a regular contributor to Woodturning Magazine. He qualified as a joiner after leaving school in 1996 and it was whilst working for his father that he discovered woodturning. He began by turning components for small pieces of furniture and he set up his company, ‘The Turner’s Workshop’, in 2006. His work ranges from small gift items, through bowls and turning for furniture, to large architectural items. http://turnersworkshop.co.uk |
13 November | Demonstration | Mick Hanbury |
Mick is well known by many of our members, not just as a regular visitor to the club, but also as a woodturning teacher. He has a large repertoire of work and is never afraid to experiment with new and innovative ideas. He always gets a large audience as his demonstrations are both lively and informative. www.mickhanbury.com |
27 November | Hands on | ||
11 December | Demonstration plus Elston Sawmill |
Tony Wilson |
Tony is well known to many club members for his ready wit and excellent demonstrations, which will often teach you new or better techniques for turning everyday items. This will be his 4th visit to our club, and is sure to be an enjoyable evening. |
18 December | Xmas Party Time |