Past Events
December - Christmas Meeting
The December meeting was the usual 'Bring & Tell' followed by tea/coffee and mince pies etc.
November
Once again, our demonstrator could not attend (dependent family member admitted to hospital) and once again, Roger Busfield, who was going to be demonstrating in the afternoon, stepped in
October
For this month, we had a talk by Mr David Ellwood about rope making.
September
September saw a welcome visitor to the Club - Tony Wilson.Tony produced three items, a eucalyptus burr bowl (which he donated for the raffle), an eccentric, square bowl and an eccentric candle holder.
August
Alpaca Centre, Saturday, August 21st. We had glorious weather for this event...Report and photos from Alf Garner.
July
It seems 2004 is turning into a bad year for demos! Tony Bunce was in the programme to entertain us - unfortunately his car wasn't in on the idea and broke down. Thanks are due to Roger Busfield who, at very short notice, stepped into the gap to do a 10am - noon turning demo. with a Clock stand and a Box. Sorry no photos available.
June
The visit to Black Beck Wood and the charcoal burner having had to be cancelled and a replacement wood-turning demonstration also having been cancelled due to injury, June was looking very bleak! Lionel took it on himself to bring along his small lathe and demonstrate some different twists on turning fruit - an apple and a pear in yew.
May Revolutions 13
Our annual display at the Rayrigg Rooms at Bowness.
April
A demonstration by Jimmy Clewes
March
Demonstration by Margaret Garrard....Margaret's work is mainly involute, or "inside-out" turning.
February
Furniture Design & Development in Britain. 5/5 Gerald Cole. Gerald gave us a brief resume of the previous four lectures and the situation of solid but uninspired designs in furniture towards the end of the 19th century. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, not one British furniture maker won a Gold award. But new ideas were evolving through the Arts and Crafts movement - influencing architects and designer-craftsmen such as the Cotswold School. Charles Rennie Macintosh (1868 - 1928) created wonderful architecture with furniture and every design detail - influenced by Japanese contacts and his European travels. In 1908, the Daily Mail started its Ideal Home Exhibitions with annual awards for the best items - and the concept of whole room furnishing evolved - slowly - with the 1st World War's intervention. In the 1920s, Gordon Russell - designing in the Cotswold tradition - started to develop good design for industrial manufacturing methods, such as his mass-produced wireless cabinets.
January
This meeting was well attended and Harvey (Willets) gave us a demonstration during which he produced an earring tree, a clock stand and two wine bottle stoppers, all of which, he generously donated to the club for use as possible raffle prizes.