Here’s what one of our newest members has to say about a training day with the GAW :
Thoroughly enjoyed the day and came home buzzing with enthusiasm. If the committee are in any doubt of the value of these training days, please don’t be. I, and I’m sure all that attend, increase their skills and are very grateful for the time the tutors give for free. Now, with the guidance I received, I have made my first box and learnt a lot.
Demonstrations @GAW
December : Falconry meets woodturning
For our Christmas event in December we will have a mixture of woodturning and falconry!
A couple of members will be dipping their toe into demonstrating with a short presentation of their work. In between those demos there will be a falconry display in the hall with several different birds. What could possibly go wrong 😉
There will also be an extended coffee and chat session and I’m sure I heard John promise to bring some festive treats to go wiuth the coffee…
November: Robert Till RPT
Christmas is fast approaching and we were treated to a couple of Christmas themed demos this month by Robert Till from Staffordshire. The first was a Whisky (or cocktail) smoker where a variety of wood shavings (and we should have a ready supply of those!) are slowly burnt in a small metal basket suspended over the galss that contains your tipple of choice, giving it a deep smoky flavour. I doubt it will turn Bells into Lagavulin, but it might improve it!
Second up was a Christmas latern where a plastic tea light is placed into a wooden latern an a number of different effects can be produced depending on the tea light being used. A relatively simple but highly effective object.