Thursday 26 June 2014

Club demonstrations

I was very pleased to be invited to demonstrate as part of Woodbury Woodturners Club "Yandles" style demonstration night last week. I demonstrated adding various types of colouring and texturing to the rims of bowls. Other demonstrations included pen making and turning a basic bowl. I really enjoyed the evening showing the techniques I use and also meeting new turners! Club member Keith West took these photos and has kindly allowed me to use them in my blog.







On Tuesday I demonstrated at one of my clubs, Martock and District Woodturners, along with two other turners. Dave Appleby gave an excellent talk and demonstration on how to prepare a blank for turning from freshly cut logs and how to rough turn a bowl ready for drying. Myself and Colin Lawes showed a range of techniques we use to try and achieve a quality finish on our turnings. Between us we included the finish cut with the gouge on the inside of a bowl, sheer scraping, sanding and buffing. It is definitely more nerve-racking demonstrating formally in front of the whole club rather than a small group! However, overall I think it was well received!

4 comments:

George Foweraker said...

Well done Liz it is good to see you are demonstrating and sharing your knowledge.It is a pity more turners don't demonstrate in their own clubs it boosts your confidence and saves the club money

Liz said...

Thanks George. It is a bit nerve-racking though, I'm used to standing up in front of people but it is still daunting! Hopefully it will get easier with practise. I really enjoy the small group demos.

Bernie Steadman said...

Looks great!

Liz said...

Thanks!