Netsuke by Nick Pantelides
Netsuke, pronounced netskey, is part of a simple device for carrying things when the Japanese male costume had no pockets – the costume was popular from 1600s to 1900s. The […]
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Power Tool Demonstration
Wood carving with Chainsaws and other Power Tools. Talk and Demo by John Adamson and John Vaiders Report byJill Smith 22nd June 2023. John Adamson and John Vaiders gave us […]
Scandinavian Style Carving by Nick Pantelides
Nick gave us another excellent talk and showed some of his own work and some by the masters of the craft. He explained that what had originally been a folk […]
Pyrography by John Adamson
John Adamson shared his experience of Pyrography. In 2017 he was asked to carve a memorial plaque for the founder chairman of The Bunbury Watermill Trust. The requested image of […]
Therapeutic Benefits Of Wood Carving By Jenny Rudell
If you ever need an excuse / reason / argument for why you spend so much / too much time carving, here is the perfect scientific explanation. Therapeutic Benefits Of Wood […]
Finishing by Nick Pantelides
Nick prefaced his talk by saying that Finishing was a big subject and today he was just covering Finishing for Beginners. A full talk on the subject would take […]
Talk on Chip Carving
Gill Smith had expressed an interest in doing some chip carving and John Adamson had brought in some examples John Adamson gave us an impromptu talk on Chip Carving. […]
Visit by local Councillor Shahid Mohammed
The councillor came, seemed very impressed, and took photos of the club’s activities. The photos have been put on his official website along with this comment. :- I’d like […]
Choosing Chisels by Nick Pantelides
Nick talked about all the chisels that manufacturers hope to sell to carvers and the ones that members new to carving need to buy. He had a chart of […]
Move to the Ukrainian Club
The move to our new premises seems to have gone smoothly due to the hard work of the committee and Stuart Hood in particular. Thanks to all of you […]