Sussex Woodcraft Society Home Page
The Sussex Woodcraft Society was formed in 1985 for the
people of East and West Sussex who have an interest in any woodworking activity,
or derive pleasure from wood crafted objects.
President Wendy Quantrill, 01273 845977
Chairman Paul Reader, 01444 451979
Treasurer Mike Wallace, 01444 236501
Webmaster/Editor Frank Botterill, 01273
890598
SWS Meetings
Second Wednesday of the month at The Cyprus Hall, Cyprus
Road Burgess Hill (7.30pm start)
Our meetings over the years
2007
10th January
Display and critique of members' entries to the annual show
14th February Love
Spoons - members' display and discussion
14th March
Landscape Relief Carving by Mr Bradford
11th April
Annual General Meeting . Recycling wood by Mr Mehmed
9th May
Editor of Woodturning Magazine - Colin Simpson
13th June History of Shoreham Airport by Mr Dunstall
12th September Wey and Arun Canal
Trust
21/22/23 September WoodFair
2007
(Fri/Sat/Sun)
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum, Halland, East
Sussex.
10th October Tatton Oak
by Rosalie Sinclair-Smith
14th November Myths and Legends
of trees (Jonathon Huet)
24th November Annual Exhibition
Competition, sale of members work
The Martlets Burgess Hill
12th December Musical
Instruments by Dave Homewood (Society Social)
2008
9th January
Own Exhibition
13th February
Archaeology of Sussex by Geoff Mead
12th March
A model spitfire by Fred Baker
9th April
Airbourne Balloon Flights Hot air
Ballooning - Steve Richards
19th April St. George's Day Exhibition The Martlets Burgess Hill, sale of work
Theme - George and dragon.
14th May
Woodcarving by Richard Keal
18th June
Magnus Volk and his Railway by Ian
Gledhill
21/22nd June
Summer Show at Wakehurst Place
10th September
Demonstration in turning by Tom Pockley
12/13/14th September WoodFair 2008 Bentley
Wildfowl and Motor Museum Halland,
East Sussex
8th October
Southdowns Volunteer Ranger Service by Ian
Hartle
12th October
Shoreham Airport Tour. Arrive well before scheduled start time of
2.00pm
(non-SWS members welcome)
12th November
Tool Auction
29th. November
Annual Exhibition Competition, sale of members work
The Martlets Burgess Hill 10am to 4.30pm
Annual competition Plant Stand
10th December
Barrel organs by Norman Dicker (Society Social)
2009
14th January
Own exhibition
11th February
Sussex Coast: Chichester to Rye by Geoff Mead
11th March
1001 things to do with bamboo by Jeanette and John
Simpson
8th April
AGM - speakers Eric Johnson, Bob Jubb, Graham Quantrill and Mike Wallace
12/13th
April
Easter Show at Ashdown Forest Llama Centre. This replaced the traditional
Wakehurst Place venue.
13th May
John Plater, wood turner, presentation and talk
17th June
Derek Fulford, antique clocks/watches
(if members bring along a clock or
watch he will do an antiques road-show simile)
9th September
John Manley, Sussex Past, (Sussex Archaeological Society)
14th October
Wayne Jones, Bush craft
11th November
John Hoare, Pilgrim Harps
28th November
Annual Exhibition, Competition Sale of Members' Work
9th December
Paul Reader, slide show
2010
13th January
Own Exhibition critique (CANCELLED)
10th February Ian Gledhill, Art
and Illusion
10th March Fred Maillardet,
Oldland Mill
21st April
AGM and SWS 25th Anniversary celebration
24th April
St. George's Day Exhibition, The Martlets Hall, Burgess
Hill
12th May
Ryan Kearley, boat builder
16th June Charlie
Cain of Saddlescombe Farm
8th September
David Watson, Chainsaw carving
17/18/19th
September WoodFair Bentley Wildfowl and Motor
Museum
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
Halland, East Sussex
13th October
Frank Fox-Wilson Woodcarving
10th November
Tristan Bareham, Re-constructed buildings (as seen at Bentley)
THIS TALK replaced at short notice by Ted Burst on the subject of FAIRGROUNDS
27th November SWS Annual Show,
The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
(Saturday)
(25th Anniversary of Sussex Woodcraft Society)
8th December
Sarah Oldridge, through the seasons at Kew and Wakehurst
(includes our
social evening)
2011
12th January
Exhibition reprise
9th February
Janine Creaye, sculpture form/wood and stone carving
9th March
Sean Hellman, fan birds
13th April
James Pumfrey,
From Green
Logs to Bowls Using the Pole Lathe
(and
drinking beer the tudor way).
11th May
AGM - Speaker
Brian
Waghorne talking about Printing, Offset and Litho
28th/29th/30th May
Summer Sale of work at Wakehurst Place
15th June
Chris Grace, a member of the West Sussex Woodturners talking about
his work.
July/August
No meetings
14th September
Joanna Wilkins, The Lost Village of Tide Mills
12th October
Martin Sullivan - Wheelwright
(he
is also a sash window specialist
if
members have any questions).
9th November
Irma
Westerdijk - Working with Paverpol - will be of great interest to members
who wish to have a waterproof insert in their work, as well as the making of
other items.
3rd December
SWS Annual Show,
Henfield village hall. Subject for annual competition - a door knocker
14th December
Society
Social PLUS Joy Lewis &
Derrick Hughes - folk music; traditional music of Britain and Ireland played on unusual
instruments.
2012
11th January
Reprise
of members' work at winter exhibition
8th
February
Joanna Wilkins Bygones in your Attic
14th March
TBA
11th April (At
the Royal British Legion Hall)
Ian Barnett - a greenwood worker.
Woodworking tools and green woodworking
(Members to bring any old tools they want identified, or any not needed to be
donated to Amberley Chalkpits Museum).
9th May
Annual General meeting+
Mervyn Mewis to
come and give a talk/powerpoint
presentation and
play some music to demonstrate the use of traditional and contemporary wood
skills, emphases on local woodlands, sympathetic management, and home-grown
timbermaking and playing musical instruments
13th June
TBA
Subscriptions (Due January 2012)
(THESE ARE INCREASES AFTER MANY STATIC YEARS!)
Adult Membership
£18
Family Membership (Member + 1)
£23
Last updated 8th January 2012 (Please advise any bad
links - Thanks)
Visitors since 6th May 2011
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September 2009
September 2009 PDF version
January
2010 PDF version
May 2010 PDF version
September
2010 PDF version
January 2011
PDF version
May 2011 PDF
version
September 2011 PDF version
January 2012 PDF
version
Links to other web sites
GreenWise (Accoya wood could revolutionise use of MDF)
See a
remarkable Woodman (be patient, it is a large PDF file)
Competition winning
Woodcarver (The web site of Peter Paces)
Kiama Woodcraft Group
Inc.
Solent Guild of Woodcarvers and Sculptors
Love Spoons (The web
site of Adam King)
Carvability
(The web site of Nathalie Bradley)
Fairground Wagons (The web
site of Ted Burst)
The Chatterley
Carvers groups Horam (Instructor Greta Chaterley)
Woodturning (The web site
of Allan Fielding)
Art in
Burgess Hill (The web site for Mike and Sarah Wallace, Bob and Pauline Turner)
The Royal Forestry
Society
Timberline, Unit 7, Munday Industrial Estate, 58-66 Morley Road,
Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RP (The
web site for this supplier is a mine of information. Some links are under
development but there is much to see on line if unable to visit
Tonbridge)
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