| Date |
Event |
Details |
| Saturday, December 4th, 2010 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | NOTE: The December monthly meeting for GBWG will be held on the 1st Saturday of the month, December 4th.
In preparation for the festive season, Carl Durance will demonstrate various Christmas ornaments. Time permitting, and in a fast-paced demonstration, he will turn a snowman icicle, standing snowman, inside-out ornament, Christmas bell, and hollow ornament with finial. |
| Saturday, January 15th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Seri Robinson, a postdoctoral from the University of Toronto, will give a presentation on induced spalting and colouring in wood. Her presentation is interesting, educational, and definitely applicable wood turners, as she is a wood turner as well. Seri shares her vast expertise gained as head of a research lab at the university. Learn how to use a variety of nature's fungi, which are readily available, to add subtle colours or spalting to wood in a semi-controlled manner |
| Friday, January 28th-30th, 2011 | 16th Annual Hamilton Wood Show | Friday 11AM-5PM; Saturday 10AM-5PM; Sunday 10AM-5PM
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton |
| Saturday, February 19th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting CANCELLED!! | Due to severe weather and road condition, the February meeting has been cancelled!! |
| Monday, February 21st, 2011 | Family Heritage Day at Bruce County Museum | Join the festivities at the Bruce County Museum, in celebration of Family Heritage Day, between the hours of 10AM through 4PM. Admission is free! For details, please contact the museum directly.
GBWG will participate in this Family Heritage Day event. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show!! |
| Friday, March 11th-13th, 2011 | 23rd Annual KW Wood Show | Friday 12noon-6PM; Saturday 10AM-6PM; Sunday 10AM-5PM
Bingemans Park, Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Saturday, March 19th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Sharpen those tools! Peggy Wharrick will demostrate her techniques for sharpening lathe tools. This is your chance to learn her secrets to keeping all of your tools razor sharp and ready to turn. |
| Saturday, April 16th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Dirk Hoogendoorn will demonstrate how to turn a bowl from a single square of board. Get the most out of your wood with the interesting technique. You will be surprised at what is possible. |
| Saturday, May 21st, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Ron Stewart will demonstrate his technique for turning a platter. Ron makes extensive use of scrapers in his work. You will see the versatility of the scraper in action. |
| Saturday, June 18th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Peter Fabricius will demonstrate the art of segmented turning. With a mix of wood types used as building blocks, some amazing turnings can result. Segmented wood turning is a great way to use up all of those odds and ends around the shop. |
| Sunday, June 19th, 2011 | Bullet Pen Demostration @ GBWG | Dave Bell will present an all-day bullet pen turning demonstration at the Grey Bruce Woodturners Guild in Kincardine from 9:00AM to 3:00PM. Member fee is $20, non-member fee is $30. Fee includes a lunch and some necessary items to make your own bullet pen. More information will be provided when available. |
| Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 | Wood Turning Demonstration at Owen Sound "23rd Annual Hottest Yard Sale Under The Sun 2011" | 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Members of the GBWG will participate in the Owen Sound "23rd Annual Hottest Yard Sale Under The Sun", providing demonstrations of their wood turning talents. Witness a variety of wood turning techniques in this educational event and enjoy the display of finished turned pieces.
The GBWG booth will be located in front of Fulford Hardware store. |
| Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Saturday, July 16th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Dave Bell will demonstrate casting for Acrylic (PR) and Alumilite. The content of the demo will cover the differences between the two methods, the molds, the use of vacuum versus pressure. There will be a casting demonstration with pen blanks and other items. There will be a presentation on the different types of casting uses for items other than pens, which will include bowls and other items that can be turned on the lathe. |
| Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Friday, August 5th-6th, 2011 | 8th Annual Welbeck Wood Expo | Friday and Saturday 8AM - 5PM
Welbeck Sawmill, Durham
Visit the GBWG booth to see woodturning in action, and lots of amazing turnings!
Featured Seminar by Carl Durance
Segmented Wood Turning
Part 1 : Friday, 11:45AM-1:30PM
Preparing a segmented wood turning. Yes, there's mathematics, only simple stuff!! Topics include design (with feature rings), jigs, cutting segments, sanding joints, gluing segments into rings, and more.
Part 2 : Friday, 1:30PM-3:15PM
Turning a segmented piece. Topics include mounting, adding rings, turning, finishing, even more.
Featured Seminar by Carl Durance
Wood Turning - Bowl From A Board
Saturday, 10:00AM-11:45AM
Transform a square of wood into an amazing bowl/vase, with no mathematics! Topics include layout, laminated squares, cutting rings, initial mounting, adding rings, turning, finishing, much more. |
| Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Monday, August 15th-19th, 2011 | SAS/GBWG Wood Turning Course: Wood Turning for Kids | Monday through Friday 9AM - 12PM (Noon)
An introductory hands-on wood turning course for kids at the Southampton Art School instructed by members of the GBWG.
Please contact the art school directly or the art school web site, after February 1, 2011, for further details and course registration. |
| Monday, August 15th-19th, 2011 | SAS/GBWG Wood Turning Course: Wood Turning - Beauty in the Round | Monday through Friday 1PM - 4PM
An introductory hands-on wood turning course for adults at the Southampton Art School instructed by members of the GBWG.
Please contact the art school directly or the art school web site, after February 1, 2011, for further details and course registration. |
| Saturday, August 20th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Wayne Brown will present and/or demonstrate a series of topics taking a piece of green (wet) wood from the tree to a bowl, including chain sawing blanks, mounting techniques for turning, turning green wood, coring multiple blanks from a single block, sealing, and drying techniques, while stressing the importance of safe working practices. Watch the transformation of a freshly-cut willow tree block through the various steps into a set of bowl blanks. |
| Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 | GBWG demonstration at Bruce County Museum | Tuesdays through the summer from 11:00am to 2:00 pm
Each Tuesday, GBWG will demonstrate the art of wood turning at the Bruce County Museum. Members will display their finished turnings and provide on-going wood turning demonstrations throughout the day. Drop by and enjoy the show, and learn all about the art of wood turning!! |
| Saturday, September 17th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting DATE CHANGE!! | Due to a date conflict with the Wild for the Arts festival at MacGregor Park, as which GBWG members will be demonstrating, the September monthly meeting has been re-scheduled from its normal 3rd Saturday of the month to the 4th Saturday, September 24th. |
| Saturday, September 17th-18th, 2011 | Annual Wild for the Arts Festival | Saturday 10-4; Sunday 10-4
GBWG will participate in the Wild for the Arts festival at MacGregor Park. Members of the guild will demonstrate their wood turning prowess throughout the 2-day festival, and display a wide variety of finished wood-turned works of art.
Please contact MacGregor Park directly for details about the park and the festival. |
| Saturday, September 24th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Carl Durance will demonstrate how to embellish small wood turnings through the incorporation of simple Celtic knot design, creating a bracelet as an example. The demonstration will include the use of various cutting and gluing jigs; cutting veneers and gluing veneers to form laminates; cutting, inserting the laminates, and gluing the blank; and turning and finishing the laminated blank to yield a Celtic knot bracelet. Explanation of how to apply these techniques to other projects, such as pens and bottle stoppers, will be covered. |
| Friday, September 30th-October 2nd, 2011 | 26th Annual Woodstock Wood Show | Friday 10-6; Saturday 10-6; Sunday 10-6
Woodstock Fair Grounds in Woodstock
North America's Largest Wood Show
featuring the Upper Canada Woodworking Championship. |
| Friday, September 30th-October 2nd, 2011 | GBWG at Tiverton Fall Fair 2011 | Saturday ??-??; Sunday ??-??
GBWG will have a booth at the 2011 Tiverton Fall Fair. Members of the guild will demonstrate wood turning throughout the day plus display an array of finished turned pieces. |
| Saturday, October 1st-2nd, 2011 | GBWG at Port Elgin Pumkinfest 2011 | Saturday 10-6; Sunday 10-4
GBWG will have a booth at the 2011 Port Elgin Pumpkinfest. Members of the GBWG will demonstrate wood turning throughout each day plus display an array of finished turned pieces.
GBWG booth will be located in the parking lot on the north-east corner of Goderich and Mill streets in Port Elgin, behind Cathy's Flowers. |
| Saturday, October 15th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting CANCELLED!! | There will be no formal monthly meeting of GBWG in October due to the all-day wood turning demonstration by Jimmie Clewes at the guild on the following Saturday, October 22nd. |
| Friday, October 21st-23rd, 2011 | Annual Ottawa Woodworking Show | Friday 1-8; Saturday 10-6; Sunday 10-5
Lansdowne Park, Ottawa |
| Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 | Jimmy Clewes Demonstration at GBWG | 9:30AM - 4:00PM
GBWG will host a day-long wood turning demonstration by the internationally known wood turner Jimmy Clewes. This is a rare opportunity for you witness wood turning at its best. Jimmy is widely acclaimed for his demonstrations.
The normal October monthly meeting has been cancelled. Members in good standing are invited to attend this extraordinary guild event for a cost of $10 to cover lunch. Non-members are welcome to attend for a cost of $40 which includes lunch, and for an additional $10 become a member of GBWG for 2012. |
| Saturday, November 19th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Dave Bell will do a demonstration on finishing wood turnings including topics of sanding, sanding mediums, CA glue, lacquer, sanding sealers, oils and polyurethanes. Come prepared to share your favourite finishing techniques as well.
Elections will be held for executive positions. This is your guild, consider serving a term on the executive. |
| Saturday, December 10th, 2011 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Each member is asked to bring in a piece for show and tell and discussion. Pieces may be completed or a problem piece with which you would like some direction. This type of session can be very entertaining and informative if we all participate; a great learning experience.
Please bring some snacks to share with your fellow members at this end-of-year festive meeting.
In preparation for next year, please bring lots of ideas of topics for demonstrations during the monthly meetings so that the executive knows what you really want to see, and thus can plan to meet your wishes! |
| Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Carl Durance and Ray Fenton will launch the GBWG new year with a challenge to the membership, to turn a bowl-from-a-board, which will be used as a fund raiser for the Outdoor Education Centre, increasing the guilds support of our community. Carl will demonstrate the technique to turn a bowl-from-a-board, to refresh memories of the informative session given by Dirk Hoogendoorn last year. Ray will provide bowl-from-a-board kits, a set of pre-cut rings. We encourage all members to join in this fun and learning venture.
A Reminder: Please arrange with Marion Gibson to pay your 2012 GBWG membership dues during the January meeting, or as soon as possible. |
| Saturday, February 18th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, March 17th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, April 21st, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, May 19th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, June 16th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, July 21st, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, August 18th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, September 15th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, October 20th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, November 17th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
| Saturday, December 8th, 2012 | GBWG Monthly Meeting | Details to follow... |
