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Diary

all at Mytchett unless otherwise stated.

28th January 10
Talk by Adrian Smith, the conservator at Windsor Castle. Adrian will give a general talk on furniture restoration. He is President of BAFRA (the British Antique Furniture Restorers Association) and Chairman of the Furniture and Wood Group of ICON (the Institute of Conservation). He has also taught at West Dean College.

25th February 10
Probably a demonstration from a tool supplier/manufacturer.

25th March 10
Members evening - details to be decided .

22nd April 10
This is likely to be a Member Project Evening and Terry Hiscox, the meetings organiser, would therefore appreciate it if members would volunteer to talk about a project they have or are working on or to discuss a woodworking technique.

 

Links

A quick reference list to previous speakers (S) at Fellowship meetings or places visited (V) by the Fellowship

The links are divided into the following topics:-

• colleges and training course providers - Go
• designer/makers - Go
• furniture manufacturers - Go
• furniture restorers - Go
• generic woodworking topics- Go
• museums and houses- Go
• timber/veneer merchants- Go
• tool manufacturers/suppliers- Go

Colleges and course providers

Chris Hyde (S) - Ryecotewood Furnitue Centre (V) - diploma and degree courses in furniture making and design
Bucks New University - diploma and degree courses in furniture making and design (V)
James Mursell (S) - The Windsor Chair Workshop - chair maker and courses in chair making
West Dean College - furniture making and musical instrument making courses (V)

Designer/makers

Nick Barbeton (S) - woodworker
James Ryan (S) - Edward Barnsley Workshop (V)
Jeremy Broun (S) - designer/maker, film maker
Matthew Burt (S) - designer/maker - (V)
John and Louise Cropper (S) - designer/makers - Wallingford
Brendan Devitt-Spooner - Lewes (V)
Hugo Egleston - designer/maker - Lasham, Hampshire (V)
Martin Grierson (S) - design/maker
Robert Ingham (S) - designer/maker, teacher
Philip Koomen (S) - designer/maker - Oxford (V)
John Makepeace - designer/maker - Parnham House (V)
Stephen Owen (S) - designer/maker, photographer
Mark Ripley (S) - designer/maker (V)
Ian Spencer (S) - designer/maker/sculptor - London
Richard Williams (S) - designer/maker (V)
Waywood - designer/makers (V)

Furniture Manufacturers

British Antiques Replicas - furniture manufacturer (V)
Ercol - furniture manufacturer (V)
Gordon Russell Furniture - furniture manufacturer now a Trust & Museum - Broadway (V)
Jaycee Furniture - Brighton (V)
Restall Brown and Clennell - furniture manufacturer - Lewes (V)
Stewart Linford - furniture manufacturer - High Wycombe (V)

Furniture Restorers

John Lloyd (S) - cabinetmaker and antique furniture restorer
Richard Elderton (S) - cabinetmaking and restoration (V)
Hickies - piano refurbishment - Reading (V)
Michael Huntley (S) - at Hamptons Saleroom
David Lewry (S) - restorer
Sothebys Restoration Workshop - Horsham (V)

Generic Woodworking Topics

Anthony Bailey (S) - Furniture & Cabinetmaking - photographing furniture
Peter Benson (S) - British Association of Wood Carving
Andrew Crawford (S) - decorative boxes
Andrew Durand (S) - The Music Room Workshop - early keyboard instruments
David Dyke (S) - Luthiers Supplies - conversionand conditioning of timber
Colin Eden-Eadon (S) - furniture craft today
Peter Freebody - boat builder - Hurley (V)
Luke Griffiths (S) - Cimitree - World Skills Competition
Jack Hill (S) - chair making
Chris Howkins (S) - ethnobotanist, writer and illustrator
Peter Metcalfe (S)- Marquetry Society
Steve Patey (S) - Joint Genie
Denis Price (S) - Borden Chemicals - adhesives
Roger Tout (S) - adhesives - Furniture Industry Research Association
Michael Warren (S) - furniture design - Kingston University

Museums and Houses

78 Derngate - Charles Rennie Mackintosh house - Northampton (V)
Alice Holt Forestry Research Station - Farnham (V)
Basingstoke Canal - maintenance (V)
Cheltenham Museum - Arts and Craft exhibits (V)
Craft Study Centre - university museum and centre for modern British craft makers - Farnham (V)
Geffrye Museum - London (V)
Globe Theatre - London - construction (V)
Hampton Court Palace - (V)
Jubilee Sailing Trust - tall ship construction (V)
Kelmscott Manor - Tudor house with William Morris and Pre-Raphaelite collection (V)
Ifield Water Mill - restoration (V)
Rodmarton Manor - Cotswold Arts & Craft house and furniture (V)
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum - Singleton (V)
Victoria and Albert Musuem - furniture department (V)
The Vyne - Basingstoke (V)

Timber/Veneer Merchants

English Woodland Timber - english hardwoods (V)
Timbmet - timber and timber products supplier
Reliance Veneer Co - London (V)
W L West - timber suppliers - Petworth (V)

Tool Manufacturers/Suppliers

Peter Hoggard (S) - Air Press Co - manufacture of vacuum bag and vacuum press systems
Bosch Tools - Denham, Bucks (V)
CRM Saws - Waterlooville - machine and tool stockist and sharpening service (V)
Felder - machine tool manufacturer - Milton Keynes
Hitachi Power Tools
Issac Lord - furniture hardware and tool supplier - High Wycombe
Ramon Weston (S) - Leigh Jigs
Ron Fox (S) - profile at wealden tool company
Ronnie Rustin (S)- Rustins - finishing techniques and materials
Startrite - machine tool manufacturer - Gillingham (V)
Trend - router manufacturer

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