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Diary

Winnter Meetings

  • 22nd September 2011 - guest speaker, James Tyler, will talk about British Hardwoods. James is from Tyler Hardwoods located near Hungerford.

  • 27th October 2011 - another guest speaker, Nicholas Hobbs, who will talk about designing and making ecesiastical furniture. Nicholas' studio is based in Winksworth, Derbyshire.

  • 24th November 2011 - Annual General Meeting followed by an open forum on blades and sharpening techniques led by James Burrows.

  • 26th January 2012 - guest speaker, John Lloyd, subject to be confirmed.

  • 23rd February 2012 - Member's Project evening - "Design" by Mick Clark, "Chair Making" by Brian Sadler and "Traditional Hardwood Doors" by James Buroows.

  • 22 March 2012 - a Member's Project evening when the subject will be Dust Control. The speakers will be Colin Waters, Jim Hooker and James Burrows.

  • 26 April 2012 - guest speaker - Michael Huntley talking about and demonstrating "Japanese saws and blades".

 

 

Links

A quick reference list to previous speakers (S) at Fellowship meetings or places visited (V) by the Fellowship. Member's sites (M)

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

Stephen Bailey (M) - professional designer/maker
David Barron (V & S) - designer/maker of furniture and woodworking tools
Nick Barbeton
(S) - woodworker
James Ryan (V & S) - Edward Barnsley Workshop
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 & S)
Hugo Egleston - designer/maker - Lasham, Hampshire (V)
Martin Grierson (S) - designer/maker
Nicholas Hobbs (S) - designer/maker specialising in ecclesiastical furniture
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 (V & S) - designer/maker (V)
Waywood - designer/makers (V)
Colin Waters - non-professional maker (M)

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)
Roger Hardwick (M) furniture restoration.

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)
Tyler Hardwoods - specialises in English native hardwoods but also stocks imported wood (V & S)
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
G and M Tools - seconhand tool supplier - nr Worthing (V)
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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