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Bodgers Ball Saturday 12
and Sunday 13 May 2007
The
Bodgers Ball is the annual meeting of the Association of Pole Lathe
Turners and Green Woodworkers (APT) and I'm very pleased that it will
be coming to the North East of England in 2007. The venue is
Wallington Hall, a National Trust Property set in the beautiful
countryside of Northumberland. The photograph shows the
famous
monster heads of Wallington. My children still believe the rest of
their bodies are buried underground!
The National Trust have kindly offered us space at Wallington for
perhaps 100 or more APT members to gather for our Annual General
Meeting on the Saturday and demonstrations for the public on the
Sunday. As well as the awesome sight of perhaps 30 or so pole lathes
operating there will be a range of other woodland craft workers
demonstrating their skills. For more information or to join the APT go
to www.bodgers.org.uk
A new APT North Group is
Launched
On a wild, wet and windy December at the Flint Mill Workshop the
inaugural meeting of an APT North Group got underway. With the kettle
boiling and the tarpaulin offering some shelter from the heavy showers,
we discussed what shape and form our new grouping should take, as well
as doing some green woodworking. Niall knocked out some spoon blanks
before using his new adze to shape an ash bowl. Clive tested out his
new Ashley Iles ferret ring tools on the pole lathe, producing a fine
rattle. Bill was keen to test the theory that the special
properties of willow wood could ease the symptoms of arthritis
if
used daily as a breakfast bowl. Maurice turned his hand to gypsy
flowers for the forthcoming Beamish Edwardian Christmas Fair. Andy
sharpened the beautiful little axe he'd bought, with a tool-makers
stamp showing it was over a century old. It was a pleasure
to help
bring this tool back to life. We'll be meeting again at the Harehope
Quarry Project in Weardale on Sunday 18 February 2007. Please
do join us. Contact
me for further details.
Photo shows (left to right standing) Andy Lax,
Ray Gill,
Lynn Lax, Clive Pratt, Will Stewart, Phil Baughan, Maurice Pyle, James
Bedingfield, Bill Oakes (kneeling) Niall Wallace and Peter Wood
