Treeworkx Competition
June 2017
Entries from the Manawatu Woodworkers Guild
Entries from the Northland Woodturners and Woodworkers Club
Vase
Wood: Bottle Brush
Embellished: Plastic Tube & Artificial Flowers
Finish: Kauream
Size: 220mm x 130mm.
Experience: 1 year
Jenny deWeyer
3 x Bowls
Wood: A Taraire, B Black Wattle, C Cherry
Finish: Kauream
Size: A 135mm x 85mm, B 130mm x 50mm, C 165mm x 90mm
Experience: New
Derek Finegan
Entries from the South Auckland Woodturners Guild
Lidded Box
Wood: Native Wood NZ & Tambootie
Embellished: Texture & Inlays & Paua
Finish: EEE & Wax
Size: 220mm x 125mm
Experience: 5+ years
Jim Jackson
Hollow Form
Wood: Kahikatea
Embellished: Pyrography
Finish: Lacquer & Dye
Size: 200mm long
Experience: 10 years
Graeme Mackay
Bowl
Wood: Macrocarpa & Mahogany
Embellished: Segment
Finish: Buff
Size: 160mm x 80mm high
Experience: 8 years
Colin Wise
Rolling Pin
Wood: Oak Segments
Finish: Beall Buff
Size: 350mm long x 70mm diameter
Experience: 15 years
Jim Downs
Lidded Box
Wood: Pine & Mahogany
Finish: Sanding Sealer
Size: 16 segments bowl – 12 segments lid
Experience: 8 years
Colin Wise
Walking Stick
Wood: Kanuka
Embellished: Paua Eyes & Creeper Groove
Finish: Lacquer
Size: 960mm
Experience: 5+ years
Jim Jackson
Entries from the Wairarapa Woodworkers Guild
Music Box
Wood: Maire Box: Black Maire insert and finial
Embellished: Cast Pewter band
Finish: EEE & Shellawax Glow
Size: Diameter 155mm x Height 115mm
Experience: 21 years
Graham Pearson
Wig stands
Wood: Laminated off-cuts from bread board project
Finish: EEE & Shellawax
Size: Base diameter 145mm, Top diameter 100mm, Height 280mm
Experience: 16 years
Note: Kapiti, Wellington and Wairarapa make 480 wig stands a year
Tony Waygood
Bowl
Wood: Puriri
Embellished: Puriri Grub
Finish: EEE & Shellawax
Size: Height 83mm x Diameter 180mm
Experience: 16 years
Note: Puriri Moth – New Zealand’s largest moth – wingspan 150mm. Spends five or six years as a grub in a tree trunk – last 48 hours as a moth.