The 2008 AWSA Symposium will be held between 4 and 6 July 2008, at University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, KZN.
The Symposium organiser is Clyde Neumann.
Clyde's contact details:
E-mail :
cmneumann@telkomsa.net
Phone/fax : +27 33 343 4433
To help us with our planning we would like to encourage you all to register as soon as possible. To this end we offered a R50.00 discount to all who registered and paid by the 29th February 2008. There is no good news without some bad news – To also encourage early registration there will be a penalty of an additional R50.00 if you register after the 30th April 2008.
To encourage your registration at the earliest time the DRAFT PROGRAMME has been made available. See the hyperlinks at the top of the right hand sidebar of this page.
There are hyperlinks to the symposium, instant gallery, tiny treasures and auction registration forms in the right hand sidebar of this page.
Other resources such as the programme will be finalised closer to the symposium.
GUEST TURNER: Nick Arnull has been invited as the guest overseas demonstrator for the conference. Nick has formally accepted our invitation and we will now prepare an itinerary for his trip. You can see articles by Nick in the last few editions of ‘Woodturner’.
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Some small vessels by Nick Arnull
Nick’s website is also worth a visit for additional information.
Last year's guest turner, Bonnie Klein, and Izak giving private tuition.
'Mr Bonnie Klein', Robert Purdy in the background
VENUE: We have secured the use of the Jack Heath Gallery in the Visual Arts department of the University of UKZN and have finalized catering arrangements, Senior residence accommodation for those wanting to stay on campus and secure parking facilities.
INSTANT GALLERY: each delegate to the conference may exhibit three pieces in the Instant Gallery that will run for the duration of the symposium.
COLLABORATIVE CHALLENGE: The regional collaborative challenge was announced in the September 2007 Turnaround. Two or more AWSA members from each region are encouraged to enter a collaboratively turned piece or installation, at the 2008 Congress in Pietermaritzburg, one piece from each region. All those that work on the piece must be members of the AWSA. The theme is ‘Climate Change’ which you may apply to the piece in any way that you see fit. As this is the first collaborative challenge no limitations on the size or any other aspect of the project will be made so the participants can give full reign to their collective imaginations.
Rules:
1. The work can be any turned object, functional or not.
2. The names of all participants must be on the work or on an accompanying nameplate.
3. At least one regional representative must be in attendance at the symposium to be responsible for displaying and return shipping of the entry.
4. Any electrical/electronic device in the piece must have an obvious power switch for safety. However, the AWSA cannot ensure that electricity will be available where the Collaborative Challenge is set up.
The pieces will be displayed during the symposium in an area near the Instant Gallery. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to select, by ballot, their choice for Best in Show. Votes will be tallied prior to the Annual Banquet and Auction, where the winner will be announced. Collaborative pieces may be donated to the auction, with the provision that no minimum bid is allowed. A region whose entry is donated will receive 50 percent of the selling price. Any donated entry must be accompanied by a box and packing materials for shipment to its new home. Shipping the work to the buyer is the joint responsibility of the region and the buyer.
If you want some inspiration see images of the AAW 2007 Collaborative Challenge and the 2006 Collaborative Challenge
TINY TREASURES CHALLENGE:
John Wessels has also introduced a challenge that will be held for the first
time this year. He is keen that turners create a small gem, something with a
greatest dimension of less than 150mm.
John is offering a the following very generous prizes:
1st prize – R500.00
2nd prize – R250.00
3rd prize – R150.00
Novice Prize – R100.00
SCHALK'S CHALLENGE:
As for "Schalk’s challenge 2008" he's made it a relatively easy one this
year. "Turn a platter with some sort of embellishment. Carving, scorching,
painting and 'ja' even feathers, anything goes. What I’m looking for is a
platter where the "whole" comes together to form a piece that is quirky and
interesting."
Due to inflation and the state of the nation and economy in general the
prize money will be R150.00.
CRAFT MARKET BOWL COMPETITION: In the September 2007 edition of Turnaround a competition that involved taking one of the ‘locally’ turned wooden bowls commonly sold in SA at craft markets and curio shops was mooted. It was suggested that participants buy, re-turn and decorate one of these bowls it in their own individual style. After discussion during one of our telephone conferences with the regional reps it has been decided not to pursue this competition because of the environmentally unsustainable practices used in creating these bowls.
AUCTION: each delegate to the conference is encouraged to donate one or more pieces to the auction. It has been decided by the committee that this year the proceeds of the auction will be retained by the AWSA to develop woodturning in the association.
RAFFLE: The proceeds from the raffle will be donated to charity. This is the reverse of the distribution for proceeds from previous auctions and raffles and has been decided upon to encourage participation in the auction - the participants knowing that the proceeds of the auction will remain with the association.
Download the registration form for the instant gallery, tiny treasures and auction from the link in the right hand sidebar.
BOOT SALE: More information about this novel idea, emanating from the Laidler's attendance of the 2007 Utah Woodturning Symposium, will be announced later. Here is a hint below.
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Photographs on CD of past AWSA
Symposia (2006, 2007):
Contact Ken Turner at kturner at iafrica.com
KZN Info: For those who are unfamiliar with the area the Natal midlands is only a four and a half hour trip by car from Gauteng. For those members from the Cape provinces we would suggest that you incorporate the conference into a holiday.
This area has much to offer visitors. Pietermaritzburg is situated at the heart of the Natal Midlands just over an hour from Durban, an hour and a half from the Southern Drakensberg, has battlefield sites and nature reserves on its doorstep, and the Midlands Meander for those interested in a broad range of crafts. Having 7 private schools in the area, there is an abundance of B&B accommodation ranging from reasonably priced comfortable to ultra luxurious.
The Midlands Meander was started in the 1970’s and became the model which many other tourist routes endeavored to follow. There is much to see and do so you are encouraged to bring your wives along.
Crafts on the Meander include Woodturning, Stained Glass, Glass works, Furniture manufacture, Leather goods, Art studios, Ceramic Studios and potteries, Weaving, Wrought iron work, Wind Chimes, Bronze Sculptures.
Interspersed along the route are many good and reasonable restaurants, pubs and breweries and for those from the Cape we even have the Stables Wine Estate that produced an award winning Shiraz in 2005.
For the more adventurous we can offer Canopy tours of the Karkloof forests by 'foefie-slide' or Quad bike trips up Sani Pass where you reach an altitude of over 9 000ft.
2008 Symposium
Resources
The Draft Programme
MS-Exel (26KB)
Pdf (6KB)
Registration Form
MS-Word (85KB)
Pdf (56KB)
Instant Gallery,
Tiny Treasures
and
Auction
Registration Form
MS-Word (35KB)
Pdf (20KB)
Programme
(coming soon)