WELCOME TO THE GUILD OF WOODWORKERS WELLINGTON

Guild Under 18 Pricing
Guild Members who are under 18 are now eligible for 50% membership discount ($30.00)

GWW is now back to normal. We have resumed our monthly meetings at Naenae college library on the first Tuesday of the month. Please come along and find out what we are doing in the next few months. New members are welcome and if you want to learn a new skill or hobby you can join one of our special interest groups in carving, wood turning, furniture making and green woodworking.

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2023 Wood Turning Classes

The Guild Guild will be running woodturning for beginners' classes in 2023
and is seeking interest, the format will be similar to below

The first 2022 class was over the weekends 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th August 2022

The second class was over the weekends 22nd, 23rd, 29th & 30th October 2022.

The class runs from 10am to 4pm each day and will be held at Naenae MENZ Shed.

Numbers are limited.
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The classes follow the NAW Level 1 introduction to woodturning syllabus where each student is required to complete a set task which takes approximately 2 hours. Typical Tasks include:
• Lathe use and safety
• Turning a small Bowl
• Turning a Honey Dipper
More detail will be provided with the course notes.

Pricing!
Both courses offered a discount to Guild members.
Not a Guild member?, anyone who has an interest in woodworking can become a Guild member, the annual membership fee is $60
The full cost of the course is $240 but if you take up the offer to join the Guild then your total cost will be $220 for both the course & GWW membership.
The Guild will provide the training, the lathes & tools and materials and any works you create will be yours to keep.

To enquire about future courses, please contact the Guild using the form at the bottom of this page.

TurnAround 2020

The TurnAround Exhibition open day, 2020 held in early August at the Odlin Gallery, Hutt Art Society, saw a number of our members demonstrating various aspects of woodworking.

GUILD EVENTS

Upcoming Events

November 10th, Thursday 6:00 pm

Pataka Gallery official Opening, Guests Welcome

For our full events listing click here

Here is a selection of recent and upcoming guild events

John Hoare Trophy for 2019

Congratulations to Alan for being awarded the John Hoare Trophy for outstanding services to the Guild.

MONTHLY GROUP EVENTS

Don't forget that each of our subgroups meet regularly throughout the month.

More information on our subgroups is available here

December MONTHLY MEETING & Xmas Event
(Tuesday 6th December 2022)

The Guild meets on the first Tuesday of the month in the library at Naenae College - 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.

New members and visitors always welcome.

Please note there is no January meeting.

The February 2023meeting will be on the
7th February 2023