April 2009 Meeting
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Museum of Making - Saturday, April 25 - 1:00 pm

The April meeting will be a special visit to a Cochrane area museum.



This is in place of the April 15 evening meeting previously scheduled. Members will receive complete details via the April Newsletter.

For a preview, link to Museum of Making

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March 2009 Meeting
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Architectural Design and Woodworking - Ken Hutchinson

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Scarboro Community Centre Hall,
1727 - 14th Avenue SW, Calgary

The March meeting will feature Ken Hutchinson from Ken Hutchinson Architects Ltd. Ken will do a power point presentation on Architectural Design and its Relationship to Woodworking.

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February 2009 Meeting
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Woodworking Potpourri

Saturday February 14 , 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

Jameswood Homes
4606 – 1st Street SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 2L3

The event, at Don James' shop, is a woodworkers potpourri and will feature demonstrations and discussions and I'm sure lots of hands on time. People are welcome to come for as little or as long as they would like.

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January 2009 Meeting
Monday, December 22, 2008
Show and Tell - Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 7:00 p.m.

Location: Scarboro Community Centre Hall, 1727 - 14th Avenue SW, Calgary

The Show and Tell gives members a chance to show their pet projects, works-in-progress, talk about problems encountered, how they were solved etc. The items will be set up on tables for display, and then each member will have the opportunity to talk about their piece(s) for a few minutes. We will all then have the time to look at the items more closely and talk with the consignor over coffee etc.

The Show and Tell meeting is also a preview to our 2009 competition. So show it all!!!

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December 2008 Meeting
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Designs in Wood - presented by Endre Pataky

Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 7:00 pm
Scarboro Community Centre Hall
1727 - 14th Avenue SW, Calgary

This will be a special meeting and we’ll be hosting the woodturners group. So bring along your spouses and friends for a social evening and a presentation that will interest everyone.

Endre Pataky will present slides of unique, interesting, and eclectic designs in wood. The range will be from classic works through Art Nouveau, Cubist, Modernist, Essentialist etc. Items will include practical devices, furniture, doors etc. In addition, Endre will present one of the great Danish Modern furniture masterpieces. Two examples will be on hand: one as used for 35 years, and the second as a retro- restoration. This part of the evening will give members a chance to see and feel one of the greatest chair designs of the last century including how this design stood the test of time.

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