TURNING COMPETITIONS – 2012

 

The Worshipful Company of Turners will again be running their prestigious bi-enniel Turning Competitions at Carpenters’ Hall, in the City of London on 16^th October 2012 as part of the Company’s wonderful ‘Wizardry in Wood 2012’ Exhibition which will be open to the public from Wednesday 17^th to Saturday 20^th October.  The prizes will be awarded on the afternoon of 16^th October  by Alderman Fiona Wolf and all entries will remain on display until the end of the exhibition.  These competitions are arranged in conjunction with the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain (AWGB), the Society of Ornamental Turners (SOT) and The Association of Pole-Lathe Turners (APT).  The competitions are designed to offer opportunities to both the expert and the relative newcomer.

 

There will be four competitions open to any turner resident in the United Kingdom.

·         The Master’s Competition for a matching pair of Lidded Chalices.  This is split into two categories, one for plain turning and one for ornamental turning.  For each category, cash prizes of £1250, £500 and £250 will be awarded.

·         The Felix Levy Freestyle Turning Competition for which a trophy and £1250 will be awarded.

·         The Open Competition for a matched pair of Pepper and Salt Mills for which cash Prizes of £250, £150, £100 and a runner-up prize of £50 will be awarded.

·         There is a Special Competition this year for a set piece Candlestick for use at Company banquets.  While there will be no prize for this, there will be a special book of historic importance which will record the names and details of those whose pieces are chosen.

 

A further Plain Turning Competition will be open only to members of the Association of  Woodturners of Great Britain.  There are no restrictions as to subject or techniques employed.

·           The Senior Class will have Gold, Silver and Bronze medals and cash prizes of £200, £150 and £100 plus up to 3 runner-up cash prizes of £50. 

·           The Junior Class will have Silver and Bronze medals and cash prizes of £125 and £75 and £50. 

·           The Ray Key Competition for juniors who have attended a AWGB Youth Training Day.

 

There will be three competitions open only to members of the Society of Ornamental Turners.

·              The Lady Gertrude Crawford Gold Medal and £200 for conventional ornamental turning. 

·              The Fred Howe Gold Medal and £200 for a combination of ornamental and rose turning.

·              The H. E. Twentyman Silver Medal and £100 for mainly plain form with some ornamentation.

The Medals will be awarded for the best entry by a competitor who has not previously won it. 

 

There will be two Pole Lathe Turning Competitions open only to members of the Association of Pole-Lathe Turners

·         A Spindle turning competition for a ‘Talking Stick’.  There will be cash prizes of £200, £100 and £50.

·         A Bowl Turning for a Quaich.  There will be cash prizes of £200, £100 and £50.

 

 

There will be a Competition only open to Freemen and Liverymen of Turners Company.  The Bert Marsh Trophies for plain turning will be awarded in two categories.

• Experienced Company Turners.   A First Prize of a Bert Marsh Trophy and a second prize for the runner-up.
• Novice Company Turners.  A First Prize of a Bert Marsh Trophy and a second prize for the runner-up.

Turners Company is very grateful to Axminster Woodturning Chucks, Crown Hand Tools Ltd, Henry Taylor Tools Ltd, Record Power Ltd, Robert Sorby and Woodturning Magazine, for generously supporting us with a good selection of prizes

 

Competition Rules & entry form 2012(186Kb)