The exhibition at the Tolbooth is going well, with a good number of items sold. Tolbooth management has suggested that restocking would be a good idea. If you have any more quality items that you would like to sell, please bring them along to the Tolbooth in KBT. If you can’t manage to get there, why not take them to Turning Tuesday, in the hope that someone else will be heading that way?
Remember that you will only get about 60% of the sale price, so price them accordingly.
Extra items must not be placed for sale until they are numbered, priced, and entered in both catalogues. One catalogue is upstairs, with the exhibition, and the other, downstairs at the desk.
David and I were planning to set up for KBT Fair tomorrow afternoon (Friday). Unfortunately David has an elbow problem and we aren’t sure we will be able to move the lathe. Is anyone available to help?
Thanks to everyone who joined in with our fund-raising completion, where we were challenged to make something interesting out of a donated and randomly allocated lump of wood. We had twelve entries, and we were asked to judge them on skill and ingenuity, given the starting point, and then to suggest a suitable selling price. The selling price was clearly quite a challenge, as the valuations varied widely…by a factor of fifteen in one case!
I don’t have the IT skills of Phil J, and have relied on pen and paper, with the backup of a £1.99 calculator. Nevertheless, having done the sums twice, I have come up with the same answer.
Winner for skill and ingenuity is Rolf Buwert, with an average score of 8.8 out of 10. Roger Cutler came a close second with 8.5, then David Simpson was third with 8.0.
David Simpson topped the valuation table with his five items totalling £32.25 in our estimation. John Brown’s two items were judged to be worth £29.67, and Rolf Buwert’s single bowl, £25.56.
It may be that we shall raffle Rolf’s bowl and David’s five items, if we have a suitable event at which to do this. All other items will be offered for sale to the public, possibly at the Dumfries Show, with the proceeds to club funds. I have them safely at home meantime, as the heat in the workshop may damage them.
Bryan Jardine and John Brown both told me that they had buyers lined up for their items, so I suggest we work on the assumption that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and let them sell their items on behalf of the club. If anyone has any objection to this, could they please let me know? Otherwise, Bryan and John, if you contact me in a week or so, we can arrange to get your items returned to you to pass on to your buyers.
Having discussed it with the committee, I am proposing to organise a coffee morning +/- sandwich lunch in Kirkcudbright on May 27th.
I have made a provisional booking of St Andrew and St Cuthbert’s church hall for the day. The hall, a smaller room off the hall, and a fully equipped kitchen are available to us for the day for £60. The hall is a bright modernised building, extremely clean (I’m on the cleaning rota!), and May 27th is both the tail end of the Spring Fling, and Bank Holiday Monday. There should be lots of tourists around, so I would anticipate a good turn out.
In order to go ahead with this, I need to know how many people can help, and in what capacity. We need at least four people on the day to run a coffee morning, probably six or eight people who will do some baking the previous day, another two on the day if we are also going to serve sandwiches, which must be freshly made for safety’s sake.
It would be good if we could rustle up some turning to sell as our “lump of wood” competition turnings won’t be ready till June. Even better if we could have a turning demo in the smaller room, or possibly have-a-go penmaking? Maybe an exhibition of our best efforts (not for sale).
Any other suggestions gratefully received.
Please let me know if you or your better half can help in any way. I anticipate the event running from 10am till 2 pm, with an hour to set up beforehand and an hour to clean up after. Even if you can only be there for part of the time, you’re still welcome. Parking is freely available, and I can give directions to anyone who needs them.
