Do you have a passion to become a better turner?
There are vacancies in Ernie Newman’s Tuesday woodturning class. No skill level is required, just a willingness to work at becoming better.

Ernie taught the TAFE trade course for apprentice woodturners in the 90s so his course covers furniture, architectural and detailed faceplate turning but it also includes hand thread chasing, multi-centre work, history of design, artistic turning, toy making and a wide range of surface decoration techniques such as carving, texturing, colouring and pyrography. Participants explore creative design and make unique pieces too as well as working from drawings.

How much does it cost to do a five year course? It only costs $15 per week and that goes to the Blue Mountains Woodturners Club. Jan Pennell completed the course in 2012 and now assists Ernie with teaching. You can ask her about the course [[email protected] - tel. 4753 6474] or Ernie [[email protected] – 0416961063].

Participants will need to join the Blue Mountains Woodturners for insurance purposes.