Happy New Year
Hi and welcome back to
another exciting year of making shavings in our Club rooms.
We are going to start the
year finishing off the bread boards and also a little fun competition.
The competition will be
on making fairy doors for Council’s Parks Department.
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What is a fairy
door?
A fairy door is the
gateway between this world and the fairy kingdom so you can design and
make whatever you can imagine for
these doors.
A fairy door is also
described as a magical portal between our world and the fairy realm, usually
found at the base of a tree or skirting board, and fairy doors can be used
to help children with imaginative play, creative thinking, and can also
possibly help children with bad dreams and worries.
The competition will be
judged by the Parks Department, Lesley McCoy, and winners announced at
March General Meeting.
Please note that this is not a fundraising project -
this is a fun competition to kick off the start of the year. And I would like
to see every member make a fairy door.
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Doors are to be fixed
closed or fixed in a slightly open position. We decided that having a fully
opening door would probably mean that the doors would be subject to some
vandalism but having a door slightly ajar might be ok. The preference is
for the door to be fixed closed but the choice is with the maker of the door.
Painting of the doors may
be undertaken by others. However, you may wish to paint/finish your door.
These doors will be
fitted into the trees by other people and may need to be shaped to fit
correctly or the doors may be screwed directly to the tree. Or we may end up
making a base for each tree hole so the doors can be fixed to this base. This will be decided on a door by door basis.
Sizes of
doors
The sizes are indicative
sizing with width first and height second, they are generally round or oval in
shape but could be square as the doors are screwed onto the tree.
A total of 11 fairy doors
are required as per the sizing below.
However, we would like more than 11 fairy doors so there are spares
available if and when they get damaged.
Tree 1
240 *240 mm
140*310mm
150*250mm
130*200mm
180*200mm
Tree2
130*250mm
200*180mm
Tree 3
220*200mm
Tree 4
220*220mm
Tree
5
140*180mm
Your imagination is
required for this project - the
timber that is used doesn’t have to be treated to my way of
thinking as the doors will be painted all round so again imagination is the
key, and you can use up all your scraps of timber that you have laying around
the shed or Guild Clubrooms.
These must be completed
by Saturday, 15th February and delivered to the Clubrooms.
facebook page
In December’s edition newsletter we asked for
some volunteers that work with facebook to put their name forward to assist the
Committee. To date, I don’t believe we have had a response. So if you are
deep into the dark arts of facebook please let the Committee know or advise
Simon that you would like to address the Committee at the January Committee
meeting.
Safety in the workshop
Let us all be safe or use the
safest possible work practices this year.
Next meetings
Committee meeting – Clubrooms Monday, 20th
January – 7:30pm
General meeting – Clubrooms – Wednesday, 5th
February – 7:30pm
