Nick Hopkins
is a wood turner and sculptor specialising in one-off
artistic pieces.
His favourite timbers are Australian Red Cedar,
Mango,Oregon and Plantation Hoop Pine.
After receiving his Graduate Diploma of Landscape
Architecture he ran a landscape design business in
Canberra before relocating to Eurobodalla Shire in 2013.
His hobbies include surfing,yoga and is passionate about
forest conservation.
He is a member of the Eurobodalla Woodcraft Guild, and
Crafts and Arts Batemans Bay Inc. (CABBI).
Jenny
was interested in woodwork while at school however while
boys were taught to cook girls were not able to learn
woodcraft.
Seven
years ago after the death of her husband Jenny found
herself with a garage full of tools she couldn't use.She
decided to 'have a go'.Jenny joined the Moruya Community
shed and restored a found rocking horse.She was told about
another wood working group nearby and after seeing the
possibilities of this new group she joined the Eurobodalla
Woodies. Very soon Jenny was spreading her wings joining
interest groups and learning to turn and carve.There was
no stopping her.A class in Japanese block printing came
next. Not one to stand still she traveled to Nowra
once a week to try her hand at furniture making.
Truly bitten by the wood bug Jenny attends 2 workshops a
year to learn anything wood related.Having already made a
rocking chair her next project is a perch stool.
Keith Hartas
Apart
from working with wood Keith incorporates resin into his
creations.
One of his most interesting boxes was made of wood found
in a marine environment, had been eaten and was full of
'worm' holes. The wood on its own it would have been
useless,however fortified with resin it has been turned
into a beautiful box.
Keith has also
incorporated objects into the lids of his boxes.
Some of these objects include collected electronic
circuit boards,transistors and other found objects of
interest.
After the bush
fires and the loss of our work shed Keith needed to
use his resin stores before it was rendered useless so
he made other objects like key ring trinkets.