Niagara Woodworking Club
Email: niagarawwclub@hotmail.com
We are Niagara area woodworkers both Amateur and professional that get together monthly to discuss, demonsatrate, and enjoy the finer points of woodworking. There are a few other membership benefits as well! If you are interested please contact us. We meet the third thursday of every month excepting December. For further info feel free to contact us via email.
Niagara Woodcarvers Association
Contact: Warren D'Amboise
5000 Dorchester Rd.
Niagara Falls ON, L2E 6P1
905-354-8854
Email: damboise2@canada.com
Woodcarving group has attracted over 100 members, who meet on the third Monday of every month from Sept. to June. Annual dues are $15. Other activities include seminars, guest speakers, community projects and a woodcarving show and competition each March.
Northumberland Wood Carvers
Contact: Ken Stubbings
c/o 7 Behan Road, RR #4
Cobourg ON, K9A 4J7
905-372-4496
Members meet every Saturday morning from Sept. to May and engage in all styles and media of carving at the Alnwick Civic Centre. $20 annual dues.
Ottawa Woodworkers Association
Meets 2nd Wednesday of every month at Trend-Arlington Community Centre, 50 Bellman Dr. Nepean, Ont. Membership $25/yr.
Outaouais Wood Carvers
President: Larry Reed
Phone: 613-742-5859
Woodcarving group meets first Wednesday of the month, Sept. to June, where they hold carving competitions, show-and-tell and instructional workshops. New members pay $25 with annual renewal dues of $20. Over 100 members also engage in twice-yearly social events and a fund-raising auction.
Outaouais Wood Carvers
President: Roger Couture; Tel. 613-663-0495.
Robert Wilson
59 Horner Drive
Ottawa ON K2H 5G1
T: 613-828-3876 F: 613.828.1040
Pine Meadows Carvers
c/o Jack Field
117 White Bark Way
RR#1 Belwood, Ont
519/843/4511
Email: rjfield@golden.net
We are about 20 seniors (men and women) in a retirement community located 16 kM north of Guelph and 8 kM west of Fergus. We share our knowledge and skills 9:30 to 12 noon weekly. All forms of wood carving, some better than others Visitors welcome. All the coffee your can drink - free.
Quinte Woodturners Guild
Contact: Vern Cavanah
65 Humewood Dr.
Belleville ON, K8N 4E3
613-962-2903
Email: rbodley@kos.net
Group of 25 members pays $15 annual dues (plus $1.50 per meeting) and meets third Thursday of the month, year-round (except July) at the 105 Club in Trenton. Meetings feature demonstrations and a show-and-tell. The guild also has a member's library with books and videos.
Senior Woodchippers
President: Douglas Murphy
381 Clarendon Dr.
Ancaster ON, L9G 2Z1
phone: 905-648-8909
Twenty members meet to work on their wood carving interests: figurines, utensils, crafts etc. Fee of $30 per semester'two semesters per year, fall and spring. Meetings each Monday in Copetown, Ontario.
Silver Headed Woodpeckers Carving
Contact: Pat Elmore
26 Bythia St.
Orangeville ON, L9W 2S1
519-941-6012
Senior members (55 and over) help and instruct less experienced carvers in working on bird, figure, cane and relief carving. Meetings held on Wednesday mornings at Orangeville Senior Centre. Membership fee to centre is $20 initial and $1 per week.
Southeastern Ontario Scrollers
Peter Bondette, President
613-965-1288
Email: sawgate@hotmail.com
Scrollsaw only, all skills welcome. Meets second Monday of every month, venues different every time, contact for details
$25/year membership fee.
Stratford & Area Woodworkers
Contact: Larry Robinson
519-273-0356
We meet at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from September to June at the Northwestern High School Woodshop. Our mandate is to promote and further the skills of woodworking through fellowship and education.
St Thomas Woodcarvers
Contact: L. J. Beavis
c/o 16 Rapelje St.
St. Thomas ON, N5R 4M1
Phone:519-631-7321
Members meet Thursday evenings during school year at Locke's School in St. Thomas to work on carving. Forty members pay $15 annual dues. The club holds public demonstrations, an art gallery exhibition and enters Southern Ontario carving competitions.
Superior Association of Woodworkers
President: Gord Tomlin
Superior Association of Woodworkers
c/o Monty Parks Centre,
450 Fort William Road,
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 2Z6
Group of local woodworkers meets second last Monday of month at Monty Parks Centre, 450 Fort William Road. Annual dues of $35. Provides social venue and demonstration of woodworking techniques for like-minded woodworkers. Also active in Toys For Tots and community programs.
Thames Valley Woodturners Guild
This guild meets the first Thursday of the month at the RCAF building on Crumlin Sideroad in London for most of the year. See our website for directions and meeting venues.
President: Scott Beverley
Annual Dues: $35
Thornhill United Church Woodworkers
Email: thornhill.united_church@on.aibn.com
Friendship, fellowship, have fun, improve carving and woodworking skills, make chips, and sawdust.
Valley Woodturners
President: Paul Matteau
Nonprofit group dedicated to the advancement and promotion of woodturning in the Ottawa Valley area. Annual dues are $35. Meets second Tuesday of the month from Sept. to June and hosts seminars during the year. Active at the annual Ottawa Wood Show. Conducts three courses per year on "Introduction to Woodturning." Current membership is 160.
Wasaga Beach Woodworkers Club
Contact: Manfred Scwan
Phone: 705-429-1157
or
Contact: Bill Miller, Pres.
1317 Mosely St.,
Wasaga Beach, Ont.
705-429-3352.
We meet 10 times a year. We hold a Cristmas Craft Show at the Oakview Community Centre in December each year and the club meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at Wasaga at Rona.
Windsor and Essex County Woodworkers
Contact: Fred Ellerbeck
519-252-1480
Email: ellerbeck2000@sympatico.ca
Open to all woodworkers regardless of skill level. Meet once a month.
Windsor Wood Carving Museum
Contact: Julie Lawrence
850 Ouellette Ave.
Windsor ON, N9A 4M9
519-972-0823
Fax 519-977-1391
The museum is a showcase for the art of wood carving from local and regional carvers. Annual dues $5. Open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Woodturners Guild of Ontario
The Woodturners Guild of Ontario (WGO) exists for the advancement and promotion of the craft of woodturning. Individual, family and corporate memberships are available.
Two to four meetings, demonstrations or hands-on sessions are held each month from September to June. For current program details and up-to-date contact information, visit our website (link above).
National
Marquetry Society of Canada
Secretary: James Colter
22 Albert St.,
Georgetown ON L7G 2B1
905-877-8805
This group has about 110 active members across the country. Dues are $25 annually plus $5 initiation. It meets 10 times a year in Humber College and Lee Valley in Toronto. It also hosts two competitions, one for beginners and one for advanced members. Workshops are held twice a year and are open to the public.
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