Woodworkers Guild of Georgia

Here are the show-and-tell pictures from last week's guild meeting. Presenters were Mark McClurg who has been doing some laser cutting and engraving with some new equipment, John Hofstetter with a cute little "happy greeter" automaton, Carter Gibson showed some cutting boards and a shelf, and finally Jeremiah Warner displayed a stool bath shelf/book holder for his wife.

Reminder!
November 3 is the deadline to submit your work for the Georgia Wood Art Exhibition at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art!
Contact Doug Pisik Wood Artist if you have questions.

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The Woodworkers Guild recently had a great symposium with James Wright. He talked to us about all things hand tools, with a particular emphasis on sharpening. It was a very educational and entertaining day. If you are not familiar with him, you can check him out at https://www.woodbywright.com/

The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art is looking for Georgia woodworkers who create original works for consideration in their upcoming Wood Art exhibition in early 2026. ALL Georgia wood workers and artists are encouraged to submit works. They can be anything from furniture to wall art to boxes to turnings to sculptures...anything made from wood that has an artistic flair to it. To submit your works for consideration, click the link below. Submission deadline is November 3.
https://www.eventeny.com/events/applications/application/?id=6359

Last Thursday night's meeting had some very nice show-and-tell items from Noor Abbady, Milton Miller, Jeremiah Warner, Bob Scott and Hans Meier. Our members make some awesome things out of wood and are very generous with showing their work and processes! If you haven't been to a meeting, you should check us out sometime.

The featured speaker at the May WWGofGA meeting was Hans Meier. Hans is a very accomplished scroll saw craftsman and brought in a wide variety of examples of his fine work. It was a very enjoyable and educational meeting!

Members of the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia tool team are working hard to get ready for today's tool sale from 9 to 1. We hope to see you here if you could use a tool or two at a great price.

Several members of the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia helped break down a load of lumber into bed parts for "Sleep in Heavenly Peace", a non-profit that builds beds for kids in need of a place to sleep. The parts will now move on to another volunteer build day where they will be processed further for final assembly. It was a very rewarding day helping a very worthwhile organization. Thanks to Woodcraft Atlanta for letting us use their facilities!

Over the weekend, the Board of Directors of The Woodworkers Guild of Georgia held an in-person planning meeting at the East Roswell Recreation Center, where we will be holding most of our monthly meetings in the near future. Lots of good ideas were discussed and plans for the upcoming months were made. Along those lines, we are open to hearing any suggestions as to what you might like to see either from our social media posts or in the way of guild activities. Either comment here or email [email protected] with any suggestions. Thanks for following us and we look forward to any input that you might have!

The Woodworkers Guild of Georgia is offering a free carving knife to the first three Facebook users who sign up for a new one year membership to our organization. Dues are just $50/yr. (Sorry, but renewing members are not eligible.) These knives are handmade here in Georgia by one of our patron sponsors, Olde Towne Cutlery and have a retail value of $50.

To receive your knife:
1. Send email to [email protected] saying that you saw our Facebook post and are joining the guild.
2. Go to https://www.wwgofga.com/membership/ to fill out a membership form and pay for your first year's dues.
3. Once membership is verified, you will be contacted to pick up your knife at a guild meeting or to make other arrangements.

Eligibility for the knife will be determined by the order in which the email is received.
Each knife is unique, so it will vary somewhat from the item shown in the picture.