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2019: Our special guest for the fourth bi-annual workshop, held at the Forest Discovery Centre in Dwellingup, was Ken Wraight. Ken is undoubtedly one of the world's finest wood turners, and we were very lucky that he was able to join us, and share his considerable skills. Ken's wife Helen catalogued the seventy auction items. Things have really progressed since 2009 when we held our first workshop; the quality of the work has improved immeasurably, the volume of work has also increased, although the auction prices have not increased, so next year grab yourself a bargain. To the organising committee and all the people who contributed to the success of the event, thank you for your hard work and dedication.   2018: This year's workshop held in Bunbury was another great success, with some outstanding work produced by all of the participants; a great effort. Having Mike Lee as our main guest for this event was an outstanding success. His contribution to the collaboration workshop was outstanding, as were the master classes and demonstrations. It was a shame that Joey Richardson couldn't join us, but hopefully she will be able to attend one of our events in the future. The auction wasn't as financially successful as it has been in the past, but that was no reflection on the quality or quantity of the work produced. Thank you to everyone who attended and to the committee for putting in the hard yards that made this workshop possible.   2017: As in past years our collaboration workshop for 2017 was held over three days at the Forest Heritage Centre in Dwellingup. The very inspirational Douglas Bell from South Australia was our guest of honour. With 21 keen woodworkers in attendance the workshop was fully booked. Their hard work resulted in around 51 pieces being produced, raising over $2,800.00 at the auction. Thank you to all those who attended, and to those who bought items from the delightful array of artistic pieces. This workshop welcomed several new attendees who we hope to see at future events. Everyone was grateful to the participants who provided tasty goodies and the ladies who served up the meals, and to the committee for organising yet another successful workshop.   Previous workshops: Pictures are available from each of our previous workshops all the way back to the first in 2009 Select a workshop: Bunbury 2016 Dwelingup 2015 Bunbury 2014 Dwelingup 2013 Bunbury 2012 Wandi 2011 Bunbury 2010 Bunbury 2009 2016: The Collaboration WA workshop for 2016 was held for the fifth time in the bushland setting of Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School from the 27th of September to the 1st of October. This year, due to the much appreciated organising efforts of the committee and members, we were able to invite three world renowned wood artists. They were woodturners Michael Kehs (USA) and Nick Agar (UK) and wood carver Hape Kiddle (NZ/NSW). There were six other interstate and overseas participants and the rest of the total of 29 were from Western Australia, including newcomers Clive and Jenny Kendrick and Jim Reynoldson. A busy, harmonious and productive workshop (and subsequent master classes by our visitors) were again enjoyed by all.   2015: Our collaboration workshop for 2015 was again held over three days, at the Forest Heritage Centre in Dwellingup. Our guest of honour this year was world renowned woodturner Guilio Marcolongo from Victoria. The workshop was fully booked, with a total of 20 people in attendance. As with all of our workshops, the balance was just right, combining hard work, fun, and frivolity, with around 40 pieces being produced, raising over $3,000 at auction. Many thanks to all those who attended, to "Frank" our auctioneer, and people who bought items in the auction. Everyone was grateful to the ladies who did a wonderful job of serving up the meals and to the participants who provided the goodies. As usual everything went off without a hitch, thanks to you all.   2014: Collaboration 2014 was our most successful so far; this year we added an extra day, making it a five day event. Over 140 pieces were made over the five days, raising almost $18,000.00 at our auction. The combined talents of our guests Jacques Vesery and Binh Pho greatly enhanced the success of the event. Jacques and Binh also held well attended master classes and Binh was kind enough to stage an evening demonstration with over 45 people in attendance, including members of the Bunbury Woodturners Group. Once again we thank everyone involved with these events for making them such a resounding success.   2013: October 2013 saw us with a mini workshop held at the lovely setting of the Forrest Heritage Centre at Dwellingup. Our guest artist was Stephen Hughes from Victoria. The three day workshop and demonstration attracted artists who produced 33 items for the auction held on the last day. We also had some much appreciated donations for the auction. Our talented auctioneer Frank Evans drew a nice sum of money from the bidders which will go towards our major five-day 2014 workshop to be held at the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School from September 30th to October 4th. Plans are under way to have Jacques Vesary and Binh Pho as guest artists. While in Western Australia Stephen gave a very successful demonstration at the Southern River College for 48 keen woodturners of the Manjimup Woodturners Group.   2012: October 2012 once again found us back at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School for the third workshop to be held at this wonderful venue. We had engaged in quite a bit of fund raising prior to this event, which allowed us to plan well ahead, and organise what many attendees described as the best of our workshops that they had attended. Some of the credit for this has to be down to good organisation, for which the committee deserves enormous thanks. While a big effort was made by the committee, this was far outweighed by the contribution made by the participants, who's enthusiasm and sense of camaraderie made this an event to remember. Well done to all those who attended.   2011: In November 2011 Collaboration WA held a very successful workshop at Wandi in Western Australia. The workshop facilities are managed by the Wandi Progress Association, and are used by various woodworking groups within the area. Unlike our larger event which is held in Bunbury every two years, this workshop involved mainly Perth based artists. There were quite a few new faces that had not attended a collaborative workshop such as this before, but everyone soon fitted in, and some very fine pieces of work were produced over the two days. We hope to see some of these people at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School in October 2012.   2010: For our 2010 workshop, we once again utilised the wonderful facilities made available to us by Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School. As usual the meals and accommodation provided by the school were first class, as were the participants and the works that they created. In 2010 we applied to Country Arts WA for a grant to help support our efforts in promoting wood art to a wider audience in both Western Australia, and further afield. This was successful and we would like to thank Country Arts WA for their generous support.   2009: Our first workshop was held at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School in April 2009. The workshop was very well attended, with well known artists from both Western Australia and the eastern states participating, in what proved to be a very successful event. All works produced were auctioned at the end of the four day workshop to help raise money for future events.