Life membership bestowed on Whanganui woodworkers
8 Mar, 2021 01:39 AM
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Bill Rod (left) and Des Kendrick have been made life members of the Wanganui Turners and Woodcraft Group. Photo / Ray Cooper
Bill Rod (left) and Des Kendrick have been made life members of the Wanganui Turners and Woodcraft Group. Photo / Ray Cooper
Bill Rod and Des Kendrick have been made life members of the Wanganui Turners and Woodcraft Group.
At a ceremony last month the two men received their framed certificates and gold lapel shields.
Bill is the longest serving member of the group. [The group] goes back to the mid-70s, when Austin Brasell, from Sovereign Woodworkers, started it as a carving club, says Bill.
LOS ANGELES Brian Oien has taken on a special patriotic project: turning ordinary wood into extraordinary, handcrafted American flags. I took a neighbor s flag and actually asked to borrow his flag and he thought I was crazy. Well what are you going to do with it Brian? said Oien.
He took the flag so he could study it carefully, taking a close look at the placement of the stars and the stripes. I literally got to work the next day on this thing, said Oien.
He turned his garage into a wood shop, with the patriotic project giving him purpose. It also allowed him to stay home with his daughter as she battled and survived cancer.