There is a £5 joining fee, each year, to cover the cost of insurance and then everyone pays £3.00 for each night they attend which includes tea or coffee and a biscuit.

If you don't come you don't pay!

We don't aim to make a profit but surplus funds, if there are any, are used to purchase tools, books DVD's etc. that members can borrow, as long as we can cover the hire charges and the catering we're happy.

On the left is Jean, one of our many lady carvers, working on her bull.

Jean is also a very talented artist, she painted my portrait and is a very acomplished botanical artist and has had her work recognised commercially.

Jean is channeling much of her spare time into her pyrography work,specialising in images on natural-edge wooden plaques and most unusually on cow horn.

One of her other hobbies is spinning wool and she is extrememly knowledgable on the subject.

Follow the link below to see some of her work on the Hants & Dorset Stickmakers website under

"JC Crafts"

We sometimes have a speaker or demonstrator along to our meetings especially just before Christmas, when we have the odd sausage roll and mince pie.

We are very informal so come along to one of our meetings and have a look at what we're doing, have a go and you might discover a hidden talent.

We are usually invited to demonstrate and show our work at "Bygone Days" South Gorley, near Fordingbridge, over the first weekend in August.

Or look out for us in the craft tent at Ellingham and Ringwood Agricultural show at Somerley Park, just North of Ringwood on the second Saturday in August.