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President: Rodney Botfield  Vice President: Lindsay Whiteman   Secretary: Kerri Barr   Treasurer: Bill Glasgow  

Committee: Peter Clarke, Dennis Gardner, Anthony Rennick & Ron Tribe

 Editor: Chris Barr.

                        The Australian Plaiters and Whipmakers Association is a non profit making association dedicated to the sharing of knowledge about the finer points of our craft. It was founded in October 1985 and is the only association of its type in the country. We publish a journal every 12 weeks ( four times a year ) in which we try to include as many how-to-do-it articles as we can. Many of the tips and techniques published in the journal cannot be found in any books. Back issues of the journal are available to members only.

                 Annual subscription entitles members to four issues of the journal. Articles are welcomed from anyone who has any interesting information to pass on, especially tips on how to do things.

                 Among our members we have some of the top crafts people in the country. Most of the major prizes for both whipmaking and plaiting ( or braiding as it is called in America ) have been won by our members in recent years at the major shows. Not only that but some of our well known members are also called on to judge many of the important competitions in the country.

           Membership of the Australian Plaiters and Whipmakers Association is open to anyone who has an interest in the subject. It is very cheap as we are a non profit making group and only need enough to get out the journal and keep the wheels rolling.

          We have members from all over the world, and because the journal has to go Air Mail the overseas joining fee is a little higher. Because the banks sometime impose a fee to deposit overseas cheques we find that payment by credit card seems the best way to go.

HOW TO JOIN

There are no application forms for joining, all that is required is your name, address and the subscription. If you wish to pay by credit card we are able to accept credit card payments via Paypal through this website go to the "Join the APWA" link in the navigation menu on the left.

COST OF MEMBERSHIP, Australian members

Annual membership, including 4 issues of the journal is AU$42.00.

COST OF MEMBERSHIP, Overseas members.

Annual membership, including 4 issues of the journal is AU$55.00 (the higher charge is because the  journal is sent by air). If paying by cheque add an extra AU$10 for bank charges.

BACK ISSUES OF THE JOURNAL

          As mentioned earlier, back issues of the journal are available in bound volumes. There are seven volumes at present and each contain some 250 odd pages. Vol 1, issues 1-20, Vol 2, issues 21-30, Vol 3,issues 31-40, Vol 4, issues 41-50, Vol 5, issues 51-60, and Vol 6, issues 61-70, and Vol 7, issues 71-80.

They cost $39.60 each for Australian members (this includes GST and postage).

For overseas members the cost of a single volume is A$33 plus postage. (For most U.S. members postage is A$25 making a total of A$58.