September Meeting – Mini Symposium
This month is the second of two mini-symposiums for the year. The line up includes: Don Mars demonstrating inside out turning; Justin Parson demonstrating pen turning; Kathy Garlick selling at the club store; Doug Reynolds showing Kintsugi For Woodturners: Make …
August Demonstrator – Eric Lofstrom
Working with wood has been a source of peaceful intrigue since my childhood. When creating, I try to practice “presence,” or mindfulness, so I can stay safe and make the most of my time creatively. I strive to balance the seemingly opposite goals of absolute physical control and creative surrender. …
July Demonstrator – Dan Stromstad, One Way Coring System
I began turning wood in Junior High School. While visiting an uncle in Southern California he noticed my excitement about wood turning and he gave me a lathe that he never used. With paper route earnings I purchased tools from Sears and my dad and I began turning on our …
June Demonstrator – Russell Nymen
This month’s demonstration, “Airbrushing and Other Methods of Adding Color,” will be presented by a familiar face: Russell Neyman, a longtime friend of the South Puget Sound Woodturners. “I came to the conclusion very early in life that I wanted to do many different things,” Neyman said recently. “Perhaps I’m …
May Demonstrator – Ken Conte
Ken took up woodturning in 2008 and has been a member of the AAW and the Woodturners of Olympia since then. He has served on the Board of the Woodturners of Olympia since he started turning and served as Club President from January 2014 through June 2018. Ken has lived …