Former SPSW President Dan Stromstad and member Dennis Johnson are featured in an article in the Tacoma News Tribune. Great story of friendship, giving, courage and overcoming disabilities. A friendship strengthened through adversity, crafted with a lathe
Carl started woodworking with his grandfather as a young boy. He continued woodworking through high school, and started woodturning after seeing a turned project in a friends shop. Some of his fondest memories are working with his grandfather in his wood shop. Being able to share our passion for woodworking, …
When you are a starving artist, and don’t care for the starving part, what do you do? Get a job. So, while continuing to pursue his passion for creating art, Jay worked for the Washington State Department of Ecology – focusing on another one of his passions, the environment. At …
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on November 3rd with a demonstration by Tom Willing on jam and cup chucks and Scott Trumbo from Serious Toolworks will be showing his full line of M2 turning tools. The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley are meeting on November …
This month’s demonstrator is John Shrader. Most wood is only available in flat boards. This demo will show how to make bowls from a single board using stacked rings and also how to make multiple closed forms from a single board using staved construction. I will show how the limitation …
I view myself as a generalist in wood turning. I turn boxes, bowls, vessels, and spindles and also enjoy emerging media such as precious metals, glass and clay into my work. I have sold in craft fairs, shops, and galleries and also do custom millwork, restoration turning, and production turning. …
