March Demonstrator – John Jordan

On March 18th, the South Puget Sound Woodturners will be very pleased to offer John Jordan as our March demonstrator. John is an acclaimed woodturner who has his work represented in private and corporate collections as well as 30+ museums, including the Smithsonian and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Between seminars and demonstrations, John has taught thousands of people to turn wood. John is especially well known for his designs, carved surfaces, and texturing. You will see all of this during John’s demonstration. You can check out some of John’s work on his website, johnjordanwoodturning.com.

Please join us for this Zoom-based demonstration, which will start at 7:00 PM PST on March 18th. The Zoom meeting will open at 6:30 PM. for log in and conversation.

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February Demonstrator

February’s Remote Demo: For our February Zoom meeting, we are again partnering with our friends in the Woodturners of Olympia (WOO) to present Harvey Meyer, who is a nationally recognized woodturner. Harvey is well known for his intricate “basketry illusion” enhancements on platters, bowls, and hollow forms. These designs are often inspired by the patterns on American Indian baskets.

During his 3-hour demonstration, Harvey will take us through the creation of the design, how to print out index wheels for various projects, wood turning, using a beading tool to create concentric rings on the project, wood burning the radials in the wood to create individual cells, and coloring those cells individually to create patterns in the “weaving”. If you would like to see some of Harvey’s work, please check his website at www.harveymeyer.com.

Due to Harvey’s schedule, length of this demo, and the time zone difference, this demonstration will be held on February 13th, which is the second Saturday of the month, from 3:00 – 6:00 PM. This is an unusual time for us, so please put it in your calendar to be sure you don’t miss it! As usual, you will be sent the Zoom invitation link on Monday February 8th, and there will be a reminder sent to all the active members on our list on Friday the 12th. Just use the Zoom link to join us any time after 2:30 PM.

Please join us. If you are not currently using Zoom to attend these events, you are missing something really good.

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January Demonstrator

On January 21st, we are honored to again host Lyle Jamieson, who was our very first remote demonstrator last April. We were very happy to have chosen Lyle as our first remote demonstrator because, in addition to being a great teacher, he also helped us to work through the process of getting set up to utilize the Zoom Meetings platform.

During this presentation, Lyle will show us how to make a bowl “bigger than the piece of wood you start with.” This is often called a “winged bowl”. It is an interesting project, and one that builds skills for any woodturner.

If you are paid up as an active member, look for the meeting invitation in your inbox on January 16th, and a meeting reminder on Wednesday January 20th. Then please join us all between 6:30 and 7:00 on Thursday the 21st for Lyle’s remote demonstration.

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What Did You Get For Christmas

Many turners have turning related items on their Christmas wish list, from tools to wood to even a new lathe. Tell us what you got this year for Christmas.

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