Bob Espen lived in Anchorage, AK.for 23 years. While there he helped found the Alaska Creative Woodworkers Association and the Alaska Chapter of the AAW. He participated in several juried art shows at the Anchorage Museum of Fine Arts,The Portland Rose Festival, and Beneath the Bark in Provo Utah. He has done demos in Bremerton, Olympia, Seattle, Portland, Salem and Eugene,as well as The AAW in Tacoma and Portland. has been turning for over 20 years and does a variety of things, bowls,rolling pins, oil lamps. wall hangings, boxes and other things. Bob has demonstrated for us in the past and it has always been an enjoyable evening.
What’s Happening at Other Chapters
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon are meeting June 4th. Michael Ferreira will be demonstrating how he creates his unique color finishes.
The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley are meeting on June 4th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Southwest Idaho Woodturners in Boise, ID are meeting next on June 9th. Frank Lench and Wayne Rexford will be demonstrating long, thin and intricate finials.
The Fraser Valley Woodturners in Abbotsford, B.C. will be meeting on June 11th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Seattle Woodturners are meeting on June 11th. Jon Magill will be discussing rose engine decoration.
The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting on June 11th. Soren Berger will be discussing tool development.
The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island are next meeting June 17th. Lin Bayford will be doing a presentation on advanced use of a pressure chamber for doing wood stabilization and other things.
The Cascade Woodturners in Portland, OR will be meeting on June 18th. Soren Berger will be demonstrating. Soren will also be conducting an all-day demonstration on the 19th and a hands on class on the 20th.
The Northwest Washington Woodturners in Mt. Vernon are meeting on June 18th. Rick Anderson will be demonstrating peppermill turning.
The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners are meeting next on June 24th. Eric Lofstrom will be demonstrating square bowls.
The Woodturners of Olympia are meeting on June 25th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Beaver State Woodturners in Eugene, Oregon are meeting on June 25th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Southwest Washington Woodturners in Vancouver, WA will be meeting on June 24th. The club will be holding their annual wood auction.
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. is meeting on June 24th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
May Demonstrator – Glenn Schaffer
Glenn Schaffer is the Police Chief of Chehalis. He is also a respected member of the Woodturners of Olympia,and an artist in his own right. Glenn will be doing a presentation on natural edge vessels and vases.
Glenn moved to Washington a little over eight years ago, from Aspen, Colorado. He started woodturning roughly six years ago and has been on the board of directors for the Woodturners of Olympia since 2012. He states that “My woodturning interests are ever changing and I rarely duplicate the same project for very long, which is what keeps this hobby fascinating for me.”
Glenn’s artistic and creative abilities have to be seen in order to be believed, and you can see a lot of his work on his web page at http://www.glennschaffer.com/. It is hard to believe that he has only been turning for six years. Browsing through his gallery, a person wonders where all of his ideas came from.
Seattle Chapter Special Workshop
Attention woodturners!!
On April 25th, you will have the opportunity to participate in a workshop led by Guilio Marcolongo, a well-known Australian demonstrator and master turner. He presented a well-regarded demonstration for our club last June, enjoyed by those who attended. He is in the area on his way to demonstrate at the Provo Symposium in May.
The workshop project will be a dog bowl “transformed.” The photo below shows the piece.
The workshop will start at 9:30 am AJ Mearns’ shop in Bothell. The fee will be $100. Please email David Lutrick if you want to participate, or call David at 425-557-9571.
April – 50 Nifty Shop Tips
Bring a pen and a pad of paper to the April meeting and be prepared to take lots of notes.
Four members of the Olympic Peninsula Woodturners Club will be presenting Fifty Nifty Shop Tips, a collection of wonderful ideas for woodworkers. It promises to be an evening filled with tons of useful information.
This is a concept that began with an internet thread that has gone semi-viral, with contributions from dozens of veteran woodturners from throughout the United States, Canada, and England.
About two years ago Russell Neyman posted several tips on the SawmillCreek.org Woodturners Forum, and other craftspeople jumped on board to create one of the website’s most popular features. Over 30-thousand people have viewed it.
The team of presenters will be sharing the best of these and adding their own, with visual aids and “live” examples of most of the concepts. Actually, there will undoubtedly be more than 50 tips.
One aspect of this coming meeting is audience participation as SPSW members are encouraged to bring their own ideas and share them with the group.
Subjects are wide-ranging and include everything from abrasives to ziplock bags.
What’s Happening at Other Chapters
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon are meeting April 2nd. All are invited to share comparisons of their early to recent work.
The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley are meeting on April 2nd. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Fraser Valley Woodturners in Abbotsford, B.C. will be meeting on April 9th. Rick den Braber will be demonstrating relief and chip carving on a turning.
The Seattle Woodturners are meeting on April 9th. This month features a tool swap and panel of experts. The chapter is also hosting an all-day hands-on session with Guilio Marcolongo on April 25th.
The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting on April 9th. Cynthia Gibson will be demonstrating pyrography.
The Southwest Idaho Woodturners in Boise, ID are meeting next on April 14th. Jerry Wagner will be demonstrating architectural turning: balasters, columns and etc.
The Cascade Woodturners in Portland, OR will be meeting on April 16th. The program for the evening will feature Gadgets, Gizmos and Gimmics.
The Northwest Washington Woodturners in Mt. Vernon are meeting on April 16th. This meeting is Play day (will have at least 4 lathes with demos going).
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. are meeting on April 22nd. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Woodturners of Olympia are meeting on April 23rd. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Beaver State Woodturners in Eugene, Oregon are meeting on April 23rd. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island are next meeting April 25th. Doug McBeath and Barrie Baptie will be demonstrating techniques for filling voids.
The Southwest Washington Woodturners in Vancouver, WA will be meeting on April 27th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced. The SWWWT have completely rebuilt their website. Take a look at http://www.southwestwashingtonwoodturners.com/
The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners are meeting next on April 29th. Scott Overby will be demonstrating pens and peppermills.
