In the not to distant past woodturning was used to create utilitarian items like chair legs and simple bowls. Once woodturning started to increase in popularity, and with the advent of the AAW, woodturning has become more of an art. If you look at recent work by well know turners you will find pieces that belong on a museum display rather than on the dining room table.
So check out these galleries and see the evolution in turning that has occurred in just a decade.
The Segmented Woodturners virtual chapter of the AAW has released the May Club Summary. Here are some of the recent happenings:
Chapter Challenge
The Winter/Spring Chapter Challenge has ended. There were twenty-seven entries in this contest based on feature rings. First place ended in a tie between Ken Cowell and Bill Wyko:
First Place (tie) – Practice by Bill Wyko
First Place (tie) – Luna by Ken Cowell
Second Place – NM Mass Ascension by David Grady
Third Place (tie) – Bubbles by Larry Watson
Third Place (tie) – stdaa by Russell Norman
Membership
There are new members joining regularly and there are now over 500 members of the Segmented Woodturners.
Segmented Symposium
Registrations are looking good for the upcoming symposium in October. Registrations can be made online so get yours in as soon as possible if you are planning to attend. You can register until September 15th and receive a $50 discount. After that date the registration will be $300.
If you’re the spouse of a segmented turner attending the symposium and want to attend all the sessions, there is a new $150 spouse option available on the online registration form. This admission will offer all the same items of the full price admission including attendance at the Saturday night banquet.
Also, there are two scholarships available for Chapter members that may not have the resources to attend. See our prior post.
You can get all the information in the Symposium Brochure.
Upcoming Segmented Turning Classes
May 20 – 26, 2012
Easy Segmented Platters and Expressive Wall Art
Instructor: Linda Sutter
John C. Campbell Folk School
June 3 – 9, 2012
Turning in the Polychromatic Style: Staved Construction
Instructor: Don Russell
John C. Campbell Folk School
June 25 -‐ 29, 2012
Segmented Turning: pushing your skills to the next level
Instructor: Curt Theobald
Anderson Ranch
July 8 – 14, 2012
Segmented Turning
Instructor: Malcolm Tibbetts
Arrowmont
September 4 – 8, 2012
Segmented turning: Where Precision Partners with Turned Elegance
Instructor: Malcolm Tibbetts
The Mark Adams School of Woodworking
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The members of the Yellowstone Woodturners, an AAW chapter in Billings, Montana have have announced their 7th Annual Symposium scheduled for October 6th and 7th at the Billings Career Center. The demonstrators for this year’s symposium are Malcolm Tibbetts who will cover segmenting from A to Z, and Sam Angelo who will demonstrate Dying your Wood Projects.
Cost for the 2-day event is $95, but the fee is only $80 if you register by September 14th. More information and the registration form can be found on the YWT website.
The May meeting will consist of two major items: an extended show and tell session and a question and answer session conducted by a panel. The panel will consist of Pat McCart, Dave Schweizer, Paul Crabtree, Ted Bartholomew, Jim Cotter, and Bill Wood. The panel will act as a sounding board for your questions, preferably related to wood turning, but, what the heck, we will try anything. Seriously though, if the answer does not come from the panel, I am sure that someone in our audience will be able to assist. We are extremely fortunate in having a member base that has delved into almost all elements of turning; be it spindles, bowls, vessels, segmented, pens, decorating, finishing, or what have you.
Please bring the pieces that you enjoy the most and share them with the rest of us. If you have a problem piece, by all means bring it with you. There will be someone here who can help you with it. If you are wondering what tool to use or if there is a jig that would make your turning easier, this is the time and the place to address it.
Most of the time we have to cut short the time allotted for helping each other solve problems or explaining how in the world you do that. This is the meeting to resolve those problems. So bring your problems and your problem resolutions and attend what should turn out to be a very inspirational meeting.
The AAW provides a venue for woodturners and wood art collectors to come together. There are three venues available on the AAW website:
These venues offer AAW members a powerful tool to help market their woodturnings. The AAW website receives over 40,000,000 hits every year, and has 62,119 other websites that link to theirs, so $10 is very reasonable and the exposure could help with your other marketing efforts.
The Covington Days Festival has issued a call for entries for the annual Covington Days Festival Art Show. The show is scheduled for July 20th to 22nd at Cedar Heights Middle School in Covington. SPSW and Covington Arts Commission member Jonathan Combs is encouraging members to submit their work. He says that there weren’t many turned items last year and this is a good opportunity to expose our craft to more people.
This is a juried show with prizes awarded in six categories. The City of Covington also selects one piece of art per day for purchase to become part of the city’s art collection. All artwork must be original and priced to sell. There is a 20% commission for all sales which will be payable to the City of Covington.
Art intake is on July 19th with a free reception on the 20th. Entry fee is $5.00 per piece.
More information can be found at www.covingtonfestival.com