Northwest Wood Carvers Show

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Northwest Wood Carvers AssociationSPSW members, have you been looking for an opportunity to display your work in a juried show?

The Northwest Wood Carvers are holding their 31st Annual Show and Sale this weekend at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington. Carvers compete at six skill levels for ribbon and cash awards. Carving experts will be presenting hourly demonstrations on various carving topics, such as carving human figures, carving caricatures and woodburning, and answering all your questions. There are also raffles, seminars, and an evening banquet and auction (reservations required). A huge sales area can supply all your carving needs from tools and wood to sandpaper or stain. Some woodcarvings are for sale.

The Gallery display has been judged one of the finest in the country. Entries are accepted from Jr. (16 yrs. & under) through Expert in all categories but must be in hard medium only: wood, stone, ivory, horn or bone. The woodworking section includes Intarsia, Marquetry, Woodburning, Woodturning, Found Wood, Fretwork, Scroll Saw Pieces & Woodworking. Chain saw pieces are accepted. Pre-registration of all entries is requested.

You can download a prospectus and registration form from the NWCA website.

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance: Help for Self Employed Artists

cerfDid you know that you might qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance if you are an independent artist or other self-employed individual who has lost income due to interruptions from a major disaster?

If there has been a Presidential declaration for a major disaster in your county, and your state has requested Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) from the federal government, then you might be eligible for this financial assistance. To receive help, you must register with your state’s employment services office and provide proof of earnings. Benefits usually start from the date of your inability to work due to the disaster, and can extend up to 26 weeks after the Presidential declaration date. For more information about the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program visit the US Department of Labor website.

This article is courtesy of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, CERF+.

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What’s Happening at Other Chapters

The Northwest Woodturners in Tigard, Oregon will be meeting on November 3rd. The agenda features a panel discussion on selling your work, the member auction and election of officers for 2012.

The Seattle Woodturners will be meeting on November 10th with Mark Gardner showing how he makes hollow forms using green wood. If time permits Mark will also demonstrate some of his carving and texturing tools. Also, on November 5th the club will present chainsaw maintenance with J.D. Fernstrom of Stihl Chainsaws.

The Cascade Woodturners in Portland, Oregon, meet on November 17th and will feature Mark Gardner. Mark will also be holding a hands-on class on the 18th and an all day demo on the 19th.

The Northwest Washington Woodturners in Mount Vernon, WA are holding their Holiday dinner and auction for their membership meeting on November 17th.

The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island will be holding their regular meeting on November 26th with a presentation on spalted wood.

The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild meeting will be held on November 30th. On November 12th Mark Gardner will be giving an all-day demo on how to turn hollow forms without the hollowing, surface embellishments and turning a square bowl using three different axes. On the 13th Mark is holding a hands-on class teaching his hollow turning technique demo’d the prior day. The Guilds “Turning 101” class will be on the 26th. And once again the Guild has published an outstanding newsletter for October.

The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners in Bremerton are also meeting on November 30th and will feature Bonnie Klein.

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AAW October Chapter Newsletter

[note]The following is the October Chapter Newsletter from the AAW[/note]

Monthly Drawings/Grand Prize Drawing

We are continuing with our monthly drawings. Nothing is required to participate other than being a member of the AAW. We have great prizes each month and will have a grand prize drawing again at the end of 2011. Walter Meier Powermatic/JET has donated the same grand prize (3520B plus the local chapter choice of JET full-size or 5 minis).

Thank Our Sponsors

Please make sure that you thank all of our business members for their support of the AAW. These companies (and individuals) help make the organization great and offer many special benefits to our members. Let them know you appreciate them when you do business with them. We also thank those donors to the monthly and year end grand prize drawings. You can find a complete listing of those on the website. Board of Directors Elections Deadline

The election is underway for the three Board of Directors positions. These are 3 year terms. The balloting began on August 1st and will close on October 21st. You can vote online.

EOG/ERF Grants

The EOG applications for this year’s grants are now open online. The deadline is January 15. You must apply online. New this year with the EOG grants 10 AAW symposium registrations will be awarded. You may be aware of the ERF (emergency relief fund) which is available to AAW members. If you have suffered woodturning equipment losses due to a natural disaster, consider applying for ERFmonies to help you with replacement equipment.

Mid South Woodturners Guild Joan Kelly Memorial Fund Grants

The members of the Mid South Woodturners Guild have created a Joan Kelly Memorial Grant program. MSWG is offering, on a first come first serve basis, $100 Grants and simple “how to guidelines” to build your own protective shield. You can find more information here.

Best Practices – Safety

The best practices area of the website is used to share ideas, techniques, and methods among the membership and chapters. You can find everything from presentation skills to tax suggestions for chapters. We are soliciting input from the chapters and members to
help expand our safety content in the best practices area. In addition to hard copy documentation, we will open it to video materials as well. Send your ideas and contributions to Dan Luttrell for consideration.

Membership Drive

AAW is excited to kick off our membership drive. As we continue to grow, we look forward to welcoming new members and renewing friendships with returning members. This year we look forward to expanding our programs and implementing new ideas, and as always, sharing with you, this amazing time. Our membership drive is designed to work through and in support of the local chapters. For each 10 memberships (new or lapsed two years or more) the chapter will receive a complimentary symposium registration. The start date for the promotion is November 1st with an end date of December 31st. Click here to participate in the offer. We hope that you’ll choose to join and spread the word to your friends.

Woodturning Fundamentals

Woodturning Fundamentals is a new program at AAW whose goal is to provide a source for basic skills and techniques. We will be adding information on the website and sending emails in the months the American Woodturner journal is not published.

Our purpose is to:

  • Encourage and assist members of the woodturning community in the development of their skills
  • Provide a source for starting and developing woodturning skills
  • Provide reference for equipment
  • Promote oodturning safety

Watch for registration for the Woodturning Fundamentals when you renew your membership.

Kurt Hertzog
Chair Chapters and Membership

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Time to Renew

renew nowSPSW members, its time to renew your membership for 2012. Dues for 2012 remain the same as 2011 at $30. Cheap when you consider all the benefits you receive. You can pay your 2012 dues to Membership chairman Jarred Hoffpauir at the next meeting, or you can download the membership form and mail in your 2012 dues. Mailing instructions are included on the form.

Membership

Segmented Turners Challenge Re-vote

[note]The Segmented Woodturners sent out this note today regarding the Summer Challenge.[/note]

Hello Fellow Segmented Wood Turners,

We had an unfortunate accident with our database this weekend and subsequently lost all the votes to the current club challenge program.

So, I need to ask each of you to recast your votes for your favorite segmented turning in this challenge.

Fortunately, we did not lose the comments that you’ve contributed and they are wonderful learnings for the rest of us. If you’ve not yet submitted comments on the club challenge entries, I encourage you to do that.

So, please visit our gallery, log in, select the “Summer 2011 Club Challenge” album at the bottom of the page and recast your vote.

Voting will continue until Oct 31st at midnight and then we’ll count the votes.

The gallery URL is:
http://segmentedwoodturners.org/forum/photopost/index.php
I apologize for this problem and hope that everyone can recast their votes right away!

If you have any questions or problems, please contact me!

Thank you,

Dennis Daudelin
SWT Webmaster

There are many fabulous entries, so if you are a Segmented Woodturners chapter member make sure to check out the entries and vote for your favorite. I have been reading the comments on each piece and find them very constructive for my own turnings as well.

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