20 years ago, I inherited an old Craftsman lathe that originally belonged to my Grampa. I was given some hand medown tools and a quick basic lesson which started me down the road on a wood turning journey. I have turned 400+ bowls with a focus on locally sourced woods …
The Fife Center is closed this month so this is a ZOOM ONLY Meeting. SPSW members will be emailed the Zoom link, or you can find it under “For Members / Upcoming Zoom Meeting Link”. Art has been integral to Roberto Ferrer from early childhood in Mexico where, ever-present art …
Like many woodturners, I was exposed to a lathe briefly in high school. It was fun to use the different tools and start to understand how they worked. I moved on in life and didn’t start seriously turning until about 8 years ago. My first lathe was a ShopSmith. I …
I learned about Fiber Reactive Dyes as a Textile Arts Major in college, using them extensively to study and understand color and what role that plays in the design process. After graduation from the University of Washington, I went back to college, getting myself an Industrial Engineering degree. I worked …
This month is the second of two mini-symposiums for the year. The line up includes: Don Mars demonstrating inside out turning; Justin Parson demonstrating pen turning; Kathy Garlick selling at the club store; Doug Reynolds showing Kintsugi For Woodturners: Make …
I began turning wood in Junior High School. While visiting an uncle in Southern California he noticed my excitement about wood turning and he gave me a lathe that he never used. With paper route earnings I purchased tools from Sears and my dad and I began turning on our …
