Mark your calendars for
Saturday evening, December 10, 2005, to reserve it for
the CAW pot luck Holiday Social. Mark your calendars for
Saturday evening, December 10, 2005, to reserve it for
the CAW pot luck Holiday Social.
Sharing Holiday Cheer!!
Capital Area Woodturners 4th annual Woodturners Ball on Saturday evening, December 10th, in the church hall of the Messiah United Methodist Church Hall, 6125 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA 22152. Our goal is simple: Let's all get together during this holiday season to share some holiday cheer with the members, families, and friends of CAW; eat a hearty meal of whatever dishes walk through the door; vote for the best turned holiday ornament from the members' entries; and exchange a turned object for those participating in the grab-bag exchange.
3:30 PM - Setup - If you have some free time and want to help setup, please contact Tom Boley, 703-569-2548, to coordinate activities to help with.
5:00 PM - Social Hour - Fun, camaraderie, hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and inspecting the items entered in the ornament contest and the turning exchange.
6:00 PM - Dinner - Really great food prepared by your friends, fellow woodturners, and/or their spouses. Pot luck dinners are the best eating anywhere. Drinks and eating utensils will be provided by the CAW.
7:00 PM - Fun & Games - Vote for your favorite ornament and grab-bag entry; dance with someone; sing some holiday carols; renew old acquaintances and make new ones; talk about turning, or just come and have some fun!!
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
This month is special. Of course, when you get to be my age, every month is special, but November has particular significance to CAW. Now that we have incorporated, we are required to have an Annual Meeting, and that will be this month. Our main business for this meeting is always the election of officers. Once again, if you are interested in being a part of the Board of Directors of this outstanding organization, then please let Bob Pezold know right away. You can reach Bob at 703-799-1034 or at rpezold@cox.net. He is our Nominating Committee once again this year and will be preparing ballots for voting at the meeting.
10:00 - Tom Crabb - Offset mini hollow forms.
$5 Demo fee will be collected.
During our monthly meeting in November we will have as part of the raffle the prize of a Jet Variable Speed Mini Lathe, As always, all you need to do is purchase a $1 ticket or if you want more chances to win, you can get 6 tickets for $5. We will also have other items to raffle of course but you will want to make sure you are at the November meeting to be sure you have a chance to win this great prize.
Tom will show techniques for hollowing through the bottom to achieve forms not possible with hollowing from the top of a form. This demo will concentrate on turning a hollow form and adding a second axis for the opening after the shape has been completed.
Tom Crabb has had a varied career in the visual arts and crafts. He was born in 1941 and raised in Springfield, Missouri where he worked with wood and other crafts since he was a child. After graduating from Southwest Missouri University in 1970 with a BA in English and minor in sculpture he worked as a photojournalist for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times until 1976.
While in Corpus Christi, Tom became interested in boatbuilding. He and his wife, Angela, moved to Mathews, Virginia where Tom attended the Chesapeake Academy of Boatbuilding and Design. To smooth out the ups and downs of the boat-building business Tom begin writing how-to articles for publications as diverse as "Creative Crafts" and "Popular Mechanics'' Tom has since published two books and over 50 articles on woodworking, woodturning and design. He has published two articles in the American Woodturner.
Mixed with the writing, Tom spent one summer as resident craftsman at Bush Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia. He also teaches woodworking classes for handicapped adults, when requested by the Richmond City department of Recreation and Parks . Tom recently retired as a project engineer, designing and engineering furniture and fixtures in Richmond, VA.
In 1994 Tom won third in the
Of Thee I Sing competition at the Wharton Esherick Museum in Philadelphia and was featured in Woodturning Magazine's Focus on Hidden Talent November issue. In 1995 Tom won second in the "Soup to Nuts" competition held by the Wharton Esherick Museum, third in the Treasured Troves exhibition, 1996, and Best in Show in the 1999 exhibition of wood utensils.Tom as also been juried into the Three Rivers Arts Festival, the Good Wood Exhibition, Arrowmont Spotlight 98 Exhibition and the Works in Wood Exhibition and Put A Lid On It. Tom has demonstrated at two AAW symposiums and many turning clubs throughout the US. Tom has work on display at Virginia Artisans Center, Waynesboro, VA, Twigs and Leaves Gallery, Waynesville, NC and Noon Whistle Gallery, Stanardsville, VA. Tom's woodturning specialties are Turning on the Bias and Multi-Axis Hollow Forms.
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - Marilyn Campbell - Epoxy.
$5 Demo fee will be collected.
About Marilyn:
My studio is located in Kincardine, Ontario near the scenic shores of Lake Huron. (About 3 hours north of Toronto). My interest in turning began in the early eighties and was sparked by a desire to work creatively with wood. At that time my husband and I had just finished building a 36’ sailboat, an endeavor which introduced me to woodworking and also renewed in me an urge for "making". I chose the lathe as a starting point because it offered many creative possibilities. The boat building venture also resulted in my familiarity with epoxy and subsequent recognition of its potential as another medium. I began by using epoxy as a simple, decorative element but gradually it evolved into a structural, yet expressive, component within my sculptural pieces. Consequently, for several years now, I have been exploring the variety of forms and effects that are made possible by the combination of the two materials. Since my work is created by cutting and rearranging a turned form, the process forces awareness of the relationships among component parts – the flow of line between the pieces and the spaces within their boundaries. I attempt to create fluid forms that are an expression of my surrounding environment, my experiences with it and my impressions of it. Inspiration for my work is conceived in the natural world but takes a twist in its passage through my imagination.
Selected Publications Featuring Marilyn Campbell’s Work 2004500 Wood Bowls, Lark Press
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Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection , Sean M. Ulmer, Editor, University of Michigan Museum of Art•
"Epoxy Complementing Wood", American Woodturner, Winter 2004, vol. 19, No 4, article by Marilyn Campbell 2002•
Scratching the Surface , Michael Hosaluk, Guild Publishing 2000 Appearance and Reality, Stephen Hogbin, Cambium Press
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 Frank Stepanski demontrates projects from branches - flower pots, natural
edge goblet, high wing bowl.
Mark Your Calendar NOW!!
For the 5th Annual CAW Summer Picnic/Social On Saturday, August
from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the CAW will sponsor a potluck Summer Picnic and Turning Social at the Admiralty Club, at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Recreation Center on Telegraph Road (Route 611) just north of Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The Coast Guard Station area is in the 7400 block of Telegraph Road. From No. VA, go south on Interstate 95 from the I-495 beltway. Get off at Exit 166A, the Newington, Fairfax County Parkway (Route 7100) exit going east. Within 1 mile, turn left onto Route 611, Telegraph Road heading North. The coast guard Station will be on your right a few blocks past the Hayfield Elementary and High Schools. On the ADC map book of Northern Virginia, the Coast Guard Station is on map page 29 at blocks 1E&F. From Maryland, after crossing the Wilson Bridge on I-495, you can get off at Exit #2 onto Telegraph Road (Route 611) and follow it for about 8 miles. The coast Guard recreations Center will be on your left. We will advise you of any special security procedures to get into the CG Station in next newsletter. The Admiralty Club will have an indoor meeting room for us in case of bad weather, an outdoor deck area for eating and setting up our lathes. Please bring lawn chairs, your mini-lathes if you have them, any tools you like to use, and some wood for making shavings.
This will be a potluck lunch similar to our December Holiday party - the best eating of the year!!! Please don't bring beverages. We are required to purchase our drinks from the Coast Guard Club Bar - It helps support their facility. Besides, at $.50 per soda, it is as cheap as if you had bought them in a grocery store. Please bring a dish to share according to the following list: No heating/cooking facilities available. DO NOT wear a hat inside the Admiralty Club - you will buy the bar a round of drinks - NO Kidding!!!
Bring a disposable serving spoon for the dish, and put your name on your serving pans and platters. Please join us for food, fun, turning, and camaraderie!!
Program for the month: 8:30am - ands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - Dick Sing - Off-center
turning.
A Full- Day Demo, $5.00 Fee will be collected
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - Irene Gafert - Coloring and Gold Leaf.
Irene Gafert who is from Denmark and quite accomplished as a decorator of turned objects, is our June demonstrator. Irene writes, "My first introduction to woodturning came as part of my formal training as an arts and crafts teacher. The experience and reputation of my turning teacher led the school to have a well-equipped turning shop, and quite a strong emphasis on turning within the wood and metal curriculum. The formal training program provided me with a solid grounding in technique.
Towards the end of my education, I went to New Zealand to gain both practical experience and a broadened artistic vision. My time there solidified my commitment to woodturning. Staying with some of New Zealand's greatest turners - Gael Montgomery , Mark Piercy and the Beddeks - expanding my sense of the possibilities the medium affords, and experiencing new tools and techniques all deepened my interest. Upon returning to Denmark, I began to explore the larger woodturning universe. Within a year I was participating in international symposia. It was at the French Woodturning Symposium in 1998 that I met Bonnie Klein and Charles Hutson, both of whom have influenced my work. The French experience led directly to my first attending an AAW symposium. This was in Tacoma, and was also my first sale outside of Denmark.
My first independent exhibition was held in 1998 at the Valdemars Castle in Denmark. It was here that I introduced my coloured pieces. The response was immediate and dramatic. Everything I brought was sold, with the first sale going to the Baron and Baroness who sponsored the exhibition. My history of fortuitous events continued and led to my first invitation as a special featured artist. in the 2000 AAW Symposium in Charlotte Since then I have been exhibiting, demonstrating, and teaching extensively, as well as participating in symposiums and collaborations.
$5 Demo fee will be collected.
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - Art Leistman - Surface design and decoration.
$5 Demo fee will be collected.
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - Bob Rosand - Small item production turning.
$5 Demo fee will be collected.
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:00 - A Mini-symposium
Kickoff Session – an explanation of
what, how, and when we will be holding symposium events.
A very abbreviated business meeting.
Photos of member items will NOT be
taken. A formal Show & Tell will NOT
be held. The tape library will be
open. A silent auction table will NOT
be held. Supplies & tools for
sale will be very limited. Penn State tools and merchandise will not be
available for general sale. If anyone wants to order in advance, they can send
an email to Amy at amy@landingcrafts.com
and she will have the order ready for
pickup during the lunch break.
9:30 AM -
For the Rest of the Day, Three separate turning demonstrations will be going on simultaneously.No Charge for the Whole Day!!
Lunch (Sandwiches, drinks, & chips) will be provided by the CAW
CAW is pleased to announce the
"Third" annual CAW Spring Mini-Symposium.What is a Symposium you ask? Well, look at it as a series of short demonstrations, each session lasting 90 mins., Now, in 90 minutes, you will not learn all the aspects of any particular topic. However, we hope you will walk away with information that is of value to you and will help you improve your current skills. Based on surveys conducted of member interests, we have created a rotation schedule that includes many of your most frequently requested subjects for demonstrations.
| Class room (where we hold the meetings) | Workshop | Back room (where we have the show-n-tell) | |
| 9:30 - 11:00 | Texture & Coloring
Chris Light |
Small Stuff
Drew Mitchum |
George Tool & Indexing
George Salinas |
| CAW provided lunch | Sub sandwiches from Primo's | Chips & Pop | |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Boxes
Don Johnson |
Mini Hollow Forms
Tom Boley |
Kaleidoscope
Charles Burton |
| 1:45 - 3:15 | Hand Chasing Threads
Don Riggs |
Natural Edge Bowls
CA Savoy |
Baseballs
Bob Marshall |
George Salinas gives at symposium
Chris Light give inspiring talk on texture and color
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - Don Riggs and C A Savoy will demonstrate the process they used to turn
20 charger plates for the George Washington Estate. On Jan. 24 th , Don
Riggs and C.A. Savoy delivered 19 plate chargers to Jim Rees, Executive Director
of Geo. Washington's Mt. Vernon Estate. The plate chargers (i.e. platters) were
made from the 170 year old pecan tree cut down last March near the mansion. The
tree was approximately 100 feet tall and measured over 7 feet wide at the
base. The tree had to be taken down due to damage it received from one of
the hurricanes and the fear the it could cause damage to the Mansion. The
chargers will be used in the formal dining room in the administrative office
building at Mt. Vernon. They will be used for special occasions only. Some
of the branch wood was cut into slabs 5 feet x 13 inches x 3 inches and placed
in the kiln in the carpentry shop at Mt. Vernon. They remained there for 5
months to dry. They were then cut into discs by Don and CA and turned into
very beautiful chargers below. Mr. Rees had provided Don with a plastic
charger to copy. He took some measurements, made a drawing and provided one for
CA. The final number of chargers was 20 as one previously made of the white ash
had been presented to Mr. Rees before we started to turn the pecan to be sure
this is what he wanted. All 20 chargers were nearly identical. Mr. Rees was
overwhelmed and thanked Don, CA and the CAW for a job superbly done.
Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing
their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking
advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show &
Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:00 - CAW members present Fluting and texturing techniques.