Capital Area Woodturners

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CAW Members on the Go

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CAW Members on the GO

Promote yourself in the CAW Newsletter by sending information to Phil Brown.   Send your information by the third week of the month to Phil Brown, 7807 Hamilton Spring Road, Bethesda, MD 20817-4547.  Phone and fax: 301-767-9863. E-mail:  philtbrown@greenbelt.com

CAW members have the following web sites. If we missed you, please let us know.  See more on the Cool Links page.

Phil Brown: http://www.guild.com (Go to ARTIST, enter Phil Brown. Click on "Buy" for size information and "Detail" for second photo.)

http://bsd.silverhawk.com/crafts/brown/

http://www.pathways98.org/artist08.html


About Our Members      
by Joyce Beene and Phil Brown

Joyce Beene and Pete Ward, along with some other members of the Northern Virginia Carvers, went to Walter Reed on Tuesday, Feb. 3 to begin the first of what is hoped to be an on going carving instruction class for the wounded soldiers.  About 12 enthusiastic carving students turned out, which was a perfect size class.  We will continue meeting with them on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the months.  Many are excited about the possibility of carving eagle heads for their wounded comrades, so keep turning the eagle cane staffs.

The Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia will be exhibiting “SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION: Donations by Bruce Kaiser & Joe Seltzer”, March 6 to April 11, 2009.  Fortunately this includes a donated 7" piece by Phil Brown, finished in 1997, and a second recent piece available for purchase.

Phil Brown will demonstrate turning at the 4th grade Colonial Fair at Arcola Elementary School in Silver Spring on March 4th.

Lynda Smith-Bugge has pieces in  "Sculpture NOW 2009" at Washington Square, 1050 Connecticut Ave, Washington, DC.  The exhibit is up to May 2, 2009.  She also has a "Solo Exhibition" at the Rachel M Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus, 3001 North Beauregard St., which is up through March 15, 2009.

Bob Horowitz (Bob The Woodturner) will be showing and selling his woodturnings at the Craftsmen's Classic Art and Craft Show at Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, March 27 29, 2009, and at the Fredericksburg Expo Center's Spring Arts & Crafts Faire, April 4 5, 2009.

C.A. Savoy was pictured and quoted in a Washington Post article on the eagle-cane joint project the Northern Virginia Carvers.  See the Sunday, February 22nd METRO section on page C4.  The article with five color pictures is at: 
www.washingtonpost.com/wp dyn/content/article/2009/02/21/AR2009022101668.html

Phil Brown, Eliot Feldman, Stuart Glickman, Gary Guenther, David Jacobowitz, and Ed Karch lent pieces for an exhibit by Montgomery County Woodturners in wall cases at the Quince Orchard Public Library in Gaithersburg, MD.  The exhibit is up to March 31, 2009.

When participants register in advance, Bob Stern and Aaron Grebeldinger teach an introductory lathe class for turning pens or a class on bowl turning on the third Saturday of every month at the Wood Shop on Gunston road at Fort Belvoir.

Clif Poodry teaches each month with BEGINNING BOWL TURNING March 21, May 16, July 25, and September 19.  Then alternates with ADVANCED BOWL TURNING on April 18 and 19, June 20 and 21, and August 15 and 16 at the Woodworkers Club in Rockville, MD.  See:  http://www.woodworkersclub.com/practice%20class1.htm

Aaron Grebeldinger teaches several classes in the woodshop at Bryant.  On April 15th, Aaron begins a two-session class on making Ornaments with a sea urchin shell.  Two other classes are under way.  Drew Mitchem also has several classes at Bryant, including a Pen Workshop class  April 22nd.  Register for Bryant classes at:  www.aceclasses.org/SubjectListing.aspx?CategoryID=10104&ProgramID=26&ProgCatgName=Fine+Crafts&IsCourse=1&SubjectID=10207&AreaName=Woodworking+and+Cabinetmaking

Nate Johnson teaches The Art Of Wood Burning on Saturday, May 9th , 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM.  Introduction To Hollow Turning with John Noffsinger is scheduled on Wednesdays June 9th and 16th  from 6:30pm   9:30pm.  Aaron will teach Bowl Turning on Saturday March 7th and May 2nd, 10   5 PM at WOODCRAFT in Springfield, VA.  Call the store at 703 912 6727 to register, or see www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=327&nav=classes. 

Tom Boley will be teaching Bowl Turning on April 4th and June 6th, and Turning Natural Edge Bowls on Saturday March 7th.  Classes are from 10am   5pm at the Leesburg  WOODCRAFT store.   To register, call  703 737 7880 or email them at: Leesburg@Woodcraft.com.  See the class schedule at:  www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=575&nav=classes .

Mark Supik offers a Saturday class on five different subjects between now and June at his commercial Baltimore shop, on emphasis on beer taps (between centers turning) and  bowls from green wood.  The lathes and shop are a treat to see and use.  The shop is just a few blocks west from the Lombard Street exit off of I895.  For details see:  http://www.marksupikco.com/School/schoolcurrent09 1.html

Don’t be shy!  Promote yourself.  Tell us about your woodturning activities in the CAW Newsletter.  Best to send your information by the second weekend of the previous month (since newsletter deadline may be early in the month) to Phil Brown, phillfbrown@comcast.net, or call 301 767 9863; or to Joyce Beene at joyce.beene@gmail.com or 703-978-2032.

Exhibit Opportunities

The Creative Crafts Council will hold its juried Biennial Exhibition at the Mansion at Strathmore in  North Bethesda, MD from May 30 through July 11, 2009.  Several members of the James Renwick Alliance will be jurors.  For turners wishing to market their work locally and to be locally recognized, this is an important and quality exhibit to get into.  March 20th is the application deadline.  The application is available under Artists at www.creativecraftscouncil.org.  If you are unable to download the application and/or instructions, ask Phil Brown for a copy.

The Smithsonian Craft Show will be open April 23 to 26, 2009 at the Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW in Washington, DC.  You can take the Red Line to the Judiciary Square Metro Station, find limited street parking, or in nearby parking lots/garages at the Verizon Center’s 6th Street entrance and at the corner of 7th and H Streets. Only a few woodturners will be present:  Charles Faucher,  Simon Levy, and David Nittmann.   More details are at: 
www.smithsoniancraftshow.org/indexmain.asp?content=welcome.  Go to the right-side menu, click on wood, and on images of the objects shown to see more examples of their work.  Pay particular attention to the Levy pyrography work, it is amazing. 

During that same weekend, the James Renwick Alliance (a support organization for the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery) will honor David Ellsworth with an award as 2009 Master of the Medium in the Wood/Furniture category (See:  www.jra.org/Get%20Involved/SpringCraftWeekend.html and http://ellsworthstudios.com/david/spiritvessels.html# ). 
For a reference to other area openings and activities that weekend see:  http://craftweekdc.com/

Craft in America - Expanding Traditions is on its final and fourth stop at the FullerCRAFT Museum in Brockton, MA until May 25, 2009.  This traveling exhibition is associated with the three-part Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated PBS television series of the same name.  There is some very nice turned work in the exhibit.  If you will be in the Boston area, then take a half day to go to Brockton.  This is a must see exhibit for anyone who enjoys and appreciates craft-art.  www.fullercraft.org/exhibitions.html

SOFA New York, billed as “The World's Foremost Fairs of Contemporary Decorative Arts & Design”, is on April 16 to 19 at the Park Avenue Armory.  Coming from LA, del Mano Gallery will have an outstanding booth of turned wood on display.  For all lovers of fine craft, a visit to SOFA New York or Chicago should be on your to-do list at least once.  Check it out at:  www.sofaexpo.com/NY/2009/index.htm.  To hear a brief 2006 interview with Matt and Philip Moulthrop, go to http://www.sofaexpo.com/NY/2009/artist.htm and scroll down to them.

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Learning Opportunies

ARROWMONT CLASSES  The 2009 Arrowmont catalog is out with 11 woodturning classes of one week duration scheduled in June, July, and August.   Instructors include David Ellsworth, Michael Mocho, Jean-Francois Escoulen, Beth Ireland, Mark St.Leger, Nick Cook, Warren Carpenter, Avelino Samuel, Jerry Kermode, Joe Ruminski, Binh Pho, and Art Liestman.  These classes will be followed in September and October with one week and weekend workshops.  See their schedule at: 
www.arrowmont.org/registration/commerce.pl?page=summer2009 grid1.html&cart_id=

The John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown, NC, (in southwest corner of NC) holds a different wood turning class each week.  Their web site lists classes into June 2009 at:  http://folkschool.org/index.php?section=subjects&subject_id=46

Information on Future Workshops

Capital Area Woodturners 2009 Activities Calendar

Bryant School - 2710 Popkins Lane, Alexandria, VA
Month Every 2nd Saturday monthly meeting & demonstrations, 8:30 am to ?? 2nd Wednesday Skill Enhancement***** Workshop, 9am to 3pm Last Tuesday Skill Enhancement***** Workshop, 9am to 3pm
January 10 14 27
February 14 11 24
March 14 11 31
April *** 11 8 28
May 9 13 26
June**** 13 10 30
July  11 8 28
August 8 12 25
September 12 9 29
October 10 14 27
November 14 11 24
December  5  9 NA

*** CAW Mini-Sympsium

**** Annual Picnic

***** For any special requests for Skill Enhancement, you may contact any of the following:

PLEASE NOTE::: There is a shop charge of $5.00. If you use any tool, i.e., band saw, lathe, drill press etc. charge will apply.  If you come to visit and just watch, then - no charge.

YOU MUST ALSO BE A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOODTURNERS IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OF THE TOOLS..

 

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Other Stuff


NOVA WOODWORKING SHOW


The nationally popular Woodworking Show will be in our area at the Dulles Expo. Center in Chantilly, Va. on March 27, 28, and 29, 2009

Show hours are:

Friday      3/27   12:00AM till 6:00PM
Saturday 3/28   10:00AM till 6:00PM
Sunday   3/29   10:00AM till 4:00PM

The Capital Area Woodturners Club has been invited to participate in the show. We will be allocated enough space to conduct woodturning demonstrations and to display some of our finished work. CA Savoy, (703-765-7268; email: cadjsavoy@cox.net), will coordinate all show activities for the CAW. Annually, this is a favorite activity for our members.

This is a great opportunity for us to promote, and provide information about, our club, display our work, demonstrate the beauty and diversity of wood-turned pieces, and generate interest in our chosen craft. Attendance at theses shows is generally 5,000 to 10,000 people over the three days.

We plan to have three mini-lathes set up to be used by CAW members for the entire show. Those who feel comfortable turning in front of an audience are encouraged to sign up to demonstrate. All others are requested to sigh up to staff the booth, answer questions, show off our displayed turnings, and promote our club and woodturning.

Please bring a few of your finished turnings to be displayed while you are at the show. Demonstrators should do projects that take no more than about 30 minutes; if you take too much longer you tend to loose your audience. No power sanding and keep hand sanding to a minimum.

Please wear your CAW clothing, smocks if you are demonstrating and shirts if you are manning the booth.

A volunteer work schedule will be provided at the Feb. and March meetings. We plan to have enough participation to schedule three people demonstrating and two staffing the booth on two-hour shifts each day. Volunteers get free admission to the show. You should go to the Show Office at the entrance to the show and get your pass for the day you are assigned. Come in early and visit the show or stay after your tour and see the show.

You are permitted to sell your items at this show, but you or your representative must be there to make the sales transaction. Don’t leave your items for other members to sell for you! CAW will not be responsible for the sales of items left by members. You may also bring along your business cards, as they may want to contact you later.

Also, for security purposes, until the show opens each morning, you must not be out of our booth and wondering around the floor. If this occurs, you may be asked by the security or show staff to leave the show.

Thanks,
CA Savoy

AAW Board Letter


Dear Capital Area Woodturners,

I recently had the privilege of attending my first ever AAW Board meeting in late January.  The  meeting was held in Albuquerque, the site of AAW’s 23rd Annual National Symposium.  The  meeting was multi purpose in that we would be working on the business and strategic planning  of AAW and continuing the work needed to produce the annual symposium.  Board members  had the opportunity to tour the symposium venue, which is beautiful, spacious, easy to negotiate,  and across the street from the host hotels.  This year’s symposium is going to be a great one!   And, it will be great for so many reasons:

    * An amazing slate of 50 demonstrators with 140+ rotations
    * Special exhibits such as ‘The Spindle’, organized and presented by the  Professional Outreach Program
    * ‘Spirit of the Southwest’, the juried exhibit for AAW members focusing on the Southwest’s geography, culture and history
    * Resident’s artist program featuring Jean Francois Escoulen
    * The always popular and fun Food Affair and Auction Gala
    * Lastly, this year’s symposium will be great because of it’s location…Albuquerque

Albuquerque is a great city thriving with true Southwestern spirit, more than 300 hundred years  of history and a unique blend of cultures making it one of the most colorful cities in the United  States.  It is at once playful and laid back, with a classy bohemian personality resulting from a  combination of Latin, Indian and European flavors.  It is a modern city of a million residents  where both the opera and Old Town are equally celebrated.  The downtown area, where the  symposium will be held, offers sassy, margarita filled nightclubs, cool lounges and every corner  of the city is bursting with restaurants serving countless variations of the spectacular local  cuisine.  Albuquerque is home to more than 100 local art galleries, studios and theaters  (http://www.collectorsguide.com), many of which are within walking distance from the host  hotels and convention center.  There is even a museum dedicated to celebrating the  rattlesnake…Rattlesnake Museum in Old Town. Renowned Santa Fe is just a mere 1.5 hours  driving distance,  and now Albuquerque hosts the New Mexico Rail Runner Express  (http:/www.nmrailrunner.com) making the trip easier, faster and at $8 roundtrip, very affordable.   So if you haven’t yet registered to attend the symposium, do so ASAP, and prepare to immerse  yourself in the rich culture and history of Albuquerque where, with 310 days of sunshine, every  day is paradise!

The board members also had the privilege to meet with members (John Ellis, Rich McCartney,  Tom Cour, Al Mirman and Michael Mocho) of the local club, New Mexico Woodturners  (http://www.nmwoodturners.org), whose members will in large part be responsible for providing  most of the local volunteers and logistics so important for a successful symposium. Charles Swift  attended driving from Lubbock Texas, a great commitment.  So, NMWT, thank you in advance  from AAW and its members for all the time, energy and back labor to be invested by your  members.  It cannot happen without you!

Be on alert for the next edition of the American Woodturner Journal.  It is the first edition  produced by renowned woodturner/sculptor Betty Scarpino.  I had the privilege of seeing an  advance mock up, and I can tell you it is wonderful.  Be sure to savor each and every page.

The 2008 2009 AAW Resource Directory should be arriving on your doorstep soon.  Enclosed  with the directory will be your AAW Membership Card.  So be sure to look closely to avoid  inadvertently missing your membership card.     

Lastly, and to reiterate Malcolm Tibbetts advice in last month’s Letter…if you haven’t yet  renewed your AAW membership, then I encourage you to do so as soon as possible. AAW is  able to be a significant world wide organization because of your membership!

Happy Turning!

Cassandra Speier
AAW Board Member

 

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