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  • May 15th. Michael Werner will be demonstrating multi-center face plate work "Go off center" For those of you that don't know Michael's work, his web site is: www.handandmachine.com

Upcoming meetings and classes

There is also a good possibility that there will be additional all day Saturday demonstrations as the year progesses. Please contact Gerrit or Bob Doop if there are any suggestions or recommendations.
  • June 19th. Dan Ackerman from Whidbey Island will be demonstrating boxes from 11am to 4:30pm, and finials for the normal club demonstration. Bio: I started out carving and whittling as a kid and gradually invested in sculpting chisels and larger pieces of work. In 1985 I started turning and became active in the Seattle chapter of AAW. After turning for about 6 years, Kathy and I started a rosewood turned gift item business, eventually developing 22 designs, most of which were unique to our business. During the next 5 years the production work improved my tool handling and technique and after the 5 years I decided to turn boxes exclusively. This gave me an opportunity to develop a box design of my own and a design to allow me to do carving to ornament my pieces. I've been turning these boxes for nearly 10 years an am enjoying making each one unique through the design, the exotic woods and the carving. Slides
  • July 18th. Jack Wayne demonstrating making a bowl from a board, or Dave Schweitzer, TBA.
  • August 21st. Picnic or picinic if you prefer. More info to follow.
  • Sept 18th. Larry Stevenson from the Vancouver club will demonstrate his coloring and texturing techniques. Bio Slides of his work
  • Oct 16th or 23rd depending on JoHannes' schedule. JoHannes Michelsen, the world famous hat guy will be demonstrating and putting on a workshop...maybe two workshops if there is enough interest.
  • Nov 29th. Club dinner and silent auction.
  • Events to put on your calendar

  • May 16th, 17th, and 18th we will camping together at Deming. Information will be available soon
  • July 11th, 12th, and 13th Deming Hills to Mills.
  • July 19th Children's Art Festival at the Hillcrest park in Mt. Vernon.
  • August 2nd 19th Annual Bellingham Kids Festival from 11 to 3 at Bloedel Donovan Park. We need about 20 people to volunteer to turn tops for the kids. Contact Dave Blair to volunteer.
  • Sept 13th and 14th will be another camp out. Put it on your calendar.