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Feb 24, 2020 Feb 24, updated Activities Thursday

Arrival Badging Check in and pick up your packet at the Registration Area between 2:00p-6:00p. Security requires that everyone On-site registration and purchase of additional Saturday banquet ticket(s) are wear a name badge or wrist band, available. clearly displayed, at all times. It is highly recommended that you write your contact information on the Handout Book cover, in case of loss. You don’t want to lose your notes. Thursday’s receiving for the Instant Gallery, Beads of Courage, and Empty Bowls is open from 3:00p-7:00p (Exhibit Hall). Each attendee is invited to bring up to three pieces of their work to show in the Instant Gallery. Hungry? Get settled in, and then join us starting at 5:00p for the Opening Ceremonies If you don’t want to miss any of the (Ballroom). action and need something to tide you over, visit any of the on-site food Welcome! We look forward to seeing you! concessions. They’re conveniently located and reasonably priced.

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Opening Ceremonies Exhibitions Opening Special Interest Night 5:00p-5:20p - Ballroom & Reception 7:00p-8:00p - Demonstration Rooms Don’t the miss opportunity to kick off a Member-led, these open forums great weekend of activities. Join us for 5:30p-6:45p - Exhibit Hall offer an opportunity for attendees to introductions and last-minute updates Get the symposium experience off to a participate in a variety of topics of from the current AAW leadership and great start at the Exhibitions Opening particular interest to them. Past SIN meet the 2021 Board candidates. & Reception. Browse the juried and discussions have centered around invitational exhibitions and the Instant pens, segmenting, a Women in Gallery, meet up with longtime friends get-together, gizmos & gadgets, or make new ones, and enjoy a drink rethinking demonstrations, award- from the cash bar and hors d’oeuvres. winning websites, and more. Meet and talk casually with AAW volunteers, demonstrators, home- office staff, and your board members.

The Volunteer Powermatic Want to be a part of the action? used in the Stop by the Volunteer Kiosk at the Registration area for volunteer demonstration opportunities. rooms will be available for purchase at a special discount price. Stop by the JPW Industries vendor booth (Trade Show) to indicate your interest.

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Room Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Lunch Rotation 3 Rotation 4 Evening 8:00a-9:30a 10:30a-noon noon-1:40p 1:40p-3:10p 3:30p-5:00p Agar Agar Batty Batty B101 Wall Airbrushing 40/40 Grind Art of the Cut DeGroot Michelsen Bosch Bosch B102 Vessels Revelations Walking Boxes Full-Size Hat & Surfaces in Hollowing Carroll Carroll Hosaluk Hosaluk B103 Textured 4-Legged Fun with Hook for Rim Bowl Bowl Spindles End Grain Underhill Biggs Biggs Chapters Meeting B104 Resin Simple Surface Need Members Meeting Castings Treatments Some Relief? PANEL PANEL PANEL PANEL Ballroom B110 Evolving a Social Getting Started Photography 6:00p-7:00p Body of Work Media in Business Social Time Tilden Tilden Sfirri Sfirri C101 Maximizing Natural-Edge Stacked Baseball Expensive Design Spheres Through Bat Liestman Begg Begg Campbell C104 Flame German Ring German Ring Managing 7:00p-8:30p Texturing Turning Turning Green Wood AAW Benefit Auction Alguire Hanbury Hanbury C105 Wheel of Carved & Decorative Delicacy Colored Platters Goblets Marken Banfield Winton Winton C108 Vortex Form! Vessels for Branding Bowls Form! Form! Embellishment Clark Timmerman Schneiter Timmerman C109 Return of Fun with Basket Arch Saturn Spheres Illusion Bowls Cook Cook Blankenship Blankenship Break Break Break Break C112 Gifts for All Table 3-Piece Hollow Crock Occasions Lamp Ornament Rim Bowl YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH 12:30p-1:00p 1:00p-2:30p Exhibit Christiansen Christiansen Sullivan Hall Ring Stand w/ Lighthouse Lighthouse Intimate Critiques Eggleidoscope Chatterwork Ornament & Stand Workshop 8:30a-6:00p - Instant Gallery, Silent Auction, Youth Turning, Exhibit Silent Beads of Courage, Empty Bowls, Intimate Critiques, , Hall Auction Silent Auction, Gallery Exhibitions & Trade Show open.

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Rotation 5 Rotation 6 Lunch Rotation 7 Rotation 8 Room Evening 8:00a-9:30a 10:30a-noon noon-1:40p 1:40p-3:10p 3:30p-5:00p Agar Agar Batty B101 Texturing & Peel, Slice, Airbrushing Metalizing Scrape, Abrade Michelsen Bosch Michelsen Bosch B102 Revelations Miniature Vessels Full-Size Hat in Hollowing Hat & Surfaces Hosaluk Carroll Carroll B103 Fun with Pewter Textured Spindles Inlaid Box Rim Bowl Biggs Palma Biggs Underhill B104 Woodburning Great Simple Surface Resin Ballroom & Color Finishes Treatments Castings PANEL PANEL PANEL PANEL 5:10p-6:00p Social Time B110 Remote Juried Physical Embellishment Demonstrations Shows Limitations 6:00p-7:00p Tilden Sfirri Hosaluk, Sfirri Symposium Dinner C101 Maximizing Baseball (ticket required) Collaboration Expensive Wood Through Bat 7:00p-7:45p Begg Campbell Liestman Liestman Awards Ceremony C104 German Ring Lost Wood Flame (open to all) Bamboo Turning Process Texturing 7:45p-7:50p Levi Hanbury Hanbury Alguire Drawing C105 Surface Carved & Decorative Wheel of Enhancement Colored Platters Goblets Delicacy 8:15p Hertzog Banfield Noon-1:00p Marken Winton AAW Benefit Silent Auction close C108 Pen Designing WOW Brown Vortex Branding Tips & Tricks the Pattern Bag Lunch C107 Bowls 8:15p-8:30p Clark Clark Timmerman AAW Benefit Silent C109 Auction payment Neo Traditional Return Fun with & pick-up Ornament of Saturn Spheres Blankenship Blankenship Cook Deroo Break Break Break Break C112 Loose 3-Piece Hollow Table 6-Branched Lid Box Ornament Lamp Star YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH 12:30p-1:00p Exhibit Ault Ault Costello Costello Hall Honey Dipper Twist Pen Intimate Critiques Bud Vase Earrings PANEL Artist Showcase Exhibit 8:30a-6:00p - Instant Gallery, Silent Auction, Youth Turning, Hall Beads of Courage, Empty Bowls, Intimate Critiques, Crafts, 1:30p-3:00p Silent Auction, Gallery Exhibitions & Trade Show open. POP Auction 12:30p-1:15p - Youth Lathe Drawing.

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Rotation 9 Rotation 10 Rotation 11 Room 8:00a-9:30a 10:00a-11:30a noon-1:30p Agar Agar Batty Before You Leave B101 Texturing & Wall Off-Center Stop by the AAW Sales Booth or visit Metalizing Sculptures Winged Bowl woodturner. org to purchase DeGroot Michelsen issues of B102 Walking Miniature past Handout Boxes Hat Books, full of Carroll Carroll inspiration and information. B103 4-Legged Pewter Limited Bowl Inlaid Box availability. PANEL Palma Some issues B104 Instant Gallery Great have SOLD Critique Finishes OUT already! PANEL B110 Why Makers Make Tilden Lohman Lohman 2021 - Omaha NE C101 Natural-Edge Segmenting - Bowl fm Board - July 15-18, 2021 Design Beyond Basics Beyond Basics The AAW’s 35th International Symposium will be held in the Campbell Campbell Liestman Cornhusker State of Nebraska. C104 Managing Lost Wood Bamboo Green Wood Process Hanbury Levi Hanbury C105 Decorative Surface Carved & Goblets Enhancement Colored Platters Winton Hertzog Banfield C108 Vessels for Pen Color Embellishment Tips & Tricks Your World Timmerman Clark Schneiter C109 Arch Neo Traditional Basket Bowls Ornament llusion Deroo Cook Break Break Break Break C112 6-Branched Gifts for All 2022 - Chattanooga TN Star Occasions June 25-28, 2022 YOUTH YOUTH The AAW’s 36th International Exhibit Stofel Stofel Symposium will be held in the state of Hall “Agriculture and Commerce.” Coffee Scoop Ice Cream Scoop 8:30a-1:00p - Gallery Exhibitions open. 8:30a-2:00p - Instant Gallery, Beads of Courage, Empty Bowls, Intimate Critiques, Crafts. Exhibit 8:30a-2:15p - Trade Show open. Youth Turning. Hall 9:00a-1:00p - Last call for auction items pick-up. noon-2:00p - Trade Show large-items pick-up. Your courtesy, please ... 1:00p-4:30p - Instant Gallery items pick-up. 2:30p-4:00p - Youth Lathe pick-up.

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Evolving a Body of Work - Inspiration and Iteration

Friday, 8:00a-9:30a - Rm B110 A body of work indicates an artist’s signature style. By having a consistent Curt Theobald body of work, you are drawing attention to your art and you as a maker. Curt has explored After exploring multitudes of turning techniques, a maker will inevitably and evolved his sense the need to develop a personal style, but evolving a recognizable body of work consistent with your distinctive aesthetic will be challenging. since 1990, We all have varied experiences in life. How can these differences come with inspiration to life in your work? Where do you start? What style of wood art excites coming from and captivates your imagination? What turning technique do you favor more many areas – his than anything else? Will creating the same object box you in? What do faith, being a dad, the culture of you do with the internal need to go his Asian daughters, and watching a different direction? What are the the interactions of risks? others in his world. All turners who seek identity Unexpected events through their work struggle with and normal daily these questions and dilemmas. life can give ideas Come join us for this lively or inspiration that discussion with similarities and likely provide avenues for broad differences of opinion. further exploration in the studio. J. Paul 307-245-3310 Fennell John Beaver cwtheobald@ wyoming.com The numerous John’s signature bodies of work Wave bowls J. Paul has were inspired by Michael created were the motion and Hosaluk inspired from rhythm of ocean Michael has many sources, each body unique waves. From the been driven to but having a common basis – that original concept, go down new the work is personal, unique, John has developed his Wave paths as often as and expressive in a nonverbal series into many iterations, including the ideas came manner. Inspiration comes from protruding elements, negative space, to him. First driven by inherent life experiences, memories, and the and rolling waves. Always looking qualities of wood and learning desire to “see,” that is, to explore to expand his work, John has new techniques, emphasizing the and discover the world around you. evolved some of the elements from importance of form, his work began Through the use of certain design his Wave series into further series, to focus on 3-dimensional canvases elements used in specific ways, the including 3D to express ideas influenced by work becomes identifiable to the segments, nature, architecture, places, people, maker, as evidenced by J. Paul’s 3D blocks, and life experiences. Michael soon work, comprising elements of basket flying ribs, realized that small objects could be weaves, the and more. transformed to furniture or larger sea, and John will sculptures. Exploring form and Chinese share how surface design and learning about lattice one idea leads to another and how new materials and techniques patterns. he goes from one idea to the next. continue to open doors to creating 602-499- 310-804-4858 new bodies of work. 7998 [email protected] 306-291-3014 [email protected] [email protected]

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Social Media

Friday, 10:30a-noon - Rm B110 With estimates that 3.5 billion people worldwide now use social media – Kimberly nearly 45% of the world’s population – social media has become a powerful Winkle for self-promotion and increasing traffic to your website to elevate sales. Kimberly is an And the social media landscape changes almost as quickly as you hit artist and arts “retweet.” Are you keeping up? Are you even in the game at all? administrator who If you want to reach a buyer in China or Poughkeepsie, social media is the uses social media answer and can leverage your to promote her exposure like none other. work and the academic program she This panel will discuss the leads at Tennessee Tech University. role of social media in promoting She designed and teaches a your work, including how to Professional Practices of the Artist get started quickly and easily, course in the School of Art, & strategies and tactics for building Design, in which varied strategies your online presence, how and for marketing and promotion are when to post, and learning how addressed, including social media. to direct content to maximize 931-372-3738 your reach. [email protected]

Kristin LeVier Rebecca Kristin, DeGroot woodturner and Art teacher by sculptor, uses day, woodturner social media to by night, Rebecca share how she is never at a loss makes her work, for content to what inspires her, share on social media. Known for and what her daily studio life looks her legged creations and playful like. She’s learned that using social expressions, she will share how media outlets for visual and written she manages trials and errors, her storytelling about her artistic practice experience and tips on taking quality has led to connections with creative photographs of her finished work, people and art fans around the and the best ways she has found to world, art sales, and opportunities promote her work and stay active on for exhibitions, teaching, and public the many social media platforms. speaking. 989-287-2352 208-502-1002 [email protected] [email protected]

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Photography Friday, 1:40p-3:10p, Rm B110 Rudolph Just what is high-resolution, anyway? Begin with a walk-through of digital Lopez cameras and how to set them, discuss backdrops and scenic settings, and Rudy made the end with a hands-on lighting demonstration showing how to place the lights transition from properly for the best results. Whether you need better photos for applying cabinet business to shows or simply want a record of the piece you just gave away, this is a to full-time must-attend panel discussion for every woodturner. When you apply to art professional shows, craft shows, or themed gallery exhibitions, the most important part photographer after several years of the application is the photos of your work. Jurors may see hundreds, of photographing his furniture and if not thousands, cabinet installations. He works as a of images in a very full-time commercial photographer short time, and you when he is not demonstrating or want your work teaching woodturning. Rudy now noticed in a favorable enjoys both worlds of creativity, way. This panel will whether it’s behind the camera help you identify creating images of products or fine common mistakes homes or behind the lathe creating and will provide tips fine woodturnings. about improving 813-416-0404 cell your photography all [email protected] around.

John Beaver Moderator John Beaver spent more than 26 years as a professional photographer specializing in product photography. He often conducts “how to take a better picture” sessions, with a focus on lighting, one of the most important aspects of a good shot. 310-804-4858 [email protected]

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Getting Started in Business Friday, 3:30p-5:00p, Rm B110 Mike Many of us have romantic ideas about becoming a professional Mahoney craftsperson, but few actually make it happen. Join this discussion to learn Mike, a how the panelists made their way through the maze of being professional professional craftspeople. They will woodturner since have a lively discussion 1994, sells his that includes topics work wholesale such as how to price to American Crafts galleries. your work, where the Recognizing the importance of best markets might cross-selling, he also sells a line be for what you make, of wood finishes and instructional doing craft shows, DVDs and conducts classes Internet sales, and how and demonstrations. Exposure, social media plays into exposure, exposure. all of this. As always, 530-417-5535 panel discussions look [email protected] forward to audience participation. See you there.

Nick Cook As a full-time production woodturner since 1988, Nick started by doing craft shows with Dennis a line of gift items, Paullus bowls, and hollow forms, followed As a professional by selling to gift shops and galleries. woodturner, His first article in 1977 caught the teacher, and attention of the “ demonstrator, Shows,” for which he traveled, Dennis spends demonstrated, and conducted most of his time chasing after wood seminars about marketing. The (fresh green logs) and processing exposure resulted in invitations to them into bowls, vessels, and boxes. teach and demonstrate at chapters In 2010, he began selling at craft and craft schools throughout fairs and art shows, both locally the US. The founding member and regionally, to support himself. of the AAW continues to Learning what type of shows and produce his gift items, furniture where to sell was a valuable learning parts, and architectural experience. Thanks to his many pieces along with teaching artist friends for helping him begin and demonstrating. He has the journey into retail sales at art produced two DVDs and shows and sharing their knowledge many articles for a variety of and experience. Dennis continues magazines. the process by sharing with others. 770-715-5634 901-409-5802 [email protected] [email protected]

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Remote Demonstrations Saturday, 8:00a-9:30a - Rm B110 Trent Bosch The wave of the future has hit the culture of craftsmanship. Many Trent has been woodturning chapters around the world are seeing the benefit of having doing remote remote demonstrations for their local groups. These panelists will discuss demonstrations what equipment is needed for chapters to get started, provide a list of for several years, demonstrators conducting one of currently the very first, if not doing remote the first, formal demonstrations, remote demonstrations with the and what and Minnesota Woodturners in Saint Paul how these via Skype in September 2014. Fast demonstrators forward 6 years. He now routinely present in conducts remote demonstrations their remote with interested groups all over demonstrations. the country. The technology has Join this discussion evolved, but the basic concept is the on the future same – a high quality professional of the remote demonstration for interested groups demonstration. of woodturners without the expense of bringing the professional to the Mike location. Mahoney 970-218-6453 Mike has a [email protected] completely unique way of presenting remote Cindy Drozda demonstrations. Cindy first He calls it “the director’s cut.” demonstrated Using pre-made videos on multiple in 1999 at subjects enables him to tailor each an Optimist demonstration to each chapter. International While presenting technical videos, meeting and he is able to narrate, pause, fast since has done forward, and draw on the screen, dozens of demonstrations in person highlighting the important aspects of at chapters and symposiums the topic at hand. The experience is worldwide. One of the trademarks all in high definition and provides a of her demonstrations has been to unique educational experience. incorporate digital images, drawings, 530-417-5535 and short videos to enhance her [email protected] presentations. In 2018, she did her first live remote woodturning demonstration, and by summer 2020, she will have done more than 20 live remotes in the U.S. and in England. Her experience includes producing DVDs and videos on Vimeo and YouTube. 303-449-7170 [email protected]

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Juried Shows - How to Get There Saturday, 10:30a-noon - Rm B110 Kimberly Craft shows, booths at weekend street fairs, displays at brick & mortar Winkle stores, and juried exhibitions. Each has its place in helping to build your Kimberly has woodturning business. This discussion will focus on juried exhibitions, shown extensively with strong attention to in juried and professional best practices, invitational including your overall exhibitions and personal brand, proper has served on juries for craft fairs, photography, submission international residency programs, protocol, and so much public grants, and as curator for more to help ensure your exhibitions. These experiences application rises to the provide her with a breadth of top. It’s typical that only knowledge and perspective on all 1/3 of the applications get aspects of juried exhibitions. She accepted. Increase your is a professor of art and Director of chances of making the cut. the School of Art, Craft & Design at Tennessee Tech University. Tib Shaw Jennifer- 931-372-3738 Since 2006, Tib Navva [email protected] has directed the Milliken AAW’s Gallery Now serving Kristin LeVier of Wood Art in as the Artistic Kristin entered her St. Paul and Director for The first juried show has guided the Center for Art in 2007 and since annual exhibitions in Wood, Navva has worked in art has been juried and auctions from concept museums around the world and as into more than to completion. As an arts an independent curator, and she is 20 exhibitions. administrator, curator, and juror, she the founder of a cross-disciplinary She believes has reviewed thousands of images art space. Her exhibitions have that exposure of her early work and is on a one-woman quest to been in museums, galleries, and via juried shows has resulted in prevent good work from being unconventional spaces, and her numerous exhibitions, features in rejected because of bad photos. writings investigate the intersecting books and magazines, and teaching Her photography regularly appears fields of art, craft, and design. She is opportunities. Kristin creates in American Woodturner and other driven by the extraordinary power of contemporary wood at the publications. the arts to challenge preconceptions intersection of art and science to 651-484-9094 and bridge divides. remind us of our intimate connection [email protected] 215-923-8000 x100 to the breathtaking spectacle of the [email protected] natural world. 208-502-1002 [email protected] Photo Credits: Milliken headshot by Naama Sarid-Maletá. Photo Credits:

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Artist Showcase - Luc Deroo Saturday, 10:30a-noon - Exhibit Hall Luc Deroo This year’s Artist Showcase delegate This former is Luc Deroo from Belgium. Join him furniture maker, and David Ellsworth at Luc’s gallery now woodturner, display in the Exhibit Hall for a focuses on conversation and retrospective of his multiaxis pieces, work, spanning nearly 25 years. producing crisp Luc will demonstrate how to turn lines and curves his 6-branched star on ... that are almost impossible to make • Saturday, 3:30-5:00p, Rm C112 with more conventional techniques. • Sunday, 8:00a-9:30a, Rm C112 32-478948518 [email protected]

David Ellsworth During 41+ years of woodturning, David has become known as one of the premier designers of turned wooden vessel forms. Among many accolades, he is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Collectors of Wood Art and the AAW’s Lifetime Membership Award. 215-527-7928 [email protected]

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Embellishment – Honor or Dishonor? Saturday, 1:40p-3:10p - Rm B110 David Ever since woodturners began adding color onto turned objects, questions Ellsworth began about covering up the beautiful grain, During 41+ years honoring the material, moving away from the of woodturning, function of a wooden bowl, the percentage David has between actual turning versus carving, etc. Now become known that we have 35 years of experience with this as one of topic, join the discussion to see what people think the premier designers of turned about it today. What has changed? What has wooden vessel forms. Among many remained the same? What’s on your mind? accolades, he is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Collectors of Wood Art and the AAW’s Lifetime Membership Award. 215-527-7928 [email protected]

Judith “Judy” Chernoff Judy and husband Jeff Bernstein are avid craft advocates and collectors. Judy served as President of Collectors of Wood Art from 2013-2016 and co-coordinated CWA exhibitions at SOFA Chicago in 2014 and 2016. During the years, she has juried local, regional, and national wood exhibitions. Judy is a physician with a background in art history. To satisfy both of these passions, she works part time as an internist and leads tours as a docent at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. 301-641-4691 [email protected]

Mike Mahoney Spirited debate? No doubt! Throughout his woodturning career (30 years), Mike rarely has embellished his work, favoring the wood’s beauty vs. human manipulation. 530-417-5535 [email protected]

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Turning with Physical Limitations Saturday, 3:30p-5:00p - Rm B110 Andrea “Andi” Join this interactive discussion intended for Sullivan anyone interested in teaching woodturning to Andi is a blind beginners or to people with physical or mental woodturner limitations. Ideal for chapter officers or those who during the who teach or provide guidance. Review new last six years technologies and advances that make turning has founded easier and more efficient for people who are woodturning programs for the blind hearing or visually impaired, or who and visually impaired in Tampa, have arthritis, carpal tunnel, or Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and other limitations. For Kansas City, Portland, and who will those who have be establishing a similar program trouble standing at the lathe, expert Brent this year in Raleigh. She also has English will give advice on turning while organized and moderated panel sitting or modified sitting. Come see discussions at the last six AAW the use of interactive remote video symposiums on woodturning with and how to apply these practices physical limitations and has taught in your chapter. There are tips and pen turning to disabled veterans tools to help. There will be time and blind and visually impaired for questions and advice from the individuals of all ages. audience, and all input is welcome. 727-688-0520 [email protected]

Jamie Donaldson As a retired Brent English photographer, Brent has Alan Zenreich Jamie has been a 10-year As a former turning for 33 background as a professional years, joining the machinist, a BS still life and AAW in 1989. This in Manufacturing special effects Vietnam veteran, Engineering, photographer, with dual BA and an MS in Alan has been degrees in Philosophy and Social Technology Education. After a managing online Psychology, has many years of chance exposure to woodturning, communities since 2000. He is a teaching experience and has worked he founded Robust Tools and member of the AAW Woodturning with several veterans searching for developed the American Beauty FUNdamentals committee, for leisure and therapy activities that and other lathes and turning which he has produced several could enhance their quality of life. accessories. His latest creations are instructional videos. He recently Some have had physical and social the Scout, a 14" bench lathe, and developed a series of interactive challenges to overcome. Jamie can a complementary Universal Stand, demonstrations via the Internet and relate, recently experiencing rehab which with the Scout (or any other is mentoring other demonstrators first-hand following major surgery. small or mid-sized lathe) can be and chapters about using live video Jamie also has severe asthma adapted for a standing or seated to share and teach woodturning. limitations and has been concerned turner. Brent will address issues He will use an interactive video with promoting dust control in the faced by those unable to stand while demonstration in the course of this turning environment. turning. panel discussion. 502-863-0168 608-924-1133 201-247-1557 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Instant Gallery Critique Sunday, 8:00a-9:30a - Rm B104 Suzanne One of the most Bonsall Kahn anticipated highlights As a full-time of the AAW’s annual maker, educator, symposium is the Instant and collector Gallery – the largest for 10+ years, display of turned-wood Suzanne objects under one roof has deep knowledge about the – where attendees are woodturning field. Having served invited to bring three on numerous boards of directors pieces of their own work and committees (such as The Center to display during the for Art in Wood and AAW’s Women weekend. The depth in Turning) and as a MFA cohort of skill, creative thinking, and execution is breathtaking. Each year the member in the Socially-Engaged Art Professional Outreach Program selects moderators to critique the work program at the Moore College of Art on exhibit. It is a valuable learning experience to attend the Instant Gallery & Design in Philadelphia, Suzanne Critique to better understand how work can be improved through the values the critique process for its critique process. The power to offer an artist untested perceptions shared by analysis and interpretation of their the moderators – makers, work, expediting resolutions and curators, collectors, or catalyzing growth. gallery owners – is valid 267-664-8610 and pertinent to helping [email protected] makers do better work. Come gain a new way to look at woodturning and push your own work to the Jennifer- next level. Navva Milliken Now serving Jim as the Artistic Christiansen Director for The As a professional Center for Art woodturner for in Wood, Navva has worked in art more than 20 museums around the world and as years, Jim has an independent curator, and she is written several the founder of a cross-disciplinary articles about the art of critique that art space. Her exhibitions have have been published worldwide. been in museums, galleries, and He has helped organize and curate unconventional spaces, and her many exhibitions and has taught writings investigate the intersecting others about effective critique fields of art, craft, and design. She is through mentoring and workshops. driven by the extraordinary power of His personal work represents a the arts to challenge preconceptions quest to create objects that tell a and bridge divides. story or elicit feelings. 215-923-8000 x100 208-301-0634 [email protected]

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Ego & Soul - Why Makers Make Sunday, 10:00a-11:30a - Rm B110 J. Paul Based on the premise that “the object supports the ego while the process Fennell supports the soul,” this panel will provide a unique opportunity to explore What motivates the delicacy and power of the ego-soul relationship as primary factors that an artist to influence why makers make. How important is the ego in making artwork? endeavor in How does it impact what you make and how you market our work? What a passion happens when the ego that endures, gets out of control? consistently and persistently, What is your motivation throughout one’s lifetime? for making hand-crafted Understandably, the honor of gaining objects anyway? the highest recognition of credibility There’s plenty of turf with work deemed to cover here, so bring of historical your thoughts and join relevance by the conversation. museums may be a contributing motivation, but it is not the initial factor. There are the dynamics, creativity, and passion of what we do and why. 602-499-7998 [email protected]

Michael McMillan On Fuller Craft David Museum’s Ellsworth curatorial staff During 40+ years since 2012, of woodturning, Michael works David has to showcase the best in craft in all become known media for the museum’s permanent as one of collection and approximate 13-17 the premier designers of turned exhibitions annually. Knowledgeable wooden vessel forms. Among many of the work of art students and accolades, he is a recipient of the seasoned masters alike, he brings Lifetime Achievement Award from a unique museum perspective as a the Collectors of Wood Art and the panelist for this year’s symposium. AAW’s Lifetime Membership Award. 508-588-6000 215-527-7928 [email protected] [email protected]

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Art of the Cut Hook Tools for End Grain  Bowls, Platters Stuart Batty Michael Hosaluk Learn the art of cutting without torn End grain has distinct qualities to grain. Stuart will show how to perfect create unique turned objects, so 4-Legged Bowl  cuts with the three main gouge why not embrace it? Michael will use Pat Carroll types – bowl, , roughing – and hook tools, ring tools, and many of Yes, bowls can have legs. In this , including skews, parting the tools available in the marketplace unique design, Pat will review safety, tools, and beading tools. Included to create unique carved and timber selection, mortising the legs in will be the simple way to freehand decorated objects, including feet on a variety of options, gluing, clamping grind each of the tools, allowing it to a bowl and handles on a cup. to keep the piece , decorating, perform at its best for all wood types. , and coloring. It’s all here, He will break down the cuts into Natural-Edge Design  in one unique creation. Elevating simple movements that everyone can Dan Tilden a piece for display is a great way learn – how the right hand controls Dan will discuss the many to show a piece to create further the tool, the left hand assists, and possibilities of incorporating the interest and curiosity, and basic the body movements that make natural edge on your hollow vessels pyrography on the legs adds further cutting easier and repeatable. or bowls, showing how using a enhancement. natural edge begins with the first cut Carved & Colored Platters of the chain or . Join 40/40 Grind Mick Hanbury the conversation with your ideas Stuart Batty Using a fingernail and traditional and opinions of his and his students’ Stuart will show how a bowl gouge bowl gouges, Mick will show how to designs, and then watch Dan turn with a 40° and 40° straight turn the back of a 12” platter, then a natural-edge vessel from start to wings is capable of large-volume decorate it with a small band of finish. He will focus on the process cuts without any torn grain and texture on the base and rim. Then he and techniques of turning a hollow produces a finish that is ready to will turn the face of the platter before vessel – how to mount the piece, sand. He will show how to create his using gesso and iridescent colors properly cut the wood, and measure 40/40 bowl gouge and bottom bowl to hopefully surprise you with some for a consistent wall thickness. gouge, both of which he pioneered tricks for manipulating the . The as a young apprentice woodturner. next step is to remove the center of Off-Center Winged Bowl Learn how to control them properly the platter and reverse and remove Stuart Batty to form a desired shape with little the foot. With your new skills of using the physical effort and repeatability while 40/40 grind, you can make this off- making a thin-walled bowl. Crock Rim Bowl center winged bowl with the negative Michael Blankenship rake scraping technique that Stuart Arch Bowls  Crock-style rim bowls, around for pioneered more than 30 years ago. Craig Timmerman centuries, are usually made of clay, He’ll review the rules to ensure the One of the more complex winged but Michael has designed one in NRS technique is easy to learn and bowl shapes is one in which the wood. The twice-turned bowl is a effective. Safety is an important wings become the feet of the bowl. favorite gift, both decorative and component of this project, given it is Add the complexity of a rectangular useful. Learn how to make a simple more advanced with increased risk. blank. Craig will take you from bowl and use recess mounting for stock selection through removing the rim and foot. If you don’t like Peel, Slice, Scrape, Abrade the tenon, including chucking tenons, Michael will demonstrate Stuart Batty techniques, turning air, design recess mounting. He will discuss Learn the four ways to remove wood options, and sanding. the process of the first turning and using a lathe. Even though you hear demonstrate the process of the words like “shear,” it’s still one of the second turning, thus “twice turned,” basic four techniques. Hone your and will explain his finishing process. skills with these basic fundamentals.

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Return of Saturn  Loose Lid Box Jason Clark Michael Blankenship Embellishment Learn basic bowl turning techniques, Michael has some tricks to share including a bowl with a wide flat rim about turning a box that can change that will be offset on multiple centers a useful basic design to an elaborate Airbrushing  to create interactive rings using a gift. This is a twice-turned project, Nick Agar simple shop-made . Jason will so he will discuss the process of Nick will show how an airbrush can demonstrate the bowl gouge, spindle the first turning and demonstrate have a huge impact on your work, gouge, bowl scraper, and a custom the process of the second turning. with simple designs often being ultra-thin parting tool. He will utilize the recess method of the best. Learn how to apply your mounting on both box and lid and will own ideas to your work with the use discuss his finishing methods that of stencils and how you can make Textured Rim Bowl  he finds useful for a wide range of great templates from the many Pat Carroll pieces. Watching a blind woodturner shapes available around us. Nick will All kinds of decoration can be used can prove to be entertaining. review airbrushing and turning tips, on a piece of woodturning that is inspiration, and finishing, giving you bland or lacking in grain features. Pat some fresh new ideas for decoration. uses a lot of sycamore in his work, a Pewter Inlaid Box  good foundation for intended texture Pat Carroll and color. His focus on this simple Pewter can be a unique addition to Basket Illusion  design is safety, using rotary cutters woodturned items. Pat will explain Doug Schneiter to make the texture. Correct use of how to use pewter safely, affix it to “Illusion” – a thing that is likely to be rotary cutters and holding the piece wood, and texturize, including how wrongly perceived or interpreted by safely on the lathe will be reviewed, to melt pewter and make molds. For the senses. No, they aren’t baskets, plus other options for texturing safety reasons, pewter will not be but a study in making consistent woodturning pieces. melted during this demonstration. beads, marking increments and The addition of texture and iridescent patterns, then coloring to create add further interest to this these woodturned platters, bowls, Boxes square box. and more. Learn techniques for using scraper-style vs. shear-style beading Walking Boxes  tools and the pro’s and con’s of Fun with Spheres  Rebecca DeGroot each. Craig Timmerman Rebecca will take you through basic With many ways to turn spheres, design concepts of her Walking Branding Molly Winton Craig will demonstrate one of the Boxes, such as line, form, proportion, easiest and most flexible. Learn the weight, and movement. She will Molly will explore embellishment basics of making the sphere and turn a small lidded box with excess techniques by the use of brands then a sphere box. He’ll use a gouge, material that provides support for made from nichrome wire and parting tool, and negative rake carving and room for sculptural copper rivets. Learn how to make scraper, leaving behind cup chucks components on the body and the lid. up to six brands with step-by-step or fancy jigs. Use a standard 4-jaw Learn about personality and stance instructions, using common tools, for , hollowing, and as she designs, cuts, and carves the simple jigs, and wire bending pliers. shaping. sculpted legs. When all components Once the brands have been made, are carved and assembled, you will they will be applied to sample pieces have a simple box transformed into a for examples of design application. unique and whimsical creature ready While there will be no turning, to encourage your imagination to run branding and burning techniques will wild. be demonstrated.

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Color Your World Need Some Relief?  Texturing & Metalizing  Donna Zils Banfield Dixie Biggs Nick Agar You have your pattern, so now make Dixie will share her See a plain piece of wood morph it sing by adding color. Either hand techniques using a rotary power into an ancient bronze masterpiece, painted or by using an airbrush, carver. With a modest selection of with Nick’s use of gilt and verdigris a beautifully turned and textured bits, she will take you step by step effects to achieve an authentic look form can become extraordinary by through the carving process she and finish with lasting integrity, carefully and selectively adding color. uses to create her “leaf-wrapped” unlike many waxes. With a turned Learn airbrush technique, equipment, vessels, from layout to detailed and detailed boss in the center, care, and maintenance. carving. Discussion will include tools, some amazing detail is achieved bits, and sanding tips. with simple punches, knurling and Designing the Pattern texturing tools, and pyrography. Donna Zils Banfield Simple Surface Treatments  Learn turning tips, coloring, Donna will share her inspiration and Dixie Biggs airbrushing, and a myriad of texturing effects. talents for her Soul Series body of Dixie will review several surface work. Learn how to prepare the wood treatments that are fun and easy surface, lay out a rough grid, sketch for everyone, primarily utilizing Vessels for Embellishment  a pattern with a pencil, pyroengrave tools most people already have on Molly Winton the pattern into permanency with a the shop shelf, such as a Dremel Adding embellishments to a vessel woodburning tip, and create texture rotary tool and an engraver. She requires design planning before in the pattern with a pneumatic will demonstrate how to add visual mounting the wood on the lathe. carver. Starting the layout and impact to these pieces with the use Molly will discuss design elements pattern can be challenging, but of dyes, grain fillers, and colored (including rim and base design), Donna gets the steps under control waxes and conclude with a few feature placement for aesthetic so they’re manageable and produce simple carving techniques that are an balance, embellishment transition pleasing results. easy place to start. points, and more. Discussion of design elements will be paired with Form! Form! Form!  Surface Enhancement turning examples. While beginners Donna Zils Banfield from A to Z  are expected to learn from this Learn about good form and why it Janice Levi demonstration, it is targeted more toward the intermediate and skilled matters. Donna will demonstrate So you’ve turned bowls, platters, turner. her preferred turning tools and boxes, and hollow forms, but techniques to achieving a good form, occasionally you may want to give providing tips and tricks to success the turning a little added boost. Woodburning & Color  without going through a wall or the Janice will explore a variety of Dixie Biggs bottom. Learn how to once-turn enhancements. How about plastic Learn how the woodburner can a platter from green wood to final pony beads into stone-like inlays? be incorporated with power relief thinness. Or preparing and applying egg carving to add finer detail and shell inlays both with and without contrast. See how you can add depth and dimension to the surfaces of Great Finishes  color? Or texturing with a chatter or your pieces with the application of Mark Palma spiraling tool? And this is just the color, through a dry brush technique. Many turners struggle to achieve beginning. Learn these and even good finishes in their shop. Using more techniques. products readily available in home stores and hardware stores, Mark will show how to achieve a great finish, starting with surface preparation through choosing a finish based on the purpose of the work, the environment in which it will be used, and the shop environment in which it will be finished. Use Mark’s “decision tree” to help choose the right finish.

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Wall Sculptures Hollow Forms Multiaxis Nick Agar Out-of-balance turning requires a lot of thought, slow speeds, and safe Maximizing Expensive Wood  6-Branched Star  practice. Nick will turn one of his Dan Tilden Luc Deroo signature wall pieces, adding texture Instead of losing precious inches Luc will review the various steps to and color as the project progresses. of expensive wood to faceplate transform a prepared cylinder into Learn about tool choice, sharpening, screws or the foot of a chuck, learn a 6-branched star. There are some design, the overall process, and how to mount the piece quickly and important security elements to power carving. Nick will use a spray effectively to a waste block with a consider, along with the choice and diffuser or airbrush, showing the strong adhesive. Sanding both glue orientation of the wood, dividing and use of color to trick the eye and give surfaces completely flat and parallel marking of the initial cylinder, turning attention to areas on the surface. to each other creates a safe and the branches, hollowing, and final You will learn how to turn your own solid glue joint. With these tips, Dan external shaping. wall piece safely in this colorful will turn a hollow vessel, maximizing demonstration with an almost every possible inch of expensive or Baseball Passing Through Bat endless scope for adding your own rare turning stock. Mark Sfirri designs and ideas. Mark’s humorous baseball bats Revelations in Hollowing  date back to 1993 when he decided Trent Bosch to incorporate multiaxis forms into Trent’s process of hollowing has the blank canvas of a traditional evolved during his past 25 years of baseball bat. He will explain how he Ornaments pursuing this art form, and he has figures out the layout and how he developed some unique techniques combines the nonfunctional aspect 3-Piece Hollow Ornament  and equipment. When combined into the functional form to create an Michael Blankenship with traditional techniques and interesting illusion. Mark’s specialty Learn Michael’s techniques technologies, he makes the hollowing is multiaxis , and for making this 3-piece hollow process more precise and fun than in he will demonstrate how to best Christmas ornament with finial, the past. He will share his knowledge accomplish good results. including how he cuts and glues and create a hollow form with an the barrel blank that becomes emphasis on the latest technologies. Stacked Spheres the hollow globe of the ornament. Mark Sfirri He will include various methods of Vessels & Surfaces  Mark will focus on basic woodturning mounting techniques, a unique way Trent Bosch techniques, such as turning a series of making a tenon for the finial, a way Learn Trent’s techniques for creating of spheres in a row. He will share to hollow the globe with a recess a hollow form and then make it a handy way of figuring out the mounting, and tips about his finishing outstanding with a wide variety curvature of each, based on the techniques. Sound easy? Michael is of surface decorations, including diameter of the piece, followed by totally blind, but if he can do it, so carving, burning, texturing, coloring, laying out how to carve each sphere can you. sandblasting, and beyond. to transform the piece into something very sculptural. Learn the best tools German Ring Turning  for carving. Simon Begg German ring turning, a.k.a. , originated in the 1800s as a method of mass producing toys and nativity scenes by turning a form and then cutting it into slices to a silhouette. Today, Simon just enjoys the simple aesthetics of these sculptural pieces. He will review different techniques, tool choices, chucking methods, and suitable designs with an emphasis on good planning and working accurately.

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Neo Traditional Ornament  Jason Clark Segmenting Specialty Items Jason will turn two Christmas ornaments that have a different take on the traditional globe and finial Bowl from a Board - Bamboo  design. The first ornament is turned Beyond the Basics   Bruce Campbell from a small cube has been mounted Tom Lohman Bamboo is an amazing plant on the bias, resulting in an ornament Tom will explore design options for that is a lot of fun to turn. While with 6 points, 3 facing up and 3 creating complex patterns and how turning several projects, Bruce will facing down. The second ornament to alternate a row from one board discuss harvesting, cutting billets, replaces the traditional globe with a with another to make two bowls with mounting, turning techniques, design pair of caps that are connected by two boards. He will show how the considerations, and finishing. a small spindle with bent basswood Microsoft Paint program can aid in strips that are inserted into grooves creating complex designs. A short Collaboration  to complete the effect. video will present the complete Michael Hosaluk & Mark Sfirri design process, construction, and Michael and Mark began finishing. Tom will detail how to use collaborating in 1992, with Pens a CNC to create boards that will be several exhibitions, classes, used to make a bowl, followed by and demonstrations entitled the a presentation that details several “Mark and Mikey Show.” These Pen Tips & Tricks  board projects. demonstrations – unscripted, Kurt Hertzog spontaneous collaborations – are a Pen making can be both the portal Segmenting - Beyond lot of fun. Join the madness. There is into turning and a final destination. the Basics   much banter and discussion about Kurt will take you through the Tom Lohman how the work is developing and basics to advanced methods, Tom will review design techniques where it is going. including materials selection and and software that will allow you to go processing, kits and adaptations, beyond simple segmented patterns, Decorative Goblets quality techniques and precision fits, with a focus on form. He will show Mick Hanbury  durable and attractive finishes, key several jigs to aid the build process Using bowl and spindle gouges and tools, jigs, and so much more. Learn and will show a short video that the hook tool, Mick will show how how to upscale a simple pen kit into details the design, construction, to get the best possible finish while something unique. and turning process for a selected making a fine stemmed goblet. He project. Learn tips for glue-ups for will show how to make and use a Resin Castings  both open and closed segmenting. supporting jig for the goblet cup. John Underhill Next, he will decorate the goblet This introduction to casting focuses Vortex Bowls  using gesso and iridescent acrylic on color castings and embedding Pete Marken colors in his own special way. Learn objects in resin, both for pen making Pete will show how to design and how to manipulate the paints to make and a wide variety of woodturning assemble a vortex bowl using a unique design and make decorative projects. John will share his ideas, SpectraPly and various , piercing using a micro . techniques, and information – from resulting in a piece that looks more failures to successes – learned difficult than it is. He will show proper during his many years of casting, layout, size, and sequence of the including first-time set-up, lamination glue-up and will provide understanding and choosing the tips to avoid mistakes. Learn how to best resins for the project, colorants, lay out the diameters for the layered molds, mixing techniques, and more. rings and cut them on a , and then make it come together with the final stacking and gluing.

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Flame Texturing  Miniature Hat  Gifts for All Occasions - Art Liestman JoHannes Michelsen Skill-Building Projects  After turning a small bowl for Same concepts as a full-size hat, Nick Cook decoration, Art will show videos only smaller and without the fitting Repetition is the best way to learn of the flaming technique (no open component. JoHannes will start to turn. Don’t stop at one-of-a-kind flames allowed because of safety). with a short discussion about projects. These quick, easy, and The textured wood can be left natural wood choice, grain orientation, very marketable projects will help to or colored with multiple layers of and preparing the block. He will hone your skills. From tool selection acrylic paints using a dry brush show tool choices for roughing and and sharpening to specific turning technique. finish turning, with an emphasis techniques, you will see how to on proper tool presentation, and make garden dibbles, honey dippers, Full-Size Hat will use light and translucency to spurtles, baby rattles, coffee scoops, JoHannes Michelsen judge thickness and expedite the Christmas tree ornaments, boxes, These hats are intended to be worn, turning process. He’ll discuss proper and maybe more. Learn how to so JoHannes will start with a short sanding techniques and sequencing, prepare the materials and utilize jigs discussion about wood choice, reversing rotation for each grit. and chucking techniques. grain orientation, preparing the JoHannes will share how to bend and dry, followed by a discussion block, sizing, and shaping the hat Lost Wood Process  about finish. to the wearer’s head. He’ll show Art Liestman tool choices for roughing and Art will turn spindle blanks made of finish turning, with an emphasis on Wheel of Delicacy  three laminated layers. The two outer proper tool presentation, and will Michael Alguire layers often are from a single piece use light and translucency to judge Michael will demonstrate how he of wood that has been resawn, but thickness and expedite the turning creates his intricate signature piece the middle layer is waste wood. You process. He will discuss proper “Wheel of Delicacy” with the step-by- guessed it. After turning, remove the sanding techniques and sequencing, step process of prepping and turning waste wood and rejoin the pieces for reversing rotation for each grit. the blanks and then aligning the a unique, unround creation. JoHannes will share how to bend pieces for glue-up. He will bring you a fresh and inspirational approach to and dry, followed by a discussion Table Lamp about finish. woodturning. This dynamic demo will be a fun, innovative, and informative Nick Cook 90 minutes for the experienced This session will be an exercise in Managing Green Wood  both design and construction of Bruce Campbell turner. You, too, can create these one-of-a-kind woodturned wheels. a traditional table lamp. Nick will After turning cords and cords of discuss proportion, scale, and wood, Bruce has developed a function and will combine spindle process for managing wood from a turning with faceplate techniques, standing tree to dried billets ready Spindles, Finials along with how to bore the hole and for turning. He provides 7 steps of round joinery. The end product will the process, helping attendees avoid be decorative and functional and Fun with Spindles  the common pitfalls and why they light up your room. happen. No turning, but there will be Michael Hosaluk prizes. One of the fundamental skills is learning to turn spindles, but they don’t have to be plain. Learn about proper selection of materials and tools. Michael will show clean cutting techniques with an emphasis on the importance of form. Get some ideas for combining spindles with vessels to create unique pieces.

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