ATLANTIC SHORE WOODTURNERS
NEWSLETTER
November 2007
The next meeting will be
November 13
7:30 PM.
Meetings are held
at the small pre-school building on the corner of County Line Road & Ridge
Avenue
Social hour @
2007 Officers and
Contacts
|
President |
Mark Anderson |
732.477.0847 |
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Vice President |
Tom Jones |
732.571.9636 |
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Treasurer |
Buren Gilpin |
732.223.9861 |
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Librarian |
Bruce Perlmutter |
732.530.5762 |
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Secretary |
John Puckhaber |
732.349.4275 |
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Newsletter |
John Puckhaber |
732.349.4275 |
Meetings 2nd Tuesday of each month.
November Meeting
Michael Kagan Demonstration
This month’s meeting will feature a
demonstration by Michael Kagan of the Bucks
Woodturners. He will show us how to turn
& carve a “double spiral” or barley twist stem on a goblet.
Michael began as a
wood carver about 25 years ago, and has been turning for about 5 or 6
years. His background as a carver has
led him to add to his turnings with some sort of hand carved or pierced
embellishment.
Michael is a member
of Bucks Turners and the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen as well as its Bucks County
Chapter. His work has been chosen for
the 2007 Pennsylvania Craft Exhibit at the PA State Museum in
Michael has
demonstrated at Bucks Turners, the Tylersport Turning
& Carving Fair (an excellent small symposium), and is leading the Bucks Turners
very successful HOW (hands on workshop) program.
Michael’s Artist
Statement: “I view the turned form as a
palette for carving. Woodturning has
evolved in recent years from the more traditional and functional craft to an
art form involving turning, carving, piercing, painting, sandblasting, and
whatever else someone can dream of. The
possibilities are only limited by imagination.
December Meeting
Planned Program
As you all know, we
plan to also feature demonstrations by some of our own talented members, so in December, Mark Anderson will show us a couple of
methods for deep hollowing. Mark has
recently studied with David Ellsworth and Lyle Jamison, and will demonstrate
both of their methods of deep hollowing, as he owns tools for each. Mark says these methods of hollowing make it
very easy and fearless to do provided you pay attention to the process).
Future Club Programs
Tom Jones will
demonstrate miniature turning as well as the making of tiny specialized tools
needed for this very small type of work.
The date is yet to be set, but should be early in 2008.
We also want to have
one more outside demonstrator for this club year. The details are not yet set, so if any of you
has something or somebody in particular that you want, please let the program
committee know (soon so we can arrange).
Remember, we will not have show & tell, challenge presentations, or long business discussions on demo nights. The demos will start promptly at 7:30.
Member Art Show!
Buren Gilpin and his
wife, Christina Sanes, are currently on exhibit at
the M. Christina Geis Gallery on the campus of
The exhibit, entitled Just the Two of Us is currently running until Friday, November 30, 2007. This exhibit showcases the wood art of Buren and the landscape and abstract paintings of Christina.
Regular gallery hours are:
Monday – Thursday from 9 AM until 8 PM, and 9 AM to 5 PM on Friday. Directions:
From Route 9, take
Mark & I have visited the exhibit and we can tell you that the club has not yet seen Burin’s best work, and Christina’s art is REALLY good!
Upcoming Shows
& Symposiums
2008 AAW National Symposium will be held in
The Woodworking Show for
this winter is scheduled for
February 15 -17 in the
The show is under new management this year, and they want to try something new called “Strolling Mini Demonstrations” each lasting about 15 minutes or so. We, the club, have tentatively agreed to participate. The demos will be simple and will be designed to stimulate interest in turning (and other forms of woodworking given by other groups), thus leading to an increase in our membership. Sounds like a win-win. We’ll talk further about this at a meeting before the show.
The Woodturning
Center in
Wood
As a reminder: U.S. Mahogany Corp. will again hold their 11th annual “Giant Hardwood Sale” Friday & Saturday, November 23rd & 24th.
The Program
Committee
Our program committee has been set up for the purpose of planning and arranging meeting programs for the club. If you have any suggestions for a demonstration, instruction, or anything else, let the committee know.
The
Program Committee
Tom Jones 732.571.9636
Ed Aras 732.741.5940
Buren Gilpin 732.223.9861
Russell Bertlesen 732.367.2862
Stan Liebowitz 732.886.1530
Tom Barnes 732.363.0712
The Website
For those of you who haven’t recently visited, take a new look! The calendar is right up to date with all sorts of interesting things, and the members’ gallery is chock full of great photos of OUR work. The site is continually getting better…thanks Tom. To submit news, calendar items, or photos, contact Tom at:
www.atlanticshorewoodturners.com
Meeting
Specifics
Meetings are the second
Tuesday of each month except for July and August. They are held at the little pre-school
building, which is located at the corner of
Meeting
Directions
Directions: From Route 9, go east on