January 30 Meeting with Al Geller and Sam Turner on Bowl Savers
President’s Corner – Steve Leblanc
Channel Islands Woodturners Art Show Submission Deadline
Saturday’s February 27th meeting at Levi’s is the deadline for submitting entries into our March Art Show at Proverbs Coffeehouse. If you can’t bring your entry/entries to the meeting, call Stephan Case-Pall (491-3660), Joel Oksner (443-0270), or Steve Leblanc (526-3840) to arrange a drop-off.
See January’s newsletter for more information about the show.
If you would like the Art Gallery to mail an art card to a friend or family member, send the e-mail the address to me at sml.woodturner@att.net. The Coffeehouse will mail up to 100 cards for us in addition to their own 600-piece mailing list. They will also give us blank postcards.
Stay tuned to more e-mail announcements about the show as we get closer to the event.
Show & Tell
We will be having Show & Tell. We will include your Art Show entries in the Show & Tell if you like.
Kind Regards,
Steve
VP Bob Fahrnbruch stood in for Steve Leblanc as MC
Stephen Case-Pall reported on preparations for the March art show
Jim Word is lining up the 2010 meeting dates and venues
Bruce Berger starts the Show &Tell with segmented work
John Ascheman turned accident into art work
Jim Word
Jim shows all the shaving generated without benefit of a bowl saver
Warren Brown
Warren: Multi-layer plywood bowl with tilted layers
Bob F.: Birdhouse
Robert Mitchell
Dave Staehli: Russan Olive – very hard
Visitor Sven from Anaheim
Gary Toro first to do reversed turned diamonds per AAW mag.
Robert Mitchell boxes, Michael Inham surface carving
Rick Caseman new member from Santa Maria
Friendly dispute over raffle numbers
Dave Hutter wins
Featured Demo: Al Geller with McNaughton system post
McNaughton most versitile but more difficult
How to stage the cuts and provide a way to chuck the pieces
Looks like a straight tool
Al with Woodcut system
Explaining how to set up offset center on Woodcut system
Woodcut tool in action – note the two cutter radii
Meeting Information: Saturday, September 20th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm with lunch Bill Haskell demonstrating Sculptural, Multicentric Face Plate Turning at Dan Halpert‘s (see below for more details about the meeting) At the August 23rd meeting Vice President Jim Rinde presided. Thanks go to Sam Turner for bringing refreshments. We decided to keep the …
Meeting Information: Saturday, May 20th Tips and Tricks II, plus Hands-on Workshop with Mentoring Program at Russ Babbitt’s from 9:00 am to ? with Lunch ($5 donation requested) Bring your own tools and face mask so you can practice with your own tools and learn to sharpen them. If you don’t have any yet you…
Show & Tell Bring your latest projects to show. Steve Dunn the Wood Man is coming Al Geller says Steve will be featuring light-colored spalted wood to purchase at the September meeting. Steve brings a trailer full of wood, and based on previous experience, $25 should get you a sizable piece of something good.
Future Events March 26, 9 am – 12 pm Photographing Your Woodturnings – Art Waldinger at Cabrillo Middle School President’s Message We had a great meeting in January with approximately 45 showing up, and we signed up four new members. Welcome Mimi and Phil Allin, Tim Burrett, and Cindy Zanotti. We also had over twenty…
