South Puget Sound Woodturners

What’s Happening at Other Chapters

The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on June 7th at the former Hollywood video store at the mall. The meeting will feature James Lynn demonstrating segmented turning. Also, kudos to the NWWT Library Committee for their great offerings. They reported that nearly 50 DVDs and books were checked out at their April [...]

SPSW Website Named Best

Every year since 2004 the AAW has held a contest for Best Chapter Website. Chapters that submit their site in the competition must also provide a volunteer reviewer who evaluates up to five other Chapter websites. The judging is based on the following criteria:

Layout/Graphic Design: visually appealing, easy to access Ease of Navigation: easy [...]

Turned for Use

In the not to distant past woodturning was used to create utilitarian items like chair legs and simple bowls. Once woodturning started to increase in popularity, and with the advent of the AAW, woodturning has become more of an art. If you look at recent work by well know turners you will find pieces that [...]

Segmented Turners May Summary

The Segmented Woodturners virtual chapter of the AAW has released the May Club Summary. Here are some of the recent happenings:

Chapter Challenge

The Winter/Spring Chapter Challenge has ended. There were twenty-seven entries in this contest based on feature rings. First place ended in a tie between Ken Cowell and Bill Wyko:

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Yellowstone Woodturners Symposium 7

The members of the Yellowstone Woodturners, an AAW chapter in Billings, Montana have have announced their 7th Annual Symposium scheduled for October 6th and 7th at the Billings Career Center. The demonstrators for this year’s symposium are Malcolm Tibbetts who will cover segmenting from A to Z, and Sam Angelo who will demonstrate Dying your [...]

May Meeting – Show and Tell & Expert Panel

The May meeting will consist of two major items: an extended show and tell session and a question and answer session conducted by a panel. The panel will consist of Pat McCart, Dave Schweizer, Paul Crabtree, Ted Bartholomew, Jim Cotter, and Bill Wood. The panel will act as a sounding board for your questions, preferably [...]

AAW Woodturning Sales Venues

The AAW provides a venue for woodturners and wood art collectors to come together. There are three venues available on the AAW website:

Artists/Gallery Market Place – This is where woodturners can list their work for sale. You must be an AAW member and pay a $10 fee to list your item, but there are [...]

Covington Days Art Show Call For Entries

The Covington Days Festival has issued a call for entries for the annual Covington Days Festival Art Show. The show is scheduled for July 20th to 22nd at Cedar Heights Middle School in Covington. SPSW and Covington Arts Commission member Jonathan Combs is encouraging members to submit their work. He says that there weren’t many [...]

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