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This Month's Woodturners of Olympia Meeting...
Tuesday November 9 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Zoom demo: Christmas Ornament
Zoom demo: Christmas Ornament
Larry Miller on making a Christmas Ornament
I like to tell people I’ve been associated with the art of woodturning for over 55 years having started in high school, but then admit that includes a 35-year layoff while finishing college, getting married, working in the information systems field in higher education, oil, and aerospace for about 40 years, and “in cooperation with my wife”, raising our two sons. When my wife bought a small lathe for me in 1995, I once again picked up the craft, and got serious after I took classes from several world class turners at the Craft Supplies woodturning school in Provo, Utah from 2000 to 2003. I now own 5 lathes and make what I like to call “Functional Art” that I give away, sell in galleries, and at craft shows. I mentor and teach woodturning to all ages and am the woodturning instructor for the Olympia Arbutus Folk School. I have been actively involved in the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) youth program since 2007.
For this month’s demonstration, I’ll be showing how to create small bird house ornaments, including the tools I use, wood selection, creating the necessary jigs, construction, and finishing. I’ll also show and describe a finishing station I’ve built for applying the lacquer finish I put on them and have adapted it for most of my finishing needs.
For this month’s demonstration, I’ll be showing how to create small bird house ornaments, including the tools I use, wood selection, creating the necessary jigs, construction, and finishing. I’ll also show and describe a finishing station I’ve built for applying the lacquer finish I put on them and have adapted it for most of my finishing needs.
