Associated with the AWGB
As ever, a really good and varied response tonight with a sizeable contribution from some of our newer members. Pieces of work inspired by our recent demos by Stewart Furini and Joey Richardson kicked off the evening. Nick shared his experiments and methods with spin decoration and Steve channelled his inner Joey to produce his 3 items.
Contributions from Mark, Alan E and Alan P took us quickly to the break during which Chairman Alan outlined the pros and cons of continued affiliation with the AWGB (to be voted on in the next meeting).
As the AWGB discussion, of necessity, took a while the second half of the evening, hosted now by Sue, was a little truncated. Russell showed what he’d done with bowling balls and answered several queries about the process. The remainder of his varied collection of items had to be rushed through before surrendering the floor to Kevin and Dexter.
Next Ian showed the Xmas items he had made and credited the club for his progress from total novice to semi professional turner! A swift succession of contributions from Roy, Rob and finally Brian brought a packed evening to a close.
All Day Demo by Joey Richardson
This year’s all day demonstration was given to the club by internationally acclaimed wood artist and current President of the AWGB Joey Richardson. Her delicate and highly individual works are sought by collectors all over the world and so it was a privilege to see how she goes about creating her pieces.
She split the day into 3 sections – woodturning, carving and piercing and finally decorating. Firstly she turned and hollowed a piece of green sycamore (her preferred wood) using only a bowl gouge and carbide cutter. Lamps were used inside and outside the wood to achieve the thin walls that she needed.
This done she showed how to then transfer a design onto the outside of the vessel prior to piercing and carving. Several machines were used for this and Joey discussed the relative merits of each while, all the time, telling us about her own woodturning and artistic journey.
After lunch we moved onto, what I suspect, is Joey’s favourite part of her work – the decoration. We were taken through a magical mystery tour of stencil making, masking, pyrography and airbrushing in layers which she applied to a number of examples.
A fantastic and informative day from someone with a unique perspective on the art and craft of woodturning. Hopefully an inspiration to us all.
The first part covered the use of airbrushes & spirit stains. the difference between gravity fed and siphon types, the need for vapour rated face masks. methylated spirit to clean the airbrushes. His preferred woods are sycamore ,beech & maple, not Ash .
Stewart then moved onto texturing .
Next was creating an effect by spinning the work when paint has just been applied
Finally Stewart used a carbide cutter to create deep texturing .
Lively discussions took place, questions where answered by Stewart and members thanked him in the usual way for a great demo. one of the best . Below the finished items & a link to visit his web site.
Steve for his 2nd demo chose a 2 part bud vase 6 inches tall in oak, made from a log.
each picture in order has Steve’s method as a caption.
Steve was thanked in the usual way for a thoroughly entertaining demo. showing the tools used and their correct and safe presentation to the work piece.
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