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March 2013 BAWA Newsletterwww.bayareawoodturners.orgPage 1
Volume 17, Issue 3March 2013
Hollow Forms with Mike JackofskyBAWA’s first professional demonstration of 2013 will be on March 9th with Mike Jackofsky who specializes in turning burl hollow forms. Mike’s signature is retaining natural edge in the neck opening or around the top shoulder of his vessels. As in the past this professional demonstration will be free to BAWA members, and the general public is invited to attend at a fee of $25 for the day. The doors will open at 8:30 am for set up, coffee and visiting, and the meeting will start between 9:00 and 9:30 am. It’s a full day demonstration with a short break for lunch, and will end at 4:00 pm. The store and library will be open for business, and the wood raffle will be held at the lunch break.
Jackofsky’s a professional woodturner from southern California who over the years has created hundreds of pieces displayed in galleries and museums around the world. He released a two-DVD instructional video set, "Woodturning
with Mike Jackofsky: Making a Hollow Vessel" in 2011. His Hol-low-ProTM brand tools are specially designed for woodturners inter-ested in creating hollow vessels and open bowls. Mike has a new set of smaller 3/8" of hollowing tools that will be available soon from Craft Supplies. They’re called "Rocket" tools and he will have a few sets for sale at the meeting. He also has a new set of hollow form calipers, which will also be for sale at the meet-ing. The Rocket tools will retail for about $150-$160 and the cali-pers will be $60 for the larger size and $50 for the smaller one. Mike will knock $30 off the price of the tool set and $10 off on each of the calipers.
Some of you may have seen Mike Jackofsky demonstrate in San Jose last sum-mer …… if not here’s another chance to learn the basics if your just starting, or to pick up a few unique tricks and tips even if you’re an experienced turner. If you want more information visit Mike’s website at: http://www.mikejackofsky.com/
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Mike’s Bio:
Mike Jackofsky specializes in hollow forms, most of which are natural edge pieces made from unique burls, but he also turns bowls, including thin natural edge open bowls, off-balance asymmetrical pieces, hollow forms with “wings,” and sculptural forms. Mike has been a presenter at the Utah Woodturning Symposium at BYU, the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) Symposium in Portland and the SWAT Symposium in Waco, Texas. In 2012, he was a “featured demonstrator” at the AAW Symposium in San Jose, CA. He has also participated a number of times in the Emma Lake Collaboration in Cana-da, and has had his work selected for the AAW exhibi-tions "Put a Lid On It" in 2003, "Spirit of the Southwest" in 2009, "Maple Medley" in 2010, and "Roots" in 2011. Mike’s work is on display in the permanent collections of the Sam Maloof Historical Residence Museum in Alta Lo-ma, CA, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, CA, and he has donated a “signature piece” for the perma-nent collection of the AAW in Minneapolis. Mike received “Best of Show” at the AAW sponsored “California Con-tours” exhibition and he has won numerous awards at the San Diego “Design in Wood” exhibition, including more than 10 first place awards. Mike's work was voted “Best Organic Medium” at the 2000 “Art-A-Fair” exhibit in Laguna Beach, CA. He is a member of the AAW, San Diego Woodturn-ers, and The Furniture Society.
Mike conducts workshops and demonstrations at many woodworking clubs and trade shows, including his “signature” 5 day classes at Craft Supplies USA School of Woodturning in Provo, Utah. In 2008, he was the subject of a feature article in the Janu-ary issue of Woodturning magazine, and in April of 2012 he was the author of a feature article in the AAW Journal titled: “Working With Burl-Making Natural Edge Hollow Vessels”. In 2011 Mike released his first tutorial DVD, a two disc set ti-tled, Woodturning with Mike Jackofsky: Making a Hollow Vessel.
Membership News
In February we added 3 new members. Roberta Zorzynski joins us from Walnut Creek, Garry Seidlitz joins us from Con-cord and Jay Broadwell joins us from Lafayette. It seems like having the meeting place in Pleasant Hill has been drawing in people, especially from the classes Jim Rodgers sets for us all at Mt. Diablo Adult Ed.
We really need to get all the old members to renew their mem-berships for 2013. The stronger we are in numbers, the more money is available to get really good speakers for our meet-ings. If you have a friend who hasn't renewed yet, please re-mind them to join again!
~Karen Rice-Membership~
Newsletter Articles
Got a great idea you want to share with your fellow Woodturners? Whether it is a turning tool, turning technique, finishing process or anything at all related to turning, your BAWA newsletter can al-ways use an article. If you have pictures, all the better. If you need help writing it up or taking pictures, we’re here to help. That’s what our club is all about - sharing.
Contact either club president Bill Mellberg Email: [email protected]
or newsletter editorLouie SilvaEmail: [email protected]
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The Bay Area Woodturners Association is a local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners. Our purpose is to provide a meeting place for local turners to share ideas and techniques and to educate the general public regarding the art of turning. The Association usually meets the second Saturday of each month. The Association periodically sponsors exhibitions and demonstrations by local and interna-tionally known turners.
PresidentBill [email protected]
Vice PresidentJohn [email protected]
SecretaryKathy [email protected]
TreasurerJoel [email protected]
Member at LargeJim [email protected]
LibrarianCindy [email protected]
MembershipHugh [email protected]
Store ManagerRichard [email protected]
WebmasterJohn [email protected]
Newsletter EditorLouie [email protected]
Audio VisualBruce [email protected]
Larry [email protected]
WoodmeisterLarry [email protected]
Educational CoordinatorJan [email protected]
Pro Demonstrator LiaisonDean [email protected]
Volunteer Coordinator
Staff PhotographerFred [email protected]
Club Meetings
Meetings are the 2nd Saturday of each month unless otherwise noted.
8:30 doors open for setup, use store and library, swap ideas, view displays
9:30—12:30 meeting and demo
Until further notice, meetings will be held at the PHEC Woodturn-ing Center, 1 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA.
See www.bayareawoodturners.org for directions and club information.
BAWA Officers Meeting -Officer meetings are open to all members. Contact Bill Mellberg if you would like to be on the agenda.
2013-2014 Event Schedule
March 9th Mike Jackofsky-”Burl Hollow Forms”
April 13th Bob Nolan “Basket designs”
May 11th Doug Fisher "Turn, Carve and Color an Off Center - Off Axis Sculpture "
Sept 14th Kip Christensen (Tentative)
Nov 9th Mark Gardener
June 8th TBA
July 13th Brad Adams
Oct 12th Christmas Ornaments and gifts
Dec 14th Christmas Party
Jan 11th Jim Rodgers
Aug 14th Summer Bar-B-Que
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President’s MessageMarch 2013
March 9th will be our first all-day (9:30 to 4:30) professional demonstration of the year. Mike Jackofsky will demonstrate his approach to hollow forms and natural edge bowls. His turning technique captures the color and textures of Mother Na-ture with beautiful symmetry and scale. Bring a lunch and enjoy the spring weather we are having in the bay area at a table outside.
There have been more changes in our insurance coverage for 2013 since our last meeting. AAW was successful in obtaining a Group Insurance policy for the na-tional Association. We elected to join the group as an insured party at a cost of $90/year. The policy is still being drafted, but the coverage is about the same as we had in the past.
Our focus on Safety this next month will be on securing your work and choosing a safe turning speed. There are several devices for attaching your work to the head-stock for turning. Choosing the correct drive comes with experience, but also some
common sense.Spur drives, face plates and chuck jaws all come in many forms and sizes to suit the demands of the wood your planning to turn. Consider your transition from one device to another carefully to insure the wood is always se-cure and is capable of holding the mass or weight of wood on the lathe.The club will be moving the date of our summer Bar-B-Que to August to accommodate the month long closure of the Woodshop at PHAE this year. I will be looking for a local park to reserve to have our annual event this year.Are you enjoying our new meeting location, is the club meeting your needs for exchanging information, access to supplies and finding new friends? Please let the Board of Directors know what you like and don’t like about our monthly meetings and how we can make them more relevant to you and interesting for everyone.
Respectfully,Bill Mellberg925-484-0316 (H) after [email protected]
February Wood Raffle. Many thanks to our generous wood donors. Bring some yourself to the next meeting.
~Tony Wolcott--Chinese Elm, Brazilian Pepper, Walnut, Camphor Burl
~Joel Albert-Spalted Cottonwood, Figured Walnut
~Larry Dubia--Tan Oak~Brad Adams---Madrone, Olive, Walnut~Dean Adkins--Wood Glue~Jim Campbell--Mulberry~Ros Harper--Acacia~Joe Dahl--Acacia, Bay Laurel~Jan Blumer--Coast Live Oak roughed
bowls
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Presenting Bonnie Glover and Cindy Navarro“Functional Items For Sale”
With more than 20 cumulative years of turning experience along with being sav-vy Craft Fair vendors, these two BAWA Members put on a professional display and demo at our February 9th meeting. The Demonstrator table looked like a dis-play at a Craft Fair with items that Bonnie and Cindy both showed and sold. A large crowd was in attendance to watch and experi-ence the talent and skills of these two fine turners.
With Bonnie and Cindy each taking about an hour to explain how they work, they both shared proven shop secrets that make efficient use of time when making a series of objects. They also disclosed many of their sources of various supplies. Many people were taking notes and asking detailed questions about many of the techniques and materials used in making their projects food safe.
Bonnie brought along her own computer and huge monitor that was used to show many of the items she sells. She demonstrated many of her unique turning secrets for making and installing handles with step-by-step photo’s taken at her shop.
Cindy used our shop lathe to demonstrate her proven turning techniques along with finishing her work to achieve saleable quality.
As a club we want to express our thanks to Bonnie and Cindy for a beautiful display of turned items and for a very informative demonstration.
Dublin Woodcraft - BAWA 3% Rebate for Member Purchases
Dublin Woodcraft provides a valuable service to our membership and the community, so please consider them for your next purchase or turning class!
Your purchases at Dublin Woodcraft also help the club! Did you know that BAWA gets a 3% rebate on all pur-chases made by BAWA members? For this to work we need you to bring your receipts (or a copy) to the next meeting. The rebate is only good for recent purchases - we can only turn in receipts if they are less than six weeks old! So be sure to bring in your current Wood craft receipts (or a copy) and place them in the Woodcraft Receipt Box on the membership table!
Bonnie
Cindy
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February Show and Tell
Salt Mill by Lanny Dana.
Don White is continuing his search for the ulti-mate performance top.
Four Harry Potter “Magic Sticks” by Jay Holland
Paul Litsky’s Spalted Maple BowlBrad Adams shows the steps in making a small hollow form
Large Segmented Ves-sel by Ron Tinay.
“Doggie” Bowls by Tony Wolcott.
1 of 3 Bowls turned by Donna Lauzon. Joel Albert turned these at-
tractive Pepper Mills.
