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S December 2003 http://www.capwoodturners.org.

Membership in the CAW Chapter is open to anyone interested in the art and craft of woodturning.

1 S December The CAW Newsletter The CAW Newsletter is the official publication of the Capital Area Woodturners Chapter of the AAW, and is published for the information of its members. Membership in the CAW Chapter is open to anyone interested in the art and craft of woodturning. Annual CAW Woodturners Ball Meeting Announcement: Date: Saturday December 13 Time: 5:00 PM 9:00 PM Place: Messiah United Methodist Church off Rolling Road in Springfield, VA F r o m V ir g in ia o r D IR EC T IO N S T O T H E M EET IN G : M a r y l a n d, t a k e I / I t o w a r d s t h e W i ls o n B r i d g e o v e r t h e P o t o m a c R iv e r. T a k e E x it A (R t 1 So u t h ) o n t h e V i r g i n i a s i d e. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 1.9 m i l e s s o u t h o f t h e B e l t w a y, y o u w ill p a s s t h e B e a co n M a ll co m p le x w it h L o w e s H o m e Im p r o v e m e n t W a r e h o u s e o n y o u r r ig h t. F r o m t h e m a in e n t r a n ce in t o B e a c o n M a ll, g o 4 m o r e s t o p lig h t s a b o u t ½ m i l e. T h e 4 th s t o p l i g h t w i l l b e P o p k i n s L a n e. T u r n L e f t o n t o P o p k in s la n e a n d g o d o w n 2 b lo ck s. T h e B r y a n t L e a r n in g C e n t e r e n t r y w i ll b e o n y o u r r i g h t. D r i v e t o t h e E a s t s i d e o f t h e b u ild in g. P le n t y o f p a r k in g o n t h e s id e o r in t h e r e a r o f t h e b u i l d i n g. T h e e n t r a n c e s t o t h e w o o d w o r k in g s h o p a n d m e e t i n g r o o m s a r e o ff t h e E a s t s i d e o f t h e B r y a n t C e n t e r. Alternate Location for this month Sharing Holiday Cheer!!! We hope you are planning to join your fellow members of the Capital Area Woodturners for the 5th annual Woodturners Ball on Saturday evening, December 13th, in the hall of the Messiah United Methodist Church on Rolling Road in Springfield, VA. Our goal is simple: Let's all get together during this holiday season to share some holiday cheer with the members, families, and friends of the CAW; eat a hearty meal of whatever dishes walk through the door; vote for the best holiday ornament from the members' entries; and exchange a turned object for those participating in the grab-bag exchange. See Page 2 for suggestions about what dish to bring and share Directions to church buildings from corner of Rolling Road and Old Keene Mill Road (Route 644) in Springfield, VA Program For The Month 5:00 PM!! Social Hour Fun, camaraderie, hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and inspecting the items entered in the ornament contest and the grab-bag participation 6:00 PM!! Dinner Really great food prepared by your friends, fellow woodturners, and/or their spouses. Potluck dinners are the best eating anywhere. Meat dishes, drinks and eating utensils will be provided by the CAW. 7:00 PM!! Fun & Games Vote for your favorite ornament and grab-bag entry; dance with someone; sing some holiday carols; renew old acquaintances and make new ones; or talk about turning = just come and have fun!! Then you still have time to go on to that corporate function if need be. The CAW Holiday Social is here I-95 going South off the I-495 Beltway Rolli ng R oad

2 December 2003 Page 2 Plans for the 5th Annual CAW Woodturners Ball Saturday, December 13 th, 2003 Messiah United Methodist Church 6215 Rolling Road Springfield, VA Post this reminder on your refrigerator door!! 5:00 PM!! Social Hour Fun, camaraderie, hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and inspecting the items entered in the ornament contest and the grab-bag participation 6:00 PM!! Dinner Really great food prepared by your friends, fellow woodturners, and/or their spouses. Potluck dinners are the best eating anywhere. Drinks and eating utensils will be provided by the CAW. 7:00 PM!! Fun & Games Vote for your favorite ornament and grab-bag entry; dance with someone; sing some holiday carols; renew old acquaintances and make new ones; or talk about turning = just come and have fun!! Turn a Holiday Ornament for the annual ornament competition Turn an item for the member s grab-bag. Those members that bring a turning for entry get to take a number and take the corresponding item home! Suggestions For your Participation In the CAW Woodturners Ball Bring a dish to share to serve at least 8 people Bring a cheap serving spoon for your dish Put your name on your dish We re trying something new this year: The CAW will provide a honey-baked ham; bucket (s) of fried chicken; and Lasagna casseroles. The club will also provide all the paper products, decorations, and drinks (no alcohol please). CAW members should bring any dish they particularly enjoy making and/or eating and would like to share with their fellow turners. Some types of dishes to consider would be: Hors D'oeuvres (Appetizers, social finger-foods); Vegetarian, Ethnic, Salads (Green; pasta; Greek; Taco); Side Dishes (Potatoes, Vegetables, Fruit); or Desserts (Cookies, Pies, cakes, & other yummies)

3 December 2003 Page 3 CAW-S/E WORKSHOP-BRYANT SCHOOL WED :00AM TILL 3:00PM Any special requests contact:: CA SAVOY cadjsavoy@cox.net Or:: Don Riggs driggs11@cox.net Or:: Chris Cuyler ccuyler@rcn.com Or:: Don Johnson drjpapaw@aol.com PLEASE NOTE::: Effective with the June 24 workshop there will be a shop charge of $5.00. If you use any tool, i.e., band saw, lathe, drill press etc. charge will apply. If you come to visit and just watch no charge. YOU MUST ALSO BE A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOODTURNERS IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OF THE TOOLS.. CAW- ONEWAY ORDER 15% DISCOUNT HAPPY HOLLIDAYS CA will be placing a ONEWAY order on Monday Order must be to him NLT Sunday Check your catalog or call up ONEWAY website to see what 's available at: HAPPY HOLLIDAYS on this order only Club members receive 15% off listed US funds price. your order to me at cadjsavoy@cox.net Items can be picked up at Bryant School on the 2nd Wed. or last Tues. monthly workshops or at the monthly meetings or by special arrangements. You pay when you receive your merchandise. CA Savoy:::: HAPPY AND SAFE TURNING!!!!!!!!!!! BRYANT SCHOOL 2701 POPKINS LANE ALEXANDRIA,VA CAPITAL AREA WOODTURNERS 2004 ACTIVITIES MEETING WORKSHOP 9:00A/3:00P 8:30A/TILL SAT. WED. TUE JAN FEB MAR ** APR *** MAY JUN JUL **** AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC No meeting. Holliday party date and location to be announced. ** Also, NOVA WOODWORKING SHOW MAR. 19, 20, *** CAW MINI SYMPOSIUM APRIL **** AAW SYMPOSIUM- ORLANDO,FLA. JULY 23,24, Name Position Bob Pezold President Tom Boley Vice-President Mike McInerney Treasurer Bob Reynolds Secretary Frank Stepanski Committee Chair Program Director C. A. Savoy Show Director Jim Marstall Newsletter Editor Club Support Volunteers CAW 2003 Officer Roster Contact Information 8018 Hammond St. Alexandria, VA ext102 (work) rpezold@cox.net 8316 Botsford Ct. Springfield, VA tboley@erols.com Creek Branch Court Centerville, VA mikemc1421@aol.com 7627 Mineral spring Court Springfield, VA reynoldsrf@aol.com 1203 Washington Dr. Stafford, VA rcpilot@tidalwave.net 1309 Gatewood Drive Alexandria, VA cadjsavoy@cox.net 6213 Capella Ave. Burke, VA jim.b.marstall@boeing.com Gerry Headley Video Library Cal Frantz Group Buy Amy Rothberg Auctions Chris Cuyler CAW Clothes All committee volunteers - Set-up, clean-up, education, etc. For Sale: 4½ Duro jointer on stand with ½hp motor, $25. Three Hechinger utility carts, 29" x 44" with 6" wheels and unattached beds. - $25 each. Two 55 gallon drums with open tops and hoop clamps. - $4 each Clear hard maple, surfaced two sides, 7/4, 4½ to 8" widths, 6' long, 9 pieces - $4/Bdft. Contact Phil Brown, , 7807 Hamilton Spring Rd, Bethesda, MD.

4 December 2003 Page 4 About Our Members by Phil Brown Tom Boley has been accepted by Artisans United to display turned wood in their craft shop at the Packard Center in Annandale, VA. Since the shop is operated on a cooperative basis, he incurs an obligation to spend time there on duty in the shop. A new experience for Tom. Phil Brown has one piece in the juried exhibit, Craft Forms 2003, at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA, December 6, January 21, Other turners represented in the exhibit include Cindy Drozda and Max Krimmel. On the October weekend, Phil joined David Fry in demonstrating wood turning to the public in the Sansar booth at the Bethesda Row Arts Festival. Bill Hardy has been recovering well from his bypass operation in September, with the exception of some fluid around the lung for which he is under the care of a pulmonary specialist. This is not unusual or serious, just frustrating. He still can't lift large bowl blanks, but has been turning lots of small stuff and will be pushing the limit on the bowls after the first of the year (gotta get to the hurricane stash before it checks). He plans to do his annual home show in Great Falls on December 5, 6 and 7. It will be at the home of Laura Nichols, a potter, at 438 Riverbend Road, Great Falls, VA. It's a fun weekend with lots of good food in the country kitchen and about 12 different artists. Jim Marstall participated in an Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies Fair at The Boeing Company offices in Crystal City on Thursday, November 13th as part of a Employee Enrichment Day Program. Jim displayed some of his turnings and described the use of turning tools and techniques to produce items from large bowls to small ornaments. Mike McInerney, Treasurer, reported that we have 225 members. Seems that about 160 people renew each year, and then over the year new members bring the total up to over 200. Dues for next year are $20. CA Savoy s next Bowl Classes at the Woodcraft store in Springfield, Va. will be on Thursdays January 15, February 12 and March 11, Turn a bowl while learning wood selection, mounting techniques, finishing and the proper use of the side ground bowl gouge. Call the store at for details and to register. John Trant will be selling his bowls at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, Maryland State Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg MD on December 12-14, Tell others about your woodturning activities in the CAW Newsletter. Send your information by the third week of the month to Phil Brown, 7807 Hamilton Spring Road, Bethesda, MD Phone and fax: philtbrown@greenbelt.com Other Items 1. One-third through its display period at Del Ray Artisans, Washington Wood 2003 experienced sale of seven pieces totaling $1,755. All of these sold pieces were priced under $600, as were two-thirds of the wood pieces in the exhibit. Two-dimensional work by Del Ray members hangs on the walls, and three of those painting had sold for a total of $2,225. So combined sales through November 14 th were $3,980. Jeff Dahlquist, the awards judge on opening night November 7 th, encountered a real challenge in selecting award pieces from a wide array of excellent work. David Veatch received Best In Show for his curly koa and maple desk. The strong showing of turned wood contributed to John Noffsinger receiving Best Design for his carved and inlaid box elder vessel. And Phil Brown received Best Craftsmanship for his 16" flared cherry vessel. Washington Wood 2003 is the largest WWG exhibit ever with 72 pieces from 29 members. Prices range from $35 up to $10,000, averaging $824 each, and with a total retail value of $59,307. Eight pieces were especially dear to their makers and were not for sale, but were exhibited on the condition that the maker would make a duplicate for a buyer. Wood turning had a strong presence as vessels, sculpture, and spindle work from 14 turners. Ten of these turners are also members of Capital Area Woodturners. Del Ray Artisans members displayed 23 paintings and photographs with a total retail value of $6, Members of Chesapeake Woodturners will again be displaying and selling their work, and demonstrating to the public at Behnke s nursery over the first two weekends of December. They have found this opportunity to be fun and profitable for those participating. 3. Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, in Gatlinburg, TN, now has a spring 04 class schedule that includes five woodturning classes. One-week workshops include Woodturning: Start to Finish by Lyle Jamieson March 14-20, Woodturning: Artistic & Functional by Ray Key from March 21-27, Striving for the Ultimate Form by Ray Key from March 28-April 3, Finer Points of Woodturning by Mike Mahoney from April 4-10, and Woodturning: A canvas of Good Form by Jackues Vesery from April 11-17, Registration is $475 and on-campus housing with meals is between $245 and $580 depending upon the room you choose. For more details or a catalog contact Arrowmont at or by phone at

Nov 2003 Meeting December 2003 Show & Tell Items Page 5 Left and Right: Doug Pearson - a 12 W X 10 H Maple hollow, closed form with leather crossstitching added for texture and accent and a 16 H X 11

17, 2005, the Renwick Gallery is scheduled to exhibit Right at Home: American Studio Furniture.

5 Nov 2003 Meeting December 2003 Show & Tell Items Page 5 Left and Right: Doug Pearson - a 12 W X 10 H Maple hollow, closed form with leather crossstitching added for texture and accent and a 16 H X 11 W Walnut open form Call for Wood Working Demonstrators - Smithsonian Renwick Gallery Photos by Jim Marstall From April 2, 2004 through Jan. 17, 2005, the Renwick Gallery is scheduled to exhibit Right at Home: American Studio Furniture. Drawn from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection of studio furniture, this exhibition highlights works that are for the most part functional and contemporary. There will be chairs, stools, clocks, desks, tables, cabinets, music stands, benches, storage chests, etc in the exhibit. Education Specialist, Katie Murphy, would like to see some of the different techniques and materials used by furniture artists demonstrated to the public in the same manner as we demonstrated wood turning in This could include joints, joining surfaces, surfacing, carving, steam bending, turning furniture parts, carving, discussion of woods, etc. A wood bench with vise and a lathe will be set up in the same room we used for turning last year. Most of the demonstrations must be hand work. No loud sounds like a router or table saw, and no strong chemical odors. Demonstrations will be on selected Wednesday and Sunday afternoons in April, May, June and July Please let us know soon that you are interested in demonstrating, on which day, and tell us what you would like to demonstrate. A demonstration schedule is being developed for publication. Contact either Temple Blackwood, Demonstration Coordinator, tblackwo@queenanne.org; or Phil Brown at or philtbrown@greenbelt.com. Most of this information and a list of objects to be displayed in the exhibition can be seen at: IN MEMORY OF PALMER SHARPLESS It has been almost a year since we lost Palmer Sharpless. In his memory, Mark Krick of Doylestown, PA has created a 6' 5" honey dipper (Palmer was about that tall and was well known for his honey dippers). This honey dipper will be on display at The Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia. Mark asks that anyone who was touched by Palmer in some way turn a honey dipper, split it in half and write a memory or thought about Palmer on it and send it to him. The idea here is that you keep half of the honey dipper in memory of Palmer and the other half would be on display. Whole honey dippers are also acceptable as well as other small turnings that you may deem appropriate. Mark would like to receive the dippers by Thanksgiving if at all possible. If you have questions, you can contact Mark at His home address is 169 Mechanic Street, Doylestown, PA Or via at citytoshore@yahoo.com. I hope that everyone who knew Palmer will participate in this memorial. I've seen the honey dipper Mark turned and it looks great. I would like to clarify one thing. The "memory" turning need not be a honey dipper. It could be some other small turning such as a small bowl or one of Palmer's circuses. The thought or memory is what really counts. Bob Rosand (AAW Board of Directors; Regional POC for Northeastern AAW chapters; and CAW Demonstrator)

December 2003 Nov 2003 Meeting Show & Tell Items Page

and - a 7 W X 2 H Cherry bowl with a hole filled-in

Riggs - a 14 W X 4 H burl bowl with an ebonized rime

and one 7 H made of Maple Left: Mike Vore - 2 shallow

bowl made for donation to the United Way silent

Becker) workshop Left: Tom Scharenbrock - a 14 tree

to be given as engagement gifts; 8 H X 4 W with carved

6 December 2003 Nov 2003 Meeting Show & Tell Items Page 6 Left and Right: Tom Boley a rack of bottlestoppers and - a 7 W X 2 H Cherry bowl with a hole filled-in with brass key shavings mixed in CA glue Left: Don Riggs - a 14 W X 4 H burl bowl with an ebonized rime and base Right: Steven Lear - 2 candlesticks, one 8 H and one 7 H made of Maple Left: Mike Vore - 2 shallow Apple bowls Right: Greg Downs - a natural edge Cherry bowl made for donation to the United Way silent auction at Greg s work, made in his mentor s (Alan Becker) workshop Left: Tom Scharenbrock - a 14 tree and 5 fly houses Right Neil Kagan - His & Hers goblets to be given as engagement gifts; 8 H X 4 W with carved hearts under the base made of Zebrawood and Rosewood Photos by Jim Marstall

Nov 2003 Meeting December 2003 Show & Tell Items

Savoy - a 14 W Ambrosia Maple platter Right Neil

Left: Alan Becker - an 8 W X 4 H Walnut bowl with

three Maple bowls with some spalting of 10 W X 6 H;

X 4 W segmented construction turning made of Paduak,

Dean will demo this in 2004 Right: Drew Mitchell - a

Holly bowl burned in the inside and under the bottom

W X 4 H Walnut bowl Right: Don Hart - a 6 W X 3 H

7 Nov 2003 Meeting December 2003 Show & Tell Items Page 7 Left:. A. Savoy - a 14 W Ambrosia Maple platter Right Neil Kagan - a turned / carved / pierced work in progress Left: Alan Becker - an 8 W X 4 H Walnut bowl with beaded exterior surface and Right: Seth Hurlbert - three Maple bowls with some spalting of 10 W X 6 H; 8 W X 5 H; and 6:W X 3 H Left: Dean Swagert - a 6 H X 4 W segmented construction turning made of Paduak, Yellowheart, Walnut, Maple, and Purpleheart. Dean will demo this in 2004 Right: Drew Mitchell - a 6 W X 4 H Cherry unfinished bowl and a 3½ W X 3 H Holly bowl burned in the inside and under the bottom Left: Bob Grudberg - a 6 W X 6 H Cedar vase and a 8 W X 4 H Walnut bowl Right: Don Hart - a 6 W X 3 H Ambrosia Maple bowl and two tool handles used to experiment with alcohol-based dyes for coloring Photos by Jim Marstall

8 Jim Marstall, Newsletter Editor Capital Area Woodturners (CAW) 6213 Capella Ave. Burke, VA CAW Newsletter December 2003

Meeting Announcement: Date: June 8, 2000 Time: 6:30 9:30 PM Place: Woodcraft Supply 6123 Backlick Rd.. Springfield, VA 22150

Meeting Announcement: Date: June 8, 2000 Time: 6:30 9:30 PM Place: Woodcraft Supply 6123 Backlick Rd.. Springfield, VA 22150 S June 2000 The CAW Newsletter http://www.capwoodturners.org. The CAW Newsletter is the official publication of the Capital Area Woodturners Chapter of the AAW, and is published for the information of