Hollow Forms with Mike Jackofsky

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1 March 2013 Volume 17, Issue 3 Hollow Forms with Mike Jackofsky BAWA s first professional demonstration of 2013 will be on March 9 th 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 His Hollow-Pro TM brand tools are specially designed for woodturners interested 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 meeting. The Rocket tools will retail for about $150-$160 and the calipers 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 summer 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: (Continued on next page) Page 1

2 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 Canada, and has had his work selected for the AAW exhibitions "Put a Lid On It" in 2003, "Spirit of the Southwest" in 2009, "Maple Medley" in 2010, and "Roots" in Mike s work is on display in the permanent collections of the Sam Maloof Historical Residence Museum in Alta Loma, CA, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, CA, and he has donated a signature piece for the permanent collection of the AAW in Minneapolis. Mike received Best of Show at the AAW sponsored California Contours 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 Woodturners, 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 January 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 titled, 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 Concord 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 memberships for The stronger we are in numbers, the more money is available to get really good speakers for our meetings. If you have a friend who hasn't renewed yet, please remind 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 always 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 jbmellberg@comcast.net or newsletter editor Louie Silva banjohead@comcast.net Page 2

3 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 internationally known turners. President Bill Mellberg wjmellberg@comcast.net 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 Woodturning Center, 1 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA. See 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 Event Schedule March 9th April 13th May 11th June 8th July 13th Aug 14th Mike Jackofsky- Burl Hollow Forms Bob Nolan Basket designs Doug Fisher "Turn, Carve and Color an Off Center - Off Axis Sculpture " TBA Brad Adams Summer Bar-B-Que Vice President John Cobb Cobb @gmail.com Secretary Kathy Kennedy kkdp54@gmail.com Treasurer Joel Albert joelalb@yahoo.com Member at Large Jim Rodgers Jlrodgers236@comcast.net Librarian Cindy Navarro Nava1uni@comcast.net Membership Hugh Bevin-Thomas ahbt@sbcglobal.net Store Manager Richard Kalish rikalish@yahoo.com Webmaster John Prout jcprout@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Louie Silva banjohead@comcast.net Audio Visual Bruce Speights retired @yahoo.com Larry Brooks ibgolfing@sbcglobal.net Woodmeister Larry Dubia ldubia@yahoo.com Sept 14th Oct 12th Nov 9 th Dec 14th Jan 11th Kip Christensen (Tentative) Christmas Ornaments and gifts Mark Gardener Christmas Party Jim Rodgers Page 3 Educational Coordinator Jan Blumer jacquesblumer@hotmail.com Pro Demonstrator Liaison Dean Adkins Adkd@chevron.com Volunteer Coordinator Staff Photographer Fred Deadrick fdeadrick@comcast.net

4 President s Message March 2013 March 9 th 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 Nature 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 national 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 headstock 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 secure 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 Mellberg (H) after 5PM wjmellberg@comcast.net 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 Page 4

5 Presenting Bonnie Glover and Cindy Navarro Functional Items For Sale With more than 20 cumulative years of turning experience along with being savvy 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 display at a Craft Fair with items that Bonnie and Cindy both showed and sold. A large crowd was in attendance to watch and experience the talent and skills of these two fine turners. Bonnie 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. Cindy 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 purchases 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! Page 5

6 February Show and Tell Brad Adams shows the steps in making a small hollow form Large Segmented Vessel by Ron Tinay. Paul Litsky s Spalted Maple Bowl Doggie Bowls by Tony Wolcott. Don White is continuing his search for the ultimate performance top. Salt Mill by Lanny Dana. Four Harry Potter Magic Sticks by Jay Holland 1 of 3 Bowls turned by Donna Lauzon. Joel Albert turned these attractive Pepper Mills. Page 6