What Turns You On

By Ken Deaner

                 The Club is growing.  A new sense of energy and enthusiasm is in the air.  The library has become a great teaching resource.  The demonstrations have been first rate.  Members whose knowledge goes way beyond turning have been pushing the audio visual envelope to make seeing and hearing demonstrations more pleasant.  A series of library exhibitions are planned.  Show and tell is growing and the work of new members is proliferating.  The Woodworkers Show turned many of our members into participants in the action. Proposals for teen outreach are in the wind.  Great in house demos and significant guest turners are generating great interest.  Two summer meetings and a BBQ will bring members together.  Our club’s leaders are truly making a difference. 

Every one of us progresses at our own pace.  Some of us seek out help and others feel they need no help.  Some of us watch a demonstration and go out and try to duplicate what we have seen.  Others are happy to watch a demonstration and apply some of the techniques to our own work.

Sometimes a recommendation as to where to buy a tool or piece of steel makes attending a meeting worth while. Other times seeing a simple new jig may enable us to enhance our turning and improve our work.  Some of us are motivated by words and others are motivated by action.  Our Club holds the key to your future success.

                 Wood turning should be included in the world of fine art.  Turners have mixed mediums and created complex and original forms.  Their work reflects their cultures and a full range of emotions.  Many turners have faced the same tortures and torments that the worlds great artists have faced.  The general public has a difficult time seeing a chainsaw wielding turner as a fine artist.  There appears to be a disconnect.  It is hard to picture a Harley riding biker as a mild mannered accountant.  As the publics views change and the A.A.W grows stereotypes are breaking down.

My recent visit to Arrowmont has given me some new insights as well as motivation to experiment and to try new things.

Ken Deaner.

Trent Bosch

                 May 17, 2003 Trent Bosch will demonstrate how to made a vessel within a vessel.  His work has appeared in many journals and you are in for a treat.  Members will be charged $25 including lunch.  Lenny Mulqueen has volunteered to bring the hero’s etc.  Thanks Lenny for always being there. 

Turning 2003 Symposium

                 October 17-19, 2003 The Higher Ground Conference & Retreat Center; 3820 Logan Creek Lane, West Harrison, IN 74060 (30 Minutes from Cincinnati). Bonnie Klein, Michael Lee, Mike Mahoney, Richard Raffan, Al Stirt.  www.ovwg.org.  Instant gallery, guest turners(25 hours) , trade show, banquet and auction.