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September, 2013 Volume 14, Issue

THE TIDEWATER TURNER

September, 2013 - THE TIDEWATER TURNER

Board of Directors:

Chairman:

Ray Kallman 757-467-7958

Directors:

Clifton Chisum [email protected]

Belton ‘Bear’ Garvin 757-469-9152

Joe Mattox 757-464-5563

Peter Turbide 757-468-0388

Webmaster:

webmaster @tidewaterturners.net

The Tidewater Turner

Newsletter Published Monthly

by

Tidewater Turners of Virginia, Inc.

764 Oliveri Lane

Virginia Beach, VA 23455

www.tidewaterturners.net

A Chapter of:

The American Association

of Woodturners

www.woodturner.org

Officers:

President:

Sam Warren 757-484-7483

Vice President:

Dwight Bullock 757-481-6750

Secretary:

Connie Shiera 757-499-3135

Treasurer:

Dave Zurek 757-340-0351

Photographer: Gary Gobel

757-424-2517

Sam’s Sayings: Comments from Club President

Sam Warren

Next Meeting

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 6:30 PM

Demonstrator:

Cliff Guard Post - Turning Embellishments

(See Page 7)

Norfolk Woodcraft

Janaf Shopping Center

Editor: Terry Richards

[email protected]

On the Cover this Month

BE THERE! BE THERE!

I want to thank Connie Shierra, Jerry Whitehurst, and Dwight Bullock for their

work on setting up the members show at

the d’Art Center in downtown Norfolk. Thanks to Ray Kallman for securing this

location. This is probably the highest

profile show in the history of Tidewater Turners and will give us more exposure

than we have ever had for a show. You will want to go down and view the 100+

entries that are on display at the center.

I also want to thank the chairs of two new committees who have stepped up and

agreed to serve our club. Art Green will

chair the Public Relations and Promotions Committee, focusing on getting the name

and mission of the club out to our com-munity. The Membership Committee

will be co-chaired by Gwen & Walter

Harris, focusing on welcoming and nur-turing of our membership.

Serving on the Public Relations and Pro-motions Committee will be Greg Fogle

and Amos Peterson. Serving on the

Membership Committee will be Bryan Gold and Tim Pearce. Thanks guys.

Larry Anderson has also agreed to take

on the responsibility as the Equipment manager for the club. Over the past 25

years we have accumulated a large num-ber of tools and turning equipment. Larry

will oversee this equipment and keep it in

shape. Thanks Larry. Your officers and board are looking for

someone to organize the shop talk pro-

gram. If you have an inkling of an inter-est, see Ray Kallman or me and we will

fill you in on what this entails.

Thanks Guys!

This spalted sycamore suspended carafe and base set, turned by Terry Richards (your editor), was voted by the officers and board as the Show

‘N Tell Turning of the Month for August, 2013. The image serves as

our monthly cover photo and as the watermark on subsequent pages. It is made from wood salvaged after the city trimming operation at

the historic Francis Land House in Virginia Beach. Read more about

it on page 8.


Ray’s Report

Board News from Chairman,

Ray Kallman

Connie’s Comments

Notes from Club Secretary,

Connie Shiera

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Continued on Page 6

Board Briefs

On September 5th, the Turners Board of Directors and Of-

ficers held their monthly meeting at Woodcraft. To keep the membership informed about our efforts, here is a sum-

mary of the meeting.

Ray thanked Dave Zurek for his work setting up the club

show in the Virginia Beach Library in August.

He also reported he had found a statement on the Charles

Taylor Arts Center web site saying that Tidewater Turners would participate in their exhibition in May 2014. He

asked if anyone knew who set up this event for the club.

Since no one was aware of it, Ray will contact the Arts Center for more information.

He reviewed the upcoming public demonstrations: D’Art

Center, Norfolk Makers Faire, Virginia Beach Artisans in

the Park, and the Newport News Fall Festival.

Ray introduced the email he received from the Catoctin

Area Turners enquiring about purchasing the Oneway lathe. Since no decision has been made on the lathe, we

will hold the email.

Ray opened discussion about participation in the monthly

shoptalk. All agreed that we need a coordinator to ensure that we have a viable program.

August Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Sam Warren, Presi-

dent. Sam welcomed all visitors and our new member Craig Petersen. Myron Curtis explained how his Private

Lesson class will go. Ray Kallman talked about the up-

coming demos for the club. Connie Shiera talked about the Member Show at the d-Art Center in Norfolk. The

reception will be Saturday, Sept. 7th from 6-8:00pm.

Show and Tell: Amos Peterson, Chuck Horton, Gwen

Harris, Wolfgang Vogelbein, Terry Richards, Nancy Hill, Chris Garner, John DeLong, Cliff Guard, Jerry

Whitehurst, Dick Hines, San Warren and Dave Zurek.

Tonight’s demo is by Lisa and Chuck Mosser. This was

a very different and most informative demonstration. First Lisa showed how she makes glass beads and how

they will adorn some of Chuck’s turnings. Then Chuck

showed how he turns a suspended lidded box that will have one of Lisa’s beautiful beads on the top. Thanks

for a very informative demo.

Door Prize winners were Ivan Clark and Larry Shiera.

The meeting was closed until Sept. 24th at 6:30PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Connie Shiera, Secretary


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August Club Meeting Demonstration

Lisa and Chuck Mosser

Lisa and Chuck Mosser provided

us a tag-team

demonstration at the August meet-

ing. Lisa opened

the first round with a segment

showing how she crafts finials for

some of the

turned wood items that Chuck makes. She also makes specialty glass beads

for necklaces, brooches, etc. All these show wonderfully

eye-drawing swirls and twists.

She fired up the torch and created some of her impossible glass swirls right before our eyes. - earrings, candy canes,

and of course, finials. She showed the secret of putting a

steel shaft in the middle of the bead or finial to attach it to the finished wood turning.

Their collaborative work has shown up at many Club

events, including Show ‘N Tell, Silver Anniversary, Vari-ous Demonstrations, and the Members’ Art Exhibits.

After the break, Chuck took to the ring to show how he makes his unique hollow form with no apparently visible

means of support. By turning two items from the same

piece of wood at the same time, he creates a form that is truly amazing, topped, or course, by a glass finial from

Lisa’s collection.

Tuesday night TV was soundly defeated; thrown com-

pletely from the ring, as the

Mosser team

put them all to shame. If you

weren’t there, you shouldda

been!

Lisa shows the red-hot glass being formed

Chuck creates his signature hollow form

Some of Lisa and Chuck’s Collaborations

Wood and Glass


Club Calendar

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30

September, 2013

Board Meeting

Woodcraft Store

6:30 PM

Club Meeting

6:30 PM

Woodcraft Store

Public Demo

D’Art Center

12:00 Noon

Public Demo

D’Art Center

12:00 Noon

Public Demo

D’Art Center

12:00 Noon

Shop Talk

Woodcraft

6:30 PM

Public Demo Great Neck Park

12:00 Noon

Artists Show Reception 6:00 PM

Public Demo

Great Neck Park

12:00 Noon

Artists Show

Setup

See Connie

Caesar Augustus

Born

63 BC

Labor Day

‘Gunsmoke’

Premeirs

CBS—1955

Artists Show

Closes

October, 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Public Demo

Newport News

Reservoir Park

Public Demo

Newport News

Reservoir Park

Public Demo

Makers Faire

Norfolk Scope

Shop Talk

Norfolk Woodcraft

6:30 PM

Club Meeting

6:30 PM

Woodcraft Store

Board Meeting

Woodcraft Store

6:30 PM

Washington

Monument

Opens - 1888

MacAurthur

Returns To

Philippines 1944

Erie Canal

Opens - 1844

Columbus Day

Observed


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Turners Go To School

Ray’s Report Continued from Page 3

Connie reported that plans for the Members Show are on track. Ray said Mark and Jamie Lewis (who judged last

year's show) would include Robin Rodgers (Assistant Di-

rector of the Chrysler Museum glass studio) as a third judge.

Sam reported that the Web Page Committee was continu-ing work and they were looking to integrate the club Fa-

cebook page with the web page. He also reported on the status of new committees. Gwen and Walter Harris will

co-chair the membership committee and Art Green will

chair the publicity committee. He also provided a charter for the committees. Further, he reported that Larry Ander-

son has agreed to become the club’s Equipment Manager

Dave is continuing research into the audio visual equip-

ment used at the AAW symposium. The AAW board provided him with a list of equipment used during the

AAW symposium and he will work up a proposed list of

equipment for purchase for review by the board. Dave then provided updates on the status of upcoming classes,

and as Club Treasurer, reported on the state of the treas-

ury.

Peter reported on his work finding candidates to fill open-ing officer and board positions. He will be contacting

potential candidates. Elections for club officers will be at

the October meeting; for board seats in November.

Terry suggested welcoming new members in the newslet-

ter. Each new membership form can be provided to the editor by the membership committee.

Dwight reported that he had received an email from Chris Boerner, asking about hosting Liam O'Neill as a demon-

strator for a meeting. The board agreed that the club did-

n't have sufficient funds at this time to host a national turner. However, we would consider it in the future. Re-

garding demonstrators, he presented a slate of turners to demonstrate during meetings including September (Cliff

Guard - embellishment techniques), October (the Sorby

tool representative), and November - the Turnathon. He is asking for volunteers and ideas for demonstrations for

2014.

Dwight confirmed he has forwarded a message via

email, thanking Chuck and Lisa Mosser for their presenta-tion during the August meeting.

Dwight also revealed he may have a yarn shop that would like our spinning wheel and may purchase it or hold it on

consignment.

Any members who have topics they would like discussed

at a board meeting can forward the topic in writing to any officer or board member.

Ray Kallman Board Chairman

2. Pepper Mills - Dwight Bullock, Instructor (2 mtgs) October 17, - 6:00 - 9:00 PM

And October 20 - Noon - 5:00 PM

Woodcraft Store Classroom - $70.00

THIS CLASS IS FILLING FAST!

Contact Dave Zurek (757-340-0351) to sign up.

Upcoming Class Schedule - Remainder of 2013

August, 2013 - THE TIDEWATER TURNER

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The next club meeting, September 24,

will showcase Cliff Guard as the fea-tured demonstrator. Regular meeting

attendees have come to expect Cliff to

bring in a piece or two to most monthly Show ‘N Tell sessions. These pieces are

always different; some are burned; some are pickled; some are carved; some are

cutaway; some are painted. A simple

vase or box comes away with trees, flowers, mountains, or who knows what? It is always a

surprise and a real treat to see what he will be making next.

We will get to see some of these techniques as they happen

when he brings his tools and turned pieces to the front of

the class. He has not said what kind of

embellishment he intends to show, but that only increases the element of sur-

prise.

If you are not there, you will only get to

read about it next month. If you are there, you can see it in person, and read

about it next month - a real two-fer!

Cliff has compared his multiple embellishment techniques

to spices a chef might use to turn something simple into a more complex dish - an egg into a soufflé’. Let’s let Cliff

describe what he is cooking up in his own words…...

Cliff Writes:

“If the Tidewater Turners were a cooking club, this demo would be an introduction/instruction on the use of spices

and seasonings. The analogies between embellishing turn-

ings and cooking go on and on. Embellishments can make turnings more appealing, just like seasonings and spices

can make food more appealing. Some turnings (and foods)

need nothing to make them better. Too much embellish-ment can sometimes ruin a beautiful turning, just like too

much seasoning can ruin a delicious dish. Embellishments (and spices) can be used separately or together in various

combinations. Sometimes all the seasoning in the world

cannot save distasteful food, and sometimes the only solu-tion for a bad turning is a good fire. My father used to say,

“You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken ma-

nure.” (Not his exact words) Anyway, you get the idea.

Although this demo will not be about how to turn, we will start on the lathe with a simple form. From there we will

progress in different directions to show possible options or

embellishment techniques that can be applied to the form. I will discuss and demonstrate ebonizing, surface texturing

with both a rotary tool and pyrography, covering up flaws,

highlighting key features, and anything else that comes up. There will be a little jumping back and forth as we discuss

using different combinations of embellishments together. With a little luck there will be plenty of feedback from the

audience, and a few more ideas will pop up. As in so

many different areas, we are limited only by our imagina-tions. I’m looking forward to sharing what I know and

learning what you know.”

Examples of some of Cliff’s embellishing techniques

September Club Meeting Demonstration

Cliff Guard


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August Show ‘N Tell Turning of the Month

Close-up of

The Support Base

The Carafe

Without the Base

At the August Show ‘N Tell

This suspended carafe was chosen from the exhibits at the Show ‘N Tell as the Turning of the Month for August.. It

is turned from sycamore that came from the huge speci-

men tree in the front yard of the Francis Land House in Virginia Beach.

Several Tidewater Turners participated in our annual pub-lic demonstration at the Land House, where we learned

that the tree was to be trimmed to make it more healthy and safe. We returned the following week to pick up some

turning wood from this historic tree.

This log section was between 3 and 4 feet long. It lay in

the weeds over the summer and picked up some wonder-

ful grain character, especially near the pith at the center. These pieces are turned dead center on the pith to take ad-

vantage of the beautifully figured wood.

The piece mounted on the stand is 24” tall; the carafe is 6”

in diameter at the globe. The support stand is 9.5” tall, and 7.5” on the outside diameter. The carafe is fully hollowed

to a fairly consistent 1/8” thickness. The base is a simple

rotund hollow form with the bottom and 2/3 of the side-walls cut away.

The technique employed to hollow the carafe required sev-eral dismounts from the lathe to switch the piece from end

to end. The trumpet is hollowed from the top down to

slightly below the halfway point. The globe is hollowed from the center of the ball upward through the trumpet to

meet the top hollowed area. The globe from the center to the base downward is simply a round-bottomed bowl,

leaving a blemish-free bottom. The whole process is simi-

lar to a very large Christmas tree ornament. An accurate steady rest is indispensable for this type of piece.

The finish on both pieces is layered with 8 or 9 coats of spray satin lacquer, buffed with 4/0 steel wool between

coats.

My favorite turning form is the tall vase, and this repre-

sents the most complicated one I have done so far. It’s nearly Fall, and my turning season is fast approaching. I

hope to make the next piece even bigger and better.

Officer elections coming in October!

You cain’t vote if you ain’t here!!

All Club Officer seats are on the ballot!

This isn’t the Federal election– you only get to

vote once here!

BE THERE!

THE TIDEWATER TURNER September, 2013 -

2013 Members Artists’ Show D’Art Center - Norfolk, VA

There was a great turnout for the 2013 Artists’ Show at the Selden Arcade in Norfolk. If you didn’t make it to the Re-

ception, be sure to get down there this weekend to see the

tremendous work on display. It’s easy to get there - the north door is only about a hundred yards from the MacAr-

thur station on the TIDE, and the Main Street Parking Gar-

age south door is practically next door. We will be doing a demo this Saturday, starting at noon,. Come on out - visit

the Mall, see the demo, and view the fabulous pieces on dis-

play.

NO EXCUSES - BE THERE!

This year, the judges selected winners from several cate-gories. These categories and the respective winners are

listed below. The photographs are just a sample of what is in store for the visitor to the gallery.

Best in Show

Just some of the pieces on display Tall with impossible finials Alabaster and drawn glass

The Happy Winners Here come the judges Learn to do this at the

next meeting demo

NOVICE: 1st - Gwen Harris - Cherry Bowl

UTILITARIAN/ FUNCTIONAL: 1st - Bob Deml - Spinning Wheel

2nd - Tony Knowles - Closed Bowl

SEGMENTED: 1st - Peter Turbide - Ornament

EMBELLISHMENTS: 1st - Cliff Guard - Fluted Vessel

2 nd –Ams Petrerson - Platter H. M. - Cliff Guard Vessel with

Ebony and ink

MIXED MEDIA: 1st - Dwight Bullock - Hollow form 2nd - Jerry Whitehurst - Alabaster and glass

vase

ARTISTIC TURNING: 1st - Larry Shiera - Wooden Hat

2nd - Chuck Mosser - Hollow form

BEST IN SHOW: Jerry Whitehurst - Maple Burl Bowl

THE WINNERS


Public Demonstrations

Artisans in the Park - Virginia Beach

Several Tidewater Turners ‘turned’ out to celebrate our first appearance at the Artisans In The Park celebration at

Great Neck Rec Center Park on September 7th and 8th.

Once again, we dodged the curse of the rain gods and enjoyed two days of beautiful weather. Our setup was

near the center of activity, and next to the bathrooms, so

we enjoyed a lot of walk-by traffic. Our two tents were on opposing sides of the main sidewalk, so everyone who

went anywhere near the south side of the fair walked be-tween the turners and the displays of turned items.

Event sponsors, Dunkin’ Donuts and Chik Fil A provided exhibitors with all the belly bombs you could eat (and we

ate plenty)!

Any turner who did not take advantage of this great op-portunity to show our stuff, surely missed a great event.

Remember, while you need to be a member of AAW to

turn for the public at a club event, you do not have to be a member to come out and schmooze with the spectators

and display, perhaps to sell, your work.

There are three demonstrations left this year, one at

D’Art next Saturday, the Newport News Heritage Festi-val, October 5 and 6, and the Norfolk Maker’s Faire on

October 26th. Come on out and have a great time with

your fellow turners. See page 12 of this Newsletter for a summary of demonstrations past and present.

See Ray Kallman to sign up to attend.

Ray and Dwight one side... Tony, Al, and Amos on the other -

Got ‘em coming and going… Tony makes a new fan with his rattle

Demonstrations at the D’Art Center September 14 and 21

Another new venue for our club to demonstrate has brought us to the D’Art Center in the Selden Arcade on

Main Street in Norfolk. We have set up demonstrations

in the main walkway of the Arcade to draw attention to our Artists’ Show which is on display in the main galler-

ies. There are three Saturdays in this series, so there is

still time to sign up for September 28th.

Like all our demos, all members are welcome to attend and participate, fully or in part, even if you don’t have

any pieces in the show. It’s a great venue, the parking is

close and free, and the whole event is under roof.

See Ray to sign up for the one remaining date at this loca-

tion, and see page 12 for more information.

Clifton and Sam get ready for the opening Dave explains how it works She waits for a spinning top


August Show ‘N Tell

Myron Curtis

Gwen Harris

Amos Peterson Jerry Whitehurst

Nancy Hill Sam Warren

Wolfgang Vogelbein

Chuck Horton

Chris Barner

John DeLong

Dick Hines


Club Public Demonstration Schedule

Here are our public demos for 2013 as currently scheduled:

(1) Virginia Beach Spring Craft Market

- Completed - about 15 members participated with great floor traffic. Back for next year!.

(2) Francis Land House - Completed - excellent showing. Accolades from House Management!

(3) The Adam Thoroughgood Spring Craft Festival. - Completed - great turnout for a 5 - hour show. Much improved advertising helped grow the crowd!

(4) The Gathering of Blacksmiths - Completed - not a great crowd; and yes, it did rain as the cold wind did blow! Good time by all!

(5) Chippokes Park Antique Steam & Gas Festival—Cancelled

(6) Pork, Peanut & Pine Festival Chippokes State Park - July 20 & 21 Good foot traffic last year - until we were rained out! BRING YOUR RAINCOAT!

- Completed - 5,000 people, and IT DID NOT RAIN!

(7) Artisans in the Park Great Neck Park @ Great Neck Rec. Ctr. Virginia Beach - September 7 & 8 10:00AM - 5:00 PM Sat; 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sun

- Local event - our first time here!

(8) D’art Center

Selden Arcade - 208 E. Main St. Norfolk, VA - In Conjunction with the Club’s Artists’ Member Show NOTE: Three Saturdays! Choose your days - September 14, 21, 28

Noon - 4:00 PM each day

(9) Newport News Fall Festival Newport News Reservoir Park - October 5 & 6 - A popular demo with lots of visitors and good sales. Located at Newport News Reser-

voir Park.

(10) Norfolk Mini-Makers Faire Scope Conference Center - Norfolk, VA - October 19 - Indoors - Let it rain! More info to follow

SIGN UP NOW!

Once again, your club will be engaging in a series of pub-lic demonstrations throughout the season. Those events

that are scheduled at this time are listed below. All mem-

bers are encouraged to participate. While we seem to get more than our share of rainy days, we all have a lot of

fun.

You do not have to be an AAW member to come out,

show your stuff, engage the audience, and learn from oth-er members. You do have to be an AAW member to op-

erate the lathes at these events, in order for you and the

club to be covered by the AAW’s liability insurance.

Don’t let that small restriction keep you away. There is

plenty to do at these events. Even those who do actually turn wood spend a big part of the time talking to visitors

and spectators.

A few weeks before each event Ray sends out an email,

seeking participants. Don’t miss the opportunity.

SIGN UP NOW!


News from the AAW Upcoming Events in Our Area of the Country

North Carolina Woodturning Symposium Biennial Event - November 1– 3, 2013 Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center, Greens-

boro, NC.

There will be 7 simultaneous demonstrations at each of 9

rotations over the three days so you will be able to choose

from a total of 63 rotations. This will give you an oppor-tunity to see the demonstrations you desire. We are happy

to present 6 featured and 8 regional demonstrators. Read More:

Featured Demonstrators for 2013:

Jimmy Clewes, USA, Douglas J. Fisher, Canada

Bob Rosand, USA, Avelino Samuel, St. John, VI Keith Tompkins, USA, Molly Winton, USA

http://www.northcarolinawoodturning.com/

Remains To Be Seen Oct 3, 2013 - Nov 12, 2013 Asheville, NC - South USA At the Blue Spiral Gallery. Remains to be Seen - An Out-of-the-Box Look at Modern Cremation Containers. Juried exhib-it of vessels for cremation ashes for people and/or pets. Materials can include ceramics, wood, glass, metal, biodegradable

materials, and/or mixed media. Recommended capacity 200 cubic inches.

http://www.shineonbrightly.com/

Tennessee Association of Woodturners Symposium January 31 - February 1, 2014 Franklin, TN Marriott Hotel, Cool Springs, TN. Trent Bosch, Barbara Dill, Kurt Hertzog, and Doug Fisher are notable demonstrators. Call 615-973-3366 for information, or visit the website: http://tnwoodturners.org/symposium/

Exhibit - By the Light of the Moon

January 18 - March 15, 2014 Gatlinburg, TN

Show at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - artworks inspired by the moon - most media included, wood in particu-lar. Entry deadline is October 15, 2013. Contact Stephanie G. Darr - 865-436-5860, ext 22, or look at the event at their

website:

http://www.arrowmont.org/component/content/article/34-homepage/198-by-the-light-of-the-moon

Symposium - Virginia Woodturners Symposium

September 13 - 14, 2014 Fisherville, VA

A unique symposium experience where you watch expert mentors demonstrate various turning techniques and pro-

jects, and then you will have a chance to try it under the guidance of the mentor. Also, see many well known vendors

for all the latest in turning tools and supplies.

http://www.virginiawoodturners.com/

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