Independence Woodturners
Regular Meeting
Zoom Invitation
Hello Independence Turners,
Below is the link and meeting number of the Zoom meeting for our regular monthly meeting. The meeting is Tuesday (2/15/22) at 7 PM. This meeting will be our first attempt at conducting a 'hybrid' meeting by having a Zoom connection plus meeting in person for the ones that feel safe meeting in person. If attending in person, the IWT board highly recommends wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. You may refer to the newsletter for additional information. The meeting will follow the normal format of; short business meeting, announcements, discussion and Show & Tell. Our demonstrator will be Rick Bywater turning a streptahedron box. (See Rick's Bio below.)
Be sure to have your Show & Tell photos emailed to Mel Bryan (mrwudb@gmail.com) for the slideshow or have them ready.
To join the meeting use the meeting info below.
Meeting Info
Independence Woodturners is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: IWT Monthly Meeting
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88474821799?pwd=YWg3RXBqV2xqa0pmTkRpTzdYK2VWUT09
Meeting ID: 884 7482 1799
Passcode: 440662
My introduction to the wood lathe was in 1972 during a high school woodshop class. As a member of the KC Woodturners since 1999 positions served include Secretary, Newsletter Editor, Vice President and Board Member.
During a successful and stressful career selling industrial real estate, my turning started with pens. It became a form of therapy, soon expanding to making wine stoppers, small vessels, bowls, etc.
2005 was my breakout year when 3 things occurred. Upgrading from a Powermatic 45 to a Oneway lathe, taking a course turning green wood with Trent Bosch in Fort Collins, CO and attending my first AAW symposium in Overland Park. Most of my knowledge has come from attending regional and national symposiums and attending Arrowmont. Attending Arrowmont, I learned from accomplished wood artist Marilyn Campbell from Canada, Michael Lee from Hawaii and Alain Mailland from France. It was at Arrowmont in 2008 that Marilyn Campbell introduced me to working with epoxy.
Retiring early allowed me to become a full time wood artist. Since then, my work has been selected to participate in national juried art competitions. I am driven by two things, creativity and quality. My belief is that efforts before or after the turning is taken off the lathe, has the potential to make a project art.
My journey has included turning bowls, natural edge, hollow forms, spoons, boxes, nuts and bolts, spheres, Christmas ornaments, thread chasing, jewelry, carving, burning, Indian basketry, alabaster, copper metal spinning, translucent lampshades, multi-axis turning and now casting resin.
During the start of Covid I wanted to tackle something new. I had seen David Springett demonstrate at the AAW many years ago and found his book in a used book store. Turning a Box with a Twist – a Four-Branch Streptohedron is one of several projects that I tried. I hope you learn something new in this demo and that it will spark your interest.
Happy Turning,
Rick Bywater
Hope to see you there,
IWT officers and board
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