Miscellaneous pics from around Ohio

I'm starting to use Flickr more and more. There are some neat features there. Here's a slide show of my most recent nature pictures taken in Ohio - mostly in the vicinity of Columbus. I recommend that you view the show in full screen mode. There's a toggle on the lower right hand of the slide set (after you hit the play button) that will take you to full screen mode (move your cursor over the image and it will bring up the control bar). Comments are always welcomed.

2009 AAW Symposium, Part III: Saturday Morning, June 27

I had one demonstration rotation scheduled on Saturday (last one of the day), which gave me a lot of time to take in the trade show, instant gallery, a panel discussion, and to visit with friends.

The first booth I encountered upon entering the trade show was Bill Rubenstein's Stubby Lathe USA. Bill was there with his daughter this year. I own a Stubby 750 - one of the best lathes in the world. I really, really love this machine - quiet, well-engineered, no fuss, and it has a small footprint. Perfect for my basement shop.








John Jordan and Dan Bailey.













I have no idea what John Jordan said to this woman, but it must have been hilarious!











Front, right - my academic colleague and friend, Rob Wallace.












L to R: Bill Rubenstein and Johannes Michelson.











My favorite trade show encounter was this young man, Will Foresman. He was working at Don Pencil's tradeshow booth. Don had found me wandering by and told me there was a young man who would really like to meet me. So, the expression on Will's face was as shown here.

"You're Andi Wolfe???? WOW!!!!! I'm a HUGE fan of yours!"










Well, flattery like that is worth a picture together, don't you think? Thanks, Will!














Jimmy Clewes made a lot of shavings on the tradeshow floor.









A close look at Cindy Drozda's tool set. She was demonstrating at the Packard Woodworking Supplies booth.













My favorite sign in the trade show. "Buy more, get more!" Amazing how that works.
















Steve Worcester (the guy who made that pink sign above" with Mark Baker - turner extrordinaire and current editor of the UK journal, Woodturning.











Curt Theobald with his lovely daughter.














My favorite picture of Alain Mailland. He had moved his sculpture over to the "fragile" table and set it up correctly. He's holding his postcard that shows the correct orientation. Previously, it was on another table, laying on its back.











Youth turning awards.













An interesting display of Bob Rolling's femispheres. I think that is Joel Rakower admiring the display.

















An interesting something or other by Robert Bagley


















Tucker Garrison piece - I liked this one a lot!














A two-part mask by Keith Holt.


















Cindy Drozda's work. She secured this with a lot of sticky discs.

















The collaborative challenge entry by the Dallas Area Woodturners won big time.

















Another view of that winning collaboration.













Chicago Woodturners collaboration













Trent Bosch - I really like these new pieces!













Bill Smith













Curt Theobald has such interesting segmented forms. I always enjoy seeing these shapes.














Sharon Doughtie was another Excellence Award recipient.
















Wes Loukota had some interesting work, also.


















Douglas Jones and Kim Kulan-Jones received an Excellence Award. The use of materials in these pieces was very interesting.















Jean François Escoulen was the artist-in-resident for this year's symposium.










Pascal Oudet received a Purchase Award for his sandblasted egg-shaped hollow-form.












Michael Hosaluk worked with rawhide on this piece. He turned a form, wrapped it in rawhide, bound it, unwrapped and bent it. Another Excellence Award recipient.














One of the PoP panel discussions was "Whose turn is it anyway?" - organized by Michael Mocho and including Betty Scarpino, Joe Seltzer, and Jack Slentz. It was intersting - talking about how turning includes a diversity of techniques, materials, and interpretations.










Art Mason (center) paid close attention to the discussion.













Albert Lecoff of the Wood Turning Center was also in attendance.








On my way to lunch, after the PoP panel discussion I attended, I spotted this demonstration on weaving, sponsored by the Crafts room. In addition to the wood turning rotations and panel discussions, there's a craft room that has a variety of demonstrations. It gives attending spouses a break from having to sit through wood turning demos.







More pictures from Saturday morning are here:

FB-2009 AAW Symposium, Saturday Part I
FB-2009 AAW Symposium, Saturday Part II

2009 AAW Symposium, Part II: Friday - 26 June

My first rotation was Friday morning, 9:10 to 10:40 a.m, followed by my second one 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. After I finished, I grabbed a quick bite of lunch and then took a walk through the instant gallery. Here's a selection of images for you to see.


vessel by Don Derry
















Glass and wood by Jim Keller















Anthony Harris had a sign next to this bowl of spheres, eggs, and threaded boxes that said, "Please touch!"









Since I had the afternoon free, I went with Paul and Judy Fennell over to Rio Grande - the best jewelry supply company you could ever meet. They have some of the most interesting gadgets that work very well for wood carving. This is their showroom. You can place your order from the catalog and they'll fetch everything to one of the counters here. I bought a bunch of earring supplies with the intent to play with some ideas for jewelry in the very near future.

I'm a trinket junkie myself - only with regards to dangling earrings, though. I know what I like to wear, I always receive compliments on my choice of earrings, and so I thought I might enjoy making some of my own design, in wood.




I spent the rest of the afternoon wandering through the exhibits that were taking place as part of the symposium. The first one I saw was by Merryll Saylan - this year's recipient of the POP merit award.










Merryll was a pioneer of surface enhancement techniques and coloring. I've long admired her work and it was a delight to see so many interesting pieces assembled for this exhibit.















The AAW has a catalog for each of the exhibits and you can find out more from going to their exhibit website: Gallery of Wood Art











The second exhibit I visited was "Twirlings" by Garry Knox Bennett. He has an interesting mind. . .















The bowl on the left is named, "Wired."












I thought this was an interesting concept, too.

















The POP exhibit this year was called, "Spindles."


This is by Louise Hibbert











Classic Jean François Escoulen (France)


















Ed Kelle

















Ray Key (England)




















Doug Fisher (Canada)


















John Wessels (South Africa)

















Emmett Kane (Ireland)


















J. Paul Fennell



















John Jordan
















The last exhibit to visit was "Spirit of the Southwest." Wow, four exhibits this year! That was amazing!


Todd Hoyer















Bernie Hryzak












Neil Kagan













Pascal Oudet (France)


















Clay Foster













Gerritt Van Ness













Bill Luce

















J. Paul Fennell


















David Nittmann











Ron Fleming


I posted many more pictures from these exhibits on my Facebook woodturning page.

Merryll Saylan and Garry Knox Bennett exhibits
Spindles and Spirit of the Southwest album











Time for another walk throught the instant gallery. Every year the entries are amazing.

This one is by Bill Luce, and it received an AAW purchase award.













A beautiful and delicate flower by Malcolm Zander. The thin walls on the original form are amazing, but to add the pierced design and assemble it into a sculpture makes this a stunning piece of eye candy.










This was one of my favorites in the instant gallery this year - a classic Binh Pho piece with the added carved textile effect.



















An ornamental rose engine wall hanging by Gorst duPlessis
















Another of my favorite pieces in the gallery, done by James R. Johnson.













And, here was a huge surprise for me - my sphere won an Excellence Award! That was truly an unexpected delight, and it gave me a happy buzz for the rest of the weekend. I still smile when I see the ribbon in my curio cabinet. It was nice to be recognized for pushing the envelope a bit on my carved pieces.














Keith Holt's work was right next to mine in the instant gallery. He turns a multi-axis form and then carves the mask.















A long, eventful day deserves a night cap, eh? It's always fun to visit in the hotel bar at the end of the day.

Jerry and Debbie Kermode









L to R: Mike and Jenny Mahoney, Gorst duPlessis











Ellis Wallentine (from Woodcentral) taking Mike Mahoney's picture.









L to R: Gorst duPlessis, Cliff Johns, and some folks I met, but I can't recall their names. No, it wasn't from imbibing too much wine, I'm just terrible with remembering names of people I've met only once.








There are more pics on my Facebook woodturning page: Friday AAW symposium album.

My "live" post from this day was: A totally awesome day.