This posting is on my hands-on class with the Big Island Woodturners, which took place on April 8th.
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Everyone was so intent on their work that it was one of the quietest days I've had in teaching.
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We had a good breeze moving the smoke out of the shop. I think everyone enjoyed working out texturing patterns on their sampler boards.
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The Big Island Woodturners has a couple of display frames showing the woods of Hawaii. I really enjoyed looking at all the variations in grain, color and figure.
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All that concentration paid off. Everyone had a beautiful sample board at the end of the day.
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Here's my class. After two weeks plus, I've forgotten names of some of the turners I spent time with. Am I getting old, or is it just I'm too busy to keep details straight? I don't know.
L to R as I recall: Russell, Dave, ?, Milly, Pat, and Rick.
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Yep, island life could be easy to take. . .
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