Gulf Coast Woodturners Association

August 2010 Meeting Gallery

Pictures of August's Hollowing Tool Rodeo, and "Faces in the Crowd" are at the bottom of this page.
 

Advanced Category (Items made from one piece of wood by advanced turners)

1st Place Dave Barziza Natural Edge Mesquite  Bowl 14-1/2"W x 4-1/2"H

2nd Place Dennis Ford Beech Bowl 12-1/2"W x 4-1/4"H

3rd Place Doug Davis Walnut/Pecan Stool 22-1/2"W x 18-1/4"H

Segmented Category (Items made from more than one piece of wood by turners of all levels)

1st Place Andy Chen Corian Closed Form 6"W x 3"H

2nd Place Clyde Collier Allo Wood Closed From 6"W x 5"H

3rd Place Jim Keller Acrylic/Maple  Sculpture 14"W x 16"H

Enhanced Category (Items that incorporate embellishment of the item by turners of all levels)

1st Place Paula Haymond Pierced, Dyed Maple  Plate 13"W x 1-1/4"H

2nd Place Jim Keller Hackberry Sculpture 11-1/2"W x 17"H

3rd Place Dennis Ford Elm Burl Box 5-1/4"W x 6-1/2"H

Intermediate Category (Items made by intermediate turners)

1st Place Dennis April Oak Bowl 7-1/4"W x 5"H

2nd Place Doug Grissom Cedar Hollow Form 7-1/2"W x 1-1/4"H

3rd Place Scott Njaa Walnut Bowl 9"W x 2"H

gallery photography by Paul Millo

Judges

Lane Bradford and Delbert Pond judged August's Show & Tell.

August's Learning Experience: Hollowing Tool Rodeo with Steve LeGrue

Steve LeGrue, club president talked about and demonstrated many of the tools and equipment options used in hollowing. Steve talked about tool selection....  ...then demonstrated their use. Much of the discussion centered around torque-arresting systems and laser guidance options. Steve also demonstrated an "elbow" hollowing system.   There's always good interest in Steve's demos. Another view of  participants at August's meeting   Ed Peine demonstrated his Oneway hollowing system... ...and someone in the audience handed him this "Tool Envy" sign--be sure to enlarge the thumbnail and read the sign! Gerogene Huckeba watches Don Fluker use his embow hollowing system. The great thing about GCWA demos is that everyone gets a chance to try new ideas out.   Here's Fog Tanner trying Don's system.

Faces in the Crowd

Bill Berry leads a discussion about all things woodturning.

Tom Enloe has the club's lending library down to a science!

Steve LeGrue and Dale Barrack have a private word before the meeting gets underway.

George Kabacinski, Dennis April, Andy Chen and Clyde Collier.

More woodturning talk! (You were expecting the to be discussing the weather?!)

Bill Berry and Dennis April discuss Dennis' winning entry in the Intermediate Category.

Bill and Dave Barziza with Dave's First Place Advanced Category Mesquite Bowl.

Clyde Collier with Bill and Clyde's Second Place Segmented award winning closed form.

Bill with Andy Chen.  For those of you who aren't aware of it, Andy is one of the country's leading experts on turning segmented Corian.

Dennis Ford with Bill discussing Dennis' Elm Burl Box.

Other Worthy Entries

Take a closer look at the item immediately above.   It didn't win an award, in fact, it wasn't even entered into the competition.  It's a piece by Jerry Bennett, one of the nation's premier segmented sculpture turners.  Jerry often doesn't enter his work in Show & Tell just to give other members a chance to win ribbons.  What a guy!

 candid photography by Ric Taylor &  Dale Barrack