PBCW Gallery October 2002

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Palm Beach County Woodturners

Show and Tell Gallery October, 2002

Prepared by Brian Rosencrantz

The first presentation in this month's gallery was made by Al Blanz. Al's fine segmented bowl was made from Cherry and Padauk finished with Minwax. Al said he chose this combination of woods because they are very close together in their rates of shrinkage. This is important to prevent the completed piece from self-destructing with the passage of time and the accompanying changes in moisture content of the woods.

Brian Rosencrantz brought the piece he made in response to the Eucalyptus challenge issued at the September meeting. Brian's hollow form featured angled cuts around the circumference that divided the piece into 32 spiral segments. He said that the piece distorted so badly he had given up on the project. ]\He only brought it to the meeting because of an admonishment in this month's newsletter to bring challenge pieces even if they were cracked or broken. A good thing too since Brian's piece took second place in the challenge. (Only two pieces were presented.)

A bowl full of scoops made at the Richard Raffan workshop in Utah was the first item in the presentation by Gerhard Schwenke. The bowl had a round bottom so Gerhard made a separate ring to support it on the table. This allowed the bowl to remain at whatever angle it was tipped to. Also in Gerhard's display was a natural edge mahogany bowl accented by burning and carving on the outside. Gerhard's Maple hollow form cracked when it shrank but was very attractive. A prolific turner, Gerhard also showed a citrus box he turned with a captive ring that was free to turn on the body of the box.

Richard Kroon presented a series of mahogany vases with spherical bases and funnel shaped tops made in two pieces and shown in various stages of completion. Richard described the process of making these vases in detail.

A Maple bowl with an attached base of colorwood was the first item in Harry Rosen's presentation. The second was a mahogany bowl. The last item was a box of light colored Walnut with a dark Walnut inlay and painted accents.

Bud Escher's Eucalyptus challenge piece was a natural edge bowl. This bowl was his first natural edge piece. He reported some difficulty with sanding the wings on his natural edge piece. The membership offered a good deal of helpful advice to Bud on how to sand this type of work. Bud finished his bowl with wax. This piece was the winner in the Eucalyptus challenge.

Guest Gene Beyer showed his basswood carving in the form of two linked figures dancing.

The glass topped table turned from spalted Norfolk Island Pine by Mitch Wolok served as a fitting support for his large Primavera hollow form with a Mahogany top. When finished the top will sport an accent of crossed "sticks".

Bob Brulotte brought a large hollowform turned from Mango. Bob accidentally went through the bottom while hollowing the piece. He rescued it by epoxying a new base and re-turning it. He then carved the outside in a textured pattern with a veiner and dyed it black with India Ink. To complete the item Bob applied metallic highlights with a liquid gilding product called "Rub And Buff Bronze".

Frank Gaddoni brought two of his trademark inside-out turnings in the form of Christmas tree ornaments. One held a crystal Christmas tree inside and the other held a Teddy Bear. Additionally Frank showed a spalted Norfolk Island Pine bowl. This bowl was accented with numerous small holes created by some sort of boring insect. The effect was very pleasing but Frank said it was a little messy turning with bugs flying out at every revolution.

Spalted Norfolk Island Pine was also the material chosen by Richard Chessler for two of the three bowls he brought to this month's meeting. The third wa turned from an attractively spalted piece of Mahogany.