Desert Woodturning Roundup Mesa, AZ 2013

By VictoriaWoodworking


Last weekend I demonstrated at the Desert Woodturning Roundup in Mesa, Arizona. I had 6 rotations, 2 on combining metal with wood, 2 on gilding turned vessels and 2 on creating patinas on vessels.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
David Marks doing demonstrations at DWR
Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
David Marks demonstrates gilding Japanese maple leaves with 22 Karat Gold against a silver leaf background
Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
“Desert Urn” is the title of this 81/2″ tall x 51/2″ diameter hollow vessel I turned. It combines silver inlay into the pernambuco and ebony rim at the top. I gilded the lower body of the vessel with silver leaf and did a patina finish over it.

There was a great line up of Demonstrators :

J. Paul Fennel who lives in Scottsdale and does some amazing pierced and carved hollow vessels.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
J. Paul Fennell’s wood turned and carved vessels

Richard Raffan from Australia who is one of the best known turners in the world with several books and videos that have won critical acclaim.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Richard Raffan on stage turning a bowl for the Desert Woodturning Roundup

Molly Winton who has earned her fine reputation for her surface embellishments of wood burning, carving, texturing, and coloring.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Molly Winton’s beautiful turned carved and dyed hollow vessel

Malcolm Tibbetts famous for his incredible segmented turnings that boggle the imagination and his book and numerous DVDs on the subject.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Malcolm Tibbetts’ amazing segmented turned sculpture

Michael Hosaluk who is a member of Canada’s Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and is well known world wide for his incredible creativity not to mention turned and burned baseballs.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Thin turned madrone burl bowl by Michael Hosaluk

Matt Monaco, a production turner (and fellow drummer) who lives in Arizona whose work is influenced by Mexican, Southwestern, and African cultures.

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Nested bowls by Matt Monaco

John Lucas from Tennessee, who is well known for his turned hand mirrors, sculptural turnings, articles on wood turning, and photography.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Turned hand mirror and other pieces by John Lucas

Here are some photos of the work I demonstrated.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Wood and metal turnings, some are demo pieces which are not completed
Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Demo sample of gilded fish. Silver leaf with chemical patina.

The instant Gallery had numerous works of art with a wide range of talent.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
These are some very fine miniature turnings by Hans Finsterwalden
Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Dale Gillaspy’s very creative wood turning titled “Pouring Wine”
Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Beautiful Olive wood bowl turned by Ken Lappegard in the Instant Gallery at DWR

Malcolm Tibbetts and I were asked to be available to give critiques to those who wanted them in the Instant Gallery.

Close-up of a polished wooden table corner with decorative woodwork.
Malcolm Tibbetts and David Marks giving helpful critique to Dale Gillaspy in the Instant Gallery at DWR

I want to personally thank Dale Gillaspy and the entire crew of volunteers from the Arizona Woodturners Association who worked really hard and did an excellent job of organizing this event.

I will be teaching a 3 days hands on group class on Gilding & Chemical Patination at my school here in Santa Rosa, CA on August 16 – 18, 2013. For the class description and registration, go to the Classes Section of my website: Classes

If you cannot make it to my Gilding & Chemical Patination Class, I do have a DVD that I sell from my estore at my website that gives step by step instructions on the process: Gilding & Chemical Patinations DVD

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One thought on “Desert Woodturning Roundup Mesa, AZ 2013”

  1. Some very amazing work shown here, both yours and the other turners. I really like your gilded fish, looks great!

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