Welcome to Rocky Mountain Woodturners
We meet the Thursday after the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 pm.
You are invited to attend your first two meetings as our guest.
2012 Membership dues are $40, family $55 and student $25. Dues may be given or mailed to Vice President, Drew Nichols (P. O. Box 261, LaPorte, CO 80535). Please fill out the 2012 Membership Form (click here for the printable version) since we need to keep our data up to date. Your membership card will get you a discount at several local turning supply retail stores. You can get yours membership card from Drew or at the next meeting.
News (see events page for more details)
To the Rocky Mountain Wood Turners:
RMWT has been invited to return it's meetings to the Loveland Woodcraft Store by the new owner. The board will look at the logistics for the February meeting. Please read this area and the newsletter for confirmation of the meeting location.
Upcoming Meetings
Meetings of the Rocky Mountain Woodturning Club are held monthly at Woodcraft in Loveland located at 3718 Draft Horse Drive in Loveland, CO. For directions go to Woodcraft/Loveland or call 970.292.5940. Click here for upcoming meetings and scheduled events.
Up Coming Meetings
Please note the meeting location change in the message posted above.
February 9, 2012
Jim Burt
Heart Box
This demonstration will show how to make a heart shaped box. The wooden hinge will be described but not demonstrated. Spin off ideas will be discussed as time allows.
March 8, 2012
Monty Weymouth
Kaleidoscopes
April 5, 2012
Phil Lackey
“TBD”
May 12, 2012
All day demonstration on How to Turn, Carve and Colour a Double Sided Off Centre-Off Axis Sculpture
In this one-day demonstration you will learn how Douglas turns an off centre, off axis double-sided sculpture using a vacuum chuck so that he can design on both sides. You will also learn how all the methods Douglas uses to achieve the look of his pieces. This will include applying the design, rotary carving, burning, and colouring. There will also be two short slide presentations, which will touch on design, form and inspiration. Of course you can apply these methods to your own work even if you don’t have the convenience of a vacuum chuck.
Douglas J Fisher is a full-time artist living on Vancouver Island, Canada. Since 1992 he has been involved almost exclusively in creating some form of art, including painting, stained glass, photography, pen and ink drawing, and woodturning. Wood sculptures, primarily made using a lathe, have been the focus of his work since 1997. When not in his studio, Douglas can often be seen performing in theatre productions.
Prior to becoming a full-time artist, he taught skiing and sailing, was an ironworker, a driller and blaster in several underground gold mines, and delivered sailboats in the Pacific Northwest, the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean.
Some sculptures involve the use of indigenous iconography from the area where Douglas lives. “I have long been fascinated with the art of indigenous cultures from around the world. Upon first inspection it seems so simple and yet at the same time is very powerful. I hope to understand these cultures in my quest to explore a personal aesthetic.”
Creating thought provoking and inspiring works of art by combining artistic vision with superb craftsmanship is something Douglas has been doing for some time. He exhibits his unique style of wood turned sculptures internationally, is sought after as a demonstrator and teacher and his works are in private collections around the world.
May 13, 2012
Douglas FisherAll day hands on work shop, approx cost is $175.
Turning Off Centre-Off Axis, Surface Enhancement and Colour
This hands on workshop is designed in stages so that you can experience what it is like to turn an off axis off centre piece on one side of the workpiece and then to use all the methods that Douglas uses to apply a design, carve, burn and colour the piece. By the end of the day you should have something to be proud of and you will have picked up a number of new skills and techniques in the process, including how to turn off axis without a vacuum chuck.
October 4, 2012
Drew NicholsTBD
November 15, 2012 (meeting night, date is not the usual night)
November 16, 2012 all day demonstration
November 17-18 hands on workshop
TBD
