Come connect with fellow woodworking women! The Seattle Woodturners' Women in Turning (WIT) group invites you to join them in celebrating camaraderie and creativity in wood! This free community event will feature demonstrations and workshops facilitated by three local women artists working in wood. Participants will rotate through each session in groups of up to seven:
Diana Friend will take us through the process of turning a tea-light candlestick.
Session Description: Beginners to the experienced can enjoy this project and make something useful as a gift or for your home. We will begin with a stick then shape it, sand and finish. Various woods will be provided to make your own one-of-a-kind candlestick.
Bio: Diana Friend turns wood into bowls on a small island in the Pacific Northwest. Her mostly found wood is lathe-spun in a solar powered shop with hopes to create works that are useful, interesting and a pleasure to hold. Her work is shown at the Philadelphia and Smithsonian Craft Shows among other venues.
Kim Mcintyre will demonstrate how to carve a wooden spoon, with hands-on stations for participants to try out the process themselves!
Session Description: Learn how to carve a spoon! Spoons are endlessly useful and so fun to make. You will be taught how to use the following tools: spokeshave, bent gouge, hook knives, and straight knife. Other topics covered: when to cut with the grain or against the grain, and what tear-out is trying to communicate.
Bio: Kim McIntyre is a woodworking instructor who also runs her own business: McIntyre Furniture, LLC. She tries to bring out the natural beauty of wood. Her dedication to every piece/project aims for high-quality craftsmanship from start to finish.
Mary Vu Tripoli will show us how to transform a branch into a carved coat hook.
Session Description: We'll start with a raw branch, carving away bark and then wood to smooth into a hook. Add a few holes and you'll leave with a coat hook! You'll also leave with foundational knife grips that are safe and effective.
Bio: Mary Vu Tripoli is a woodworker who is passionate about greenwood bowls, boxes, spoons, chairs and more. Much of her learning has taken place in Seattle and at North House Folk School on Lake Superior in Minnesota. A new instructor at Pratt, Mary is excited to teach a small greenwood project which will hone your basic carving knife skills.
*While WIT events are intended to increase the number of women in woodturning, they are open to all members of the Seattle Woodturners club and the public alike! Consider joining in and bringing along a woman in your life :) If you are outside our demographic focus, please prioritize women or other under-represented participants until one week prior to the event.