The Wilmington Area Woodturners Association a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners
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September Meeting
The September meeting will return to the VFW in Leland and will start at 10:00am on Saturday Sep. 11th. The Wrightsville Beach Activity Center wasn’t too bad, but it will be good to get back home.
The presenter is Barry Russell from Kannapolis, NC, near Charlotte.
Artist's Statement
For many years woodturning was about the wood and form, Today, woodturning as an art form has taken many directions. Work on the lathe easily lends itself to the creation of vessels, but the vessel is only the beginning. Many artists are moving the art away from the vessel and are creating sculpture on the lathe. Most of my work retains the vessel. I seek to use classic forms as a starting point. I use various techniques to transform the vessel to a new place and present it in a different context. I employ carving, sculpting, texturing, burning, and coloring to create a work product that has a visual and tactile impact on those who come in contact with it. I will continue to explore woodturning in my studio with an open and independent mind. I am inspired by those who came before me and those who are working today, but I will follow my own path and allow my work to evolve.
Barry Russell
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Presidents Message
Important AAW Update
Don’t forget to send in your ballot for Board of Director. Your ballot is in the August issue of the American Woodturner Journal. For some reason they are not doing on line voting this year. Be careful when you remove it from the magazine, because they will not accept copies, only the original.
One further note, one of the candidates, John Ellis, withdrew his name from consideration.
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Congratulations Jack O'Connor
In case you haven't happened on it by now, Jacks work was featured in the AAW Journal “American Woodturner”. Jack did a piece for the “Silver Arts Show” earlier this year and won there. He then submitted it to the Journal and it was accepted for the Member Gallery section in the August issue.
Congratulations Jack
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John Still
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One further note, one of the candidates, John Ellis, withdrew his name from consideration.
In case you haven't happened on it by now, Jacks work was featured in the AAW Journal “American Woodturner”. Jack did a piece for the “Silver Arts Show” earlier this year and won there. He then submitted it to the Journal and it was accepted for the Member Gallery section in the August issue.
Congratulations Jack
Chapter Challenge Project
As most of you should already know, the “Chapter Challenge Project” that was made for the AAW National Symposium this year, won BEST IN SHOW. The project will be on display at several locations in the near future including the Cameron Art Museum. The project team did a fantastic job, and should be congratulated.
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Library Update
The library is now in place. Dolan Brown and Charles Gore have gotten all of the books and DVD's into our new cabinet in the VFW. This will make it possible for the library to be available to the members at all meetings whether the librarian is there or not. There have been several additions to the video collection recently.
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Meeting Location
The meetings are normaly held on the second Saturday of each month at either 10:00am or 1:00pm depending on the program, and usually run until about 4:00pm. A map to the VFW can be found below, and on this web site under the menu tab;
Leland VFW 9408
1211 Village Rd.
Leland, NC 28451
To get there from Wilmington, cross the river at either bridge and then cross the causeway going south (17/74/76), take the first exit (Belville, NC133).
Take a right at the light and continue approximately 2.7 miles. The VFW is on the left just beyond the Post Office.
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