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Club Challenge for July, 2002
At each meeting, a challenge is put to the members. Each challenge is intended to cause the members to think about and turn something they don't normally do. Pieces are brought to the next meeting, where they are judged. Everyone gets to place a vote in each category, and there is a prize for first place in each of three categories: Master, Advanced and and Intermediate. A Master turner is anyone who has won two or more challenges. Advance turners are those who won or placed in at least one challenge and Intermediate turners have not won to date. Winning an intermediate challenge automatically moves the turner into the Advanced class. Each category has a first place award (usually about $30 value). Hopefully this method encourages new turners to participate because only those who have not won compete in the intermediate category. Often, the challenge pieces are donated to the club, and they are sold through galleries to raise money for shows, demonstrations, and expanding the library of tapes and books.The challenge for the July meeting was to do a turning that incorporates carving. As this is a woodturning club, some element of turning had to be part of the object.
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The July Challenge Entries:
Intermediate Class:
Advanced Class:
Master Class:
Apologies to the woodturners if any of the pictures were put in the wrong category. Webmaster didn't take good notes at the meeting!
THE WINNERS:
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Class  Greg Pontius Kiawe Honu (turtle) on turned and carved base. |
Class  Gregg Smith Ebonized wood with carved leaves and segmented rim. Inside lined with liquid gold leaf. |
Class  Barry Ching Norfolk Pine, turned and carved. |
Next challenge:
| The challenge for the September meeting is to turn something that looks like a basket.
"Trash Baskets" don't count. As an example of someone that has made a basket like object
from a woodturning, the following object was offered for ideas: | |
| This object is a turned vessel with a small opening, and has a considerable number of turned and dyed beads attached in such a manner as to provide a very interesting pattern. |
SHOW AND TELL:
| An alternate object similar to one entered in the challenge. About 4 inches tall. |
| A carved eel in an egg shaped turning. About 6 inches tall. |
| Example of an early carving by one member. Finish appears as a purple colored glaze. About 6 inches tall. |
| Side grain turned Milo, with interesting patterns. Darkness of the wood is due to aging. |
| Thin walled vessel with natural edge turned from Olive wood. Approx 13 inches tall. |
| Thin walled vessel with natural edge turned from Macadamia Nut wood. Approx 12 inches tall. |
| An enclosed vessel made of Milo, intended to be used as a funerary or cremation urn. Shown to demonstrate the approximate size needed for the required interior volume of 200 cubic inches. This one is about 210 cubic inches and will be available for sale on the HawaiianParadiseUrns.com web site soon. |
| "The Brain." This burl from Alaska sort of looks like a brain to some of the members... Webnaster thinks it was described as Aspen, but Webmaster didn't take good notes and the old memory wasn't helping at the time this was posted. |
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