Ammonite Bowl:

This demonstration will cover design and influences, how to personalize your turnings. Wood selection, preparation and drying. Basic bowl turning techniques, tool selection, sharpening and safety. Surface embellishment with rotary carving tools and wood burners, acrylic and milk paint application.

Presents a myriad of surface treatments and embellishment possibilities. Covers design and influences, personalizing your work. Tool selection, sharpening and safety. Wood selection. Rotary/hand carving and texturing techniques. Woodburning. Colouring and finishing techniques.

Presents a unique approach to carving and embellishment on turned hollow vessels.Covers design and influences. Wood selection, tool selection and sharpening, basic turning/hollowing techniques and safety.Rotary/hand carving techniques. Surface embellishment, woodburning, inlaying and use of multi-media elements. Colouring and finishing techniques.

Ten Projects Fast and Fun (twice): 

This demonstration is the furious five, times two. Kip will demonstrate how to turn ten projects that are fast to turn and fun to make. In the process he will show how to work with a variety of materials, chucking techniques, and tools. Particularly recommended for woodturning teachers, youth, and beginning-to- intermediate turners.

Kip will demonstrate several principles involved in producing a clean cut while turning wood. He will also show simple yet effective techniques for developing muscle memory for making basic turning cuts.  This session will help beginning turners jump-start their skills and assist intermediate turners move to the next level more efficiently.

Bracelets and earrings can be simple to turn with the use of good methods to secure the work while turning. Kip will show how to quickly turn earrings using a unique mounting system developed by himself, and how to easily turn bracelets using a home-made chuck developed by Nelson Cassinger. He will also show how to make a modified version of the classic earring stand introduced by the late Keith Rowley in his book Keith Rowley’s Woodturning Projects.

Making Stringed Instruments on The Lathe:

Thin Stem Natural Edge Goblet from a Limb: 

We will be turning a thin stem natural edge goblet from a green limb approximately 1½” - 2”dia. I will show attendees the simple techniques I use to easily turn a thin stem natural edge goblet from a green limb using mostly a 1/2" or 5/8" side ground bowl gouge. I will explain limb selection, pith orientation, different techniques used for stabilizing thin stems, the use and sharpening of Negative Rake scrapers and drying to help avoid cracking. 

I will be turning a thin natural edge wing bowl from a green log or crotch section. Design and layout considerations regarding limb orientation, crotch figure, keeping or eliminating features or flaws in the wood will be covered. The basics of bevel-supported cuts along with two of the most important fundamentals of turning - sharp tools and good tool control will be emphasized. Turning thin allows the wood to warp and move which influences the final piece and helps avoid cracking. I will explain using and sharpening Negative Rake scrapers their benefits and how safe they are to use. Sanding wet wood both on and off of the lathe along with different finishing techniques will also be covered.

This is a somewhat challenging project which requires everything from basic spindle work to good tool control on interrupted cuts.

I will turn a vase from a log, which is first turned long grain (spindle orientation) to put beads or cove decoration around the log. The log will then be repositioned to side grain orientation to shape the vase or bowl form. The bead/cove decoration now becomes a rim detail around the rim of the vase.

Corrugated Cardboard Bowl: 

Jason will demonstrate how to turn a corrugated cardboard bowl. He will first discuss the laminating process and how to prepare the blank to create desired patterns with the corrugations. He then goes into the tools and techniques of turning a finished cardboard bowl.

Functional Cardboard Furniture:

Large blanks of corrugated cardboard are necessary for making cardboard furniture. Jason will reveal the best way to laminate the cardboard to maximize its structural integrity and will review grain direction and efficient ways to support the work while turning. He will share creative ways of gluing and clamping your turned forms together.

Segmented Cardboard Turning:

Jason will demonstrate how to laminate, cut and reassemble segmented pieces of cardboard for turning. He will discuss the best orientation of grain for cutting cardboard on the lathe. He will also explain the design process for creating visually striking segmented forms in cardboard.

Animal Head Turning:

Turning the Human Form:

Open conversation about how Derek ended up in this very specialized niche of woodturning : 

Basket Illusion:  

I’m best known for my basket illusion work. I will do this demo as a  two part demo in order to have enough time to fully explain all of the steps and procedures.

Basket Illusion Part 1: 

In part 1 of the demo, I’ll start out by explaining the overall process.  Then I’ll show how I design the “woven” pattern using polar graph paper.  We’ll go over some examples and photos and also talk about where to find inspiration for patterns.  Next,  I’ll  turn a small dish/platter, about 6” diameter.  While turning the small dish, I cover both sides with 1/8” beads from rim to center.  I’ll explain the beading tool and how it can be used to get perfect beads every time.  Then I’ll show 2 ways to quickly burn the valleys between the beads.  After that is complete, we’ll reverse the piece to remove most of the tenon, and add a few more beads to the back of the dish.

We‘ll begin part 2 using the dish turned in part 1.  I will show how to index the piece using my segment wheel in order to divide the platter into as many segments needed for the pattern I’m using. In this demo, 48, 60, or 72 segments are required.  Then I’ll start burning the radial lines over each bead.  Normally this takes many hours, but I’ll only do a small portion to show the technique.  I’ll then switch to the rim of the dish and demonstrate how I burn a herringbone weave around the rim.  We’ll only do a small portion of the rim.  Then I’ll switch to a prepared piece that has all of the burning finished and I’ll show how I dye the “woven” pattern into the wood.  The dying/coloring phase will only be partly completed as it also takes many hours for completion.  Finally, I’ll discuss how to finish the piece and fix the colors.

In this demo, I’ll turn a lidded box. Beginning with a 3” square blank, I’ll show how to divide the blank into 2 parts for the lid and body of the box.  I’ll being with the lid first, explaining how I prepare it to fit the body of the box.  At this time, I finish the inside of the lid.   Attention will then shift to the body of the box where I will fit and temporarily attach the lid in order to finish the top portion.  The lid will be fitted to the body with a “turner’s” fit (“pop” when lid is removed) and then eased slightly for every day use.  Then I will shape the body of the box and hollow out the inside to match the shape of the outside.   The body of the box will then be reversed so that I can finish the bottom.  Finishing techniques will also be discussed. Time permitting, I may also demonstrate decorative texturing on the top of the lid. 

In this demo, I’ll turn a hollow globe ornament with a small finial on top and a thin delicate icicle for the bottom.  I’ll start with a small 2x2x2 cube and attach it to a waste block.  I’ll partially shape the globe; drill a hole to establish depth, and then hollow out the inside to reduce the weight.  After hollowing, I’ll finish shaping the globe and continue drilling the hole until it comes through the other end of the globe.  Then I’ll begin turning the icicle.  This will be turned from ebony and will be thin and delicate.  It will have a tenon that will be glued into one of the holes in the globe.  From the remainder of the ebony, I’ll turn a small finial for the opposite end of the globe.  The finial will have a small hole drilled into it to receive a small hook.  After it’s all glued together, I’ll discuss how I finish these.