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The Theme for the December SIG will be Frames, Games, and Toys!

Larry Lobel will demonstrate how to turn a barley twist leg. The location for this meeting hasn‘t been identified.

Topic To be determined

Making your own tools is a rewarding and fun activity. In many cases simple cutting tools can be quickly and cheaply made to meet a specific need or project.

My name is Rusty Tchernis. I am an aspiring chair and tool maker. I teach chairmaking and hand tool woodworking in my shop in Decatur, Georgia. My time is split between green woodworking and greenest woodworking - bonsai. You can follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/rtchernis/". I enjoy building chairs and teaching people how to do it. For this presentation and discussion, we will focus on the design and build of Windsor and Ladderback Chairs, as a prelude to tomorrow‘s hands on workshop - Making Your Own Spokshave.

For making curved spindles, legs and other components, an addition to your shop, built special by you.
PLEASE NOTE: The kit to make your own spokeshave is $50. This kit is NOT included in the registration fee and must be purchased at the time of the workshop.

Workshop Leader: An aspiring chair and tool maker, Rusty Tchurnis, https://www.instagram.com/rtchernis Please Register by Dec 31, 2024.

This workshop is an opportunity to learn the basic skills required to incorporate turnings into your flatwork in the form of columns, legs, finials and the like.

This is a four-part hands-on workshop where participants will create their own small table.
This is a 4 part workshop. You are signing up for the following dates: 2/10/2024, 2/24/20224, 3/9/2024 and 3/30/2024.

Build a Ukulele from a StewMac Tenor Ukulele Kit.
CHANGE-- we‘ve decided to repeat the format of our first Uke workshop and do this in one weekend instead of spreading it out (as was previously planned). We‘ll do it at St. Michael‘s Woodshop and we‘ll have about 15 workstations! The date is TBD. Stay tuned!

Topic To be determined

Craig Vandall Stevens is the Executive Director at the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop. In addition to teaching, Craig designs and builds one-of-a-kind furniture for exhibition and commission. He studied furniture making with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program in northern California, a program renowned for its excellence in craftsmanship and attention to detail. His work is exhibited around North America and Japan. He has received numerous awards including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council. He’s written feature articles for Fine Woodworking Magazine and is the author of five books published by Schiffer Publishing on the subjects of marquetry, chip carving and furniture making. Craig has been a featured craftsman on the Home & Garden Television program, “Modern Masters”. He has taught furniture making workshops throughout North America and has given presentations at, among others, the American Craft Museum and the Hida Takayama International Conference on Craftsmanship in Takayama, Japan. Craig designed and carved the Ohio Supreme Court Judicial Bench in Columbus, Ohio, which included a 51‘’ long frieze depicting the history of Ohio Law and other architectural patterns and elements. He is also responsible for reproducing many of the original architectural carvings for the historical renovation of the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio.

Craig Vandall Stevens is the Executive Director at the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop. In addition to teaching, Craig designs and builds one-of-a-kind furniture for exhibition and commission. He studied furniture making with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program in northern California, a program renowned for its excellence in craftsmanship and attention to detail.
His work is exhibited around North America and Japan. He has received numerous awards including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council. He’s written feature articles for Fine Woodworking Magazine and is the author of five books published by Schiffer Publishing on the subjects of marquetry, chip carving and furniture making.
Craig has been a featured craftsman on the Home & Garden Television program, “Modern Masters”.
He has taught furniture making workshops throughout North America and has given presentations at, among others, the American Craft Museum and the Hida Takayama International Conference on Craftsmanship in Takayama, Japan.
Craig designed and carved the Ohio Supreme Court Judicial Bench in Columbus, Ohio, which included a 51‘’ long frieze depicting the history of Ohio Law and other architectural patterns and elements. He is also responsible for reproducing many of the original architectural carvings for the historical renovation of the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio.

This six-hour “hands-on” workshop will cover the basics of SketchUp in sessions of two-hours each held over three consecutive weeks.

Topic To be determined

This is a four-part hands-on workshop where participants will create their own small table.
This is a 4 part workshop. You are signing up for the following dates: 2/10/2024, 2/24/20224, 3/9/2024 and 3/30/2024.

During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to make a full-sized pepper mill.

Topic To be determined

This is a half day interactive workshop to introduce the art of chair caning.

Topic To be determined

Canceled

Describe the speaker here ABOUT OUR NATIONAL MEETINGS: Part of the value of being a member of RWS is the opportunity to hear and see nationally known speakers. These individuals are from all over the country and have done presentations and/or have blogs, YouTube videos, etc. Meetings are usually held once a month between September and May. The presentation is held on Friday evening at St. John Fisher University Basil Hall. From 7-8 we gather, socialize and share projects. From 8-9 our speaker presents. Members and non-members can attend the Friday event which includes networking, displays of members’ works, silent auction items which are typically tools or accessories that members are looking to sell (often for VERY reasonable prices), access to our books and DVD library (members only), a raffle, a brief business meeting followed by the speaker presentation. Finally, the national speaker usually has a table for displaying their work and/or books. National speakers typically facilitate a workshop the next day which requires registration.