Michael Hosaluk will be our guest for an all day demo on Saturday, May 5th at Woodwerks Supply in Gahanna.

He will also provide hands on instruction on Friday, May 4th and on Sunday, May 6th from 9:00am to 4:00pm in Barbara Crockett's Shop.





Michael Hosaluk, craftsman, artist, designer and educator, lives outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with his wife Marilyn and four children. Michael is internationally recognized as one of the worlds most creative "turners" which is demonstrated by the great demand for his teaching skills and for his work to be included in exhibitions. He has lectured and demonstrated extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and France.

His works have been exhibited in Canada, Australia, Taiwan, France, Germany, China, Japan, and the United States. The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, The Woodturning Center in Philadelphia and the Saskatchewan Arts Board in Regina are among the collectors who have included his work in their permanent collections.

Michael is comfortable using any media that serves his purpose. His work covers a wide range of objects and materials ranging from functional vessels and furniture through to entirely sculptural pieces. He is constantly challenging the limits of interpretation in the field of woodturning. As a result, his work displays a strong command of material used to explore exciting ideas. He retains close ties with traditional and at the same time breaks free of those ties to explore entirely new directions. His work is humorous and elegant, possesses character and gesture, full of references to architecture, nature and culture. Michael remains active in his community, freely sharing with others what he has learned, and is committed to creating a greater awareness of crafts in Canada and throughout the world.

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Mark Sfirri will be conducting a woodturning demonstration on December 2nd from 9:00am to 4:00pm at Wood Werks Supply, Inc. located at 1181 Claycraft Road; Columbus, Ohio (east side of town). The cost for this all-day session is $25 for members of the Central Ohio Woodturners and $35 for non-members. Spouses of COW members (and students) can attend for $15. Lunch (pizza) is included in the price.

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Mark Sfirri, from near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be doing a workshop that centers around his specialty, multi-axis turning. You may be familiar with his humorous baseball bat series called "Rejects from the Bat Factory", or his candlesticks on two axes.

All of his demonstrations will be between-center or spindle turning. He will start with basic safe turning techniques and work his way into multi-axis work with a traditional 1700 pad-foot leg and then into some of this signature work. If you would like to see some of his work, on the Internet "Google" Sfirri; there is lots to see. Also go to IronwoodGallery.com; there are many examples there as well. You may have had the opportunity to see Jean-François Escoulen's demonstrations. Although they both do multi-axis spindle turning, there work is very different. Mark will discuss the differences and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

Mark Sfirri is a tenured professor in the Fine Woodworking program at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania, where he has taught for 25 years. He has lectured and demonstrated throughout the US, Canada, Ireland, France, and England. His work is included in the permanent collections of 16 major museums, mostly in the US. He has collaborated with many turners and artists in different craft media for over 20 years. He and Michael Hosaluk have collaborated since 1992 and had several joint collaborative exhibitions titled "The Mark and Mikey Show". He was also instrumental in the development of the Emma Lake conferences in Canada that Mike spearheaded.

Mark is a very engaging demonstrator and has done a lot of experimental work over the years. He is eager to share this information in his workships and demos.

The Central Ohio Woodturners is honored to be hosting Jean-François Escoulen for an all day demonstration on Saturday, July 8th. The demo will be held in the classroom at Woodwerks Supply in Gahanna from 9:00am to 4:00pm. The cost to COW members will be $25. Seating is limited to 75 persons, so sign up early.

Jean-François will also be teaching a 5-day hands-on class on July 10th through the 14th. The cost for this class is $500 per person. The class is currently full.

The Central Ohio Woodturners welcomed the internationally known teacher and demonstrator, Jimmy Clewes, for three days in June 2006. Jimmy provided us with a turning demonstration on Tuesday June 13th at OSU from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. There was no charge for this session. There was no business meeting or show 'n tell. We had refreshments and a short intermission.

Jimmy also taught two hands-on class sessions on June 14th and 15th. The hands-on classes were held in Barb Crockett's shop. The cost for the hands-on class was $125.00 (including lunch). A small materials charge was also assested for the necessary turning supplies.

The American Association of Woodturners will be holding their annual symposium in Louisville, Kentucky on June 21st through June 24th. As part of the Symposium each year, AAW includes a "return to the community" project. This year in Louisville, AAW will collect Christmas ornaments. They will be delivered to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville. Each year the hospital collects ornaments and decorated trees and auctions them or sells them outright to raise money. Last year they raised almost $400,000 to help the kids in need. All COW members (as well as members of all AAW local chapters) are urged to turn as many Christmas ornaments as they can and either bring them to the symposium or get them to one of the COW officers before they leave for the symposium.

The Central Ohio Woodturners has won both the "Technical" and "Best of Show" awards for our entry in the "Chapter Collaborative Challenge" at the 2005 American Association of Woodturners Nineteenth Annual Symposium which was held in Overland Park, Kansas on July 22-24, 2005. The wooden gear clock has already been sold to a private collector. The proceeds were divided equally between JR Beall (he did much of the design and CNC work) and the Central Ohio Woodturners.

Below are three photos. The first one is of our completed wooden gear clock. The other ones are of the plaques that we received. These plaques are currently on display at Woodwerks in Gahanna.

Lonnie Minton will open his shop to our members on Saturday, July 29th from noon until whenever. His shop is located at 4266 Maplegrove Dr.; Grove City, Ohio. For more information, please call Lonnie at (614) 875-6769 or send him an email at .

We have a hands-on mentoring session scheduled for Saturday, August 12th from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Woodcraft store in Hilliard. For more information, please send an email to .

Once again, the Central Ohio Woodturners have been invited to demonstrate at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday, August 9th from 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to .