December meeting at Mount Nittany Middle School.
Tis the season â and Joanne Westerhaus brought festive food for the start of our meeting. Great opportunity to mix, meet, and network with other members.
Consistent with the holiday season, weâll be raffling off 10 â 12 gift certificates from Craft Supplies and from Carter and Son Toolworks
We learned about scholarships to attend either the Campbell Folk School for Turners or the Arrowmont school for Turners. Â Any member interested needs to apply by January 15th. Â Â http://tiny.cc/AAWScholarships
Don Wilson was our Guest Demonstrator for this meeting. Don teaches woodturning at the Woodcraft store in Harrisburg and at the York Town Craft Guild in York, PA. Heâs a Past President of the South Central PA Woodturners and is juried as a Master Artisan by the PA Guild of Craftsmen. Don taught us about embellishments in turning, with an emphasis on Wood Burning, Pyrography, and Branding.  Don went over:
- Differences in tools
- How to get designs and get them on the wood
- The big difference in Pyrography and the control of the tool
- Adding color
- Branding â what is it and what is different
- Making your own designs
- Mixing and matching pyrography and branding
- Using âindexingâ on the lathe to make sure things come out right when working âin the roundâ