James and Mary Vaughn sent this announcement: We are asked to donate turned items for an auction to benefit the Shrine hospitals held March 13th at the Zamora Shrine. It is sponsored by the Daughter of the Nile. A great cause, let’s support this effort.
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The Woodworkers Guild is hosting a woodturning demo in late February. I don’t have the details except that it is all day and the admission is $75 including lunch. Woodcraft has the details.
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At the December 2009 Meeting the Nominating Committee presented the following slate of officers for 2010:
President - Jerry Osmundson The slate of officers was elected by acclamation.
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At the December 2008 Meeting the Nominating Committee, Will Pate, Jerry Osmundson
President - Kevin Felderhoff The slate of officers was elected by acclamation.
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Billye Shirley West Most of us in the club know Bill and Shirley West. It is with great sadness that we inform you that Mrs. West passed away. Shirley will be deeply missed. Bill and Shirley are charter members of our club and their whole family has been involved in decorating the Christmas tree for several years now with the ordainments that we turn for the Children’s hospital auction. Below is the obituary from the Birmingham news: WEST, MRS. BILLYE SHIRLEY, age 77, of Homewood, passed away on Friday, August 29, 2008. She was a faithful member of Homewood Church of Christ. Her working life was spent in the home mortgage industry including Prudential, Vice President of Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan, and the mortgage department of Compass Bank. Mrs. West was preceded in death by her parents, William McCoy and Hazel Morrell Shirley and her grandparents, Joseph Smith and Lucy Fairburn Salter. Loving survivors include her devoted husband, Bill West; daughters, Julia Copus (Bob), Margaret Weems (Mike); and grandchildren, Laura Weems, Allison and John Copus. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2nd, at Ridout's Valley Chapel in Homewood with burial at Ridout's Southern Heritage Cemetery in Pelham. Friends are cordially invited to the visitation with the family one hour prior to the service at Valley Chapel. Services are under the direction of Ridout's Valley Chapel (879-3401) located at 1800 Oxmoor Road in Homewood.
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David Hout will be hosted by the Mid South Woodturners. August 23rd 9am and August 24th 10am. at Bartlett Station Municipal Center 5868 Stage Rd Bartlett, TN 38134 Saturday-$40.00 Sunday two day (package) - $65.00 If a guest should join our club, a discount of $25.00 will be applied for the package. Dave Hout is a well-respected, veteran teacher in the woodworking field. He has led many workshops and seminars on woodworking, with an emphasis on woodturning. Dave shares his love of wood by instructing and demonstrating locally and nationally and is well-liked for his easy-going teaching style and keen ability to convey his knowledge to students. He has taught at various schools, including the Conover School in Parkman, Ohio; Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. A founding member of the American Association of Woodturners, he has served on their board of directors and was instrumental in the formation of two local AAW chapters. for info contact Dennis Paullus at Dennis@bigriver.net
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Checkout this great article in the Vestavia Hills Living Magazine. It talks about the Bradford Pear that we recieved from the city.
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Some great new links have been added to the site There are several new wood blank and Burl resources
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Great Job Guys you came through and we made our ornament goal! great looking work on those ornaments.
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At the December 2007 Meeting the Nominating Committee, Nelson Brooks, Will Pate
President - Dave Chanslor The slate of officers was elected by acclamation.
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The Jane Saylors Wood Turning Scholarship |
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The Jane Saylors Wood Turning Scholarship
Like many wood turners, Jane Saylors began by building furniture. Then she saw Rude Olsolnik turning wood at the Atlanta Woodworkers Show in 1983.
She has been a wood turner ever since. Jane pioneered in the laced edged bowl design, where she brought to the art form a fresh new approach.
In the last few years her health has declined and she can no longer pursue her art form. To honor her learning and teaching spirit and to inspire
other artists to follow in her footsteps, The Black Warrior Turning School has a scholarship fund in her honor Jane Saylors-The Jane Saylors Wood
Turning Scholarship. To encourage and advance woodturning in Alabama, the Jane Saylors Wood Turning Scholarship is a fund that will award
scholarships for turning classes at the Black Warrior Studio and Gallery, (a non-profit organization). All funds collected, either monies or
gifts in kind, will be applied toward woodturning class scholarships. ALL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED ARE TAX DEDUCTABLE. One hundred percent (100%) of your
donation goes for the scholarship fund. If you would like to join us in this tribute, please note the following information. Checks can be made out
to: Black Warrior Turners (Jane Saylors Scholarship fund) C/O Black Warrior Studio and Gallery 4509 Woodland Hills Dr. Tuscaloosa, Al 35405.
If you have additional questions Call Maurice at 205-553-6977 or maurice@clabaugh.org
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