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• Dan Tilden demonstrates at club meeting: natural edges and hollow forms

  • When
    19 Mar 2020
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    6:45 PM
  • Location
    PNCI

  
  

  Dan Tilden is a professional turner from Ashland, Oregon, and a former apprentice of the renowned Christian Burchard.  Dan is an experienced, enjoyable demonstrator whose work appears in select galleries and art shows.

  
  

  Dan will focus on natural edge designs and hollow turning.  He will also be leading a 6- hour, limited registration, hands-on class on Friday, and a 6 hour demonstration on Saturday.

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• Dan Tilden's Hands-on class: Exploring Natural Edge Designs

  • When
    20 Mar 2020
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    PNCI
  • Spaces left
    1

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  This hands on workshop class will focus on learning how to turn and complete a hollow vessel. Either if you have hollowing experience or none; students will learn how to turn a hollow vessel from start to finish or improve their hollowing skills they already have. We will start by turning a smaller simple bowl or open form making practice cuts on the inside with different hollowing tools to get a good understanding how the tools are cutting. This will allow us to easily see what it takes to make a clean accurate cuts with different available hollowing tools before we start a more challenging hollow form. We will also go over effective tool grip techniques, body stances, and sharpening our cutter tips to reduce vibrations for clean cuts.

  
  

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• Dan Tilden's 6 hour demonstration: Exploring Natural Edge Designs

  • When
    21 Mar 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    PNCI
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Dan says: In this tutorial, we’ll  start off by discussing the many possibilities of incorporating a natural edge on our hollow vessels or bowls. We’ll  discuss how using a natural edge begins with the first cut of the chain saw or bandsaw. I’ll review the numerous natural edge designs I’ve created as well as my students’ designs. I want the beginning of the class to be a group collaboration, sharing the ideas and opinions of each student’s experiences. Focusing particularly on their involvement  with using a natural edge opening while looking at a slide of photos about the topic. I will then demonstrate turning a natural edge vessel to the class from start to finish. I’ll be using a design I like to use, involving a natural edge. This class will also focus on the process and techniques of turning a hollow vessel. How to mount a piece, how to properly cut your wood, and how to measure your wall thickness for a consistent even wall thickness.

  
  

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