The workshop will be from 1PM to 4:30pm on the 6th and from 8:30AM to 4:30PM on the 7th & 8th. It will be held at Alan Leland's studio. The cost will be $165 for the 2 1/2 day workshop. Lunch will be furnished on Friday and Saturday. If more than twelve people sign up for the workshop, a lottery will be held at the end of the March meeting that will select the twelve who will be attend. This not a beginner's class. The class will not focus on turning bowls, platters or hollow forms but rather incorporating carving, texturing and color. Some of the topics to be covered include: carving; turned textures; and graffito technique to create designs by painting the wood and cutting through it to reveal a pattern. Participants in the workshop are encouraged to bring pieces that they have turned prior to the workshop which they wish to apply Al's techniques.
Alan Stirt has been a professional woodturner for over 30 years. His work is in the collections of the Smithsonian, White House and American Craft Museum. He teaches and demonstrates internationally.
