This project was inspired by one of Philip Moulthrop’s hollow-forms, which I saw in an exhibition at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. The project begins with a simple hollow-form which will serve as the base for the mosaic work. This base can be any wood at all; it will be almost entirely carved away in the… Continue reading Mosaic hollow-form
What’s up next?
September 10, 2022 (second Saturday; first conflicts with Labor Day weekend) – Robert Marshall will demonstrate the use of a coring tool, the Woodcut BowlSaver Max 3. Following the demo, we will have a tools and equipment auction, for those of you that have stuff surplus to your needs. Bring tools to sell, and bring… Continue reading What’s up next?
January 2022 Newsletter
2021 Newsletters
Newsletters from 2021:
Mosaic dish: stabilized, mold-cast, turned and epoxy finished
This project combines three uses of epoxy: (1) epoxy stabilization of spalted/rotten wood; (2) molded casting of epoxy and wood, and (3) epoxy finish coating. The wood pieces were mainly from corners cut off of half-round log blanks. Being on the outside of the logs, they were more severely spalted than the rest of the… Continue reading Mosaic dish: stabilized, mold-cast, turned and epoxy finished
2020 Newsletters
2020 was a year of Covid pandemic, cancelled meetings, Zoom on-line demonstrations, and generally muddling through as best we could. Our newsletters for 2020 are linked below; click on a link to open each newsletter in its own tab. January – Rudy Lopez demonstration BWG202001-Newsletter February – Bob Baucom demonstration BWG202002-Newsletter BWG202002-Newsletter-Handout-Baucom-balloon-project BWG202002-Newsletter-Handout-Turning-Bird-Feeder-Ornament March –… Continue reading 2020 Newsletters