Woodturning Demo With Trent Bosch

This past Saturday the Des Moines Woodturners group had Trent Bosch give a all day demo. I've enjoyed Trent's work before and wondered how he accomplished some of it. The demo started at 9am and with only two short breaks other than 30 mins for lunch, the day went to quickly. Trent is a great teacher, explains things in great detail in ways anyone can understand and enjoys doing so as well.

He turned his "Vessel of Illusion" first. I always wondered how he got the vessel inside another vessel...and it really is quite simple to do although there will be quite a bit of trial and error I'm sure. He first turns a hollow form with 2 top edges.

 He then carves and sands the "petals" using air tools.

Then he turns a very thin insert out of a contrasting wood and drops it into boiling water until it drops to the bottom of the pan. He then quickly bends the insert and gets it into the hollow form. Gets the insert where he wants it, blows a balloon up inside the vessel to hold the insert in place and form itself to the interior of the hollow form. After it all drys, he glues it in place with epoxy.

Then he turned and showed us how he carves a platter, again with air tools.  

Finally he turned a large bowl I didn't get any pics of that he used to show several ways he embellishes his work (carving, painting, adding patina, etc.) All in all a great day to spend with my dad and other fellow woodturners. I would highly recommend attending a demo or class with Trent. He also of course makes lots of tools  in his machine shop (I dont' own any, but did handle them at the demo and they are top notch!)and sells videos as well. If you wnat to learn more about Trent, check out his website.

Rained Out!

We tried, but the rain delayed us and eventually shut us down. My dad and I each got one bowl turned before the sprinkles started. We had the lathe unloaded back at home just as the downpour started. The outlook isnt very bright for tomorrow either as rain is forcasted all day....will give it a go if the rain stays away.

ArtStop 9/24-9/25

On Sept. 24 and 25th I will be taking one of my lathes and setting up my woodturning shop in the parking lot of The Mansion at 28th and Ingersoll Ave. in Des Moines, IA to demo my wood turning skills as part of ArtStop. The event is friday evening from 5-9pm  and from 11-5pm on Saturday. ArtStop takes place all over Des Moines, so please spend part of your weekend attending. Of course stopping by The Mansion should be a priority so stop by and say hi. I will do my best to not get any wood shaving on you if you do.

I'll be showing how I make bowls, vases, platters, bottle stoppers, tops, and lots more! I will have lots of one of a kind pieces available for purchase. It would also be a great opportunity to see the beautiful showrooms inside The Mansion to see how my pieces can be incorporated into your home's design. Better yet, have one of the talented designers show you how! I'll post more info when things are finalized a little more. See you there!