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Demonstrations

The AAW Symposium includes more than 80 demonstrations and presentations from expert woodturners from around the world. This is a great opportunity for woodturners of all skill levels to learn and be inspired. Topics include bowls, boxes, embellishment, hollow forms, tools/techniques, segmenting, tips for professionals and so much more.

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Demonstration & Presentation Categories

Bowls & Platters

Multi-Axis

Specialty Pieces

Boxes

Pens

Spindles

Embellishment

Segmenting

Tips for Professionals

Hollow Forms

Sculpture

Tools & Techniques

Featured Demonstrators

 
Additional demonstrators, panelists and demonstration details are being evaluated and will be added soon.

Batty 9. Tulipwood Back
Batty 9. Tulipwood Back

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Stuart Batty, Colorado

Demonstrations:

  • Bowl Turning Fundamentals

  • Spindle Turning Fundamentals

  • ​Volcano Bowls

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Michael Blankenship, Illinois

Demonstrations:

  • Copper Lidded Box

  • Segmented Peppermill 

  • 3 Piece Ornament

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Lorin Bruckin, France

Demonstrations:

  • Box & Copper, A Love Story

  • Reinterpretation of the Canton Ball

Nick Cook Headshot
Nick Cook Headshot

Nick Cook Headshot
Nick Cook Headshot

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Nick Cook, Georgia

Demonstrations:

  • Mastering Turned Lidded Boxes

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Mark Dreyer, Illinois

Demonstrations:

  • Pens: Beginner to Pro

  • Xmas in June - Various Gifts

  • Pens without Casting

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Richard Findley, England

Demonstrations:

  • Box with Hand-cut Screw Thread

  • Hand Cut Barley Twist Spindle

  • Skew Masterclass

Furini Colored Textured Platter 2
Furini Colored Textured Platter 2

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Stewart Furini, United Kingdom

Demonstrations:

  • Textured & Colored Platter

  • Getting Started with Color

  • Start Texturing

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Phil Holtan, Minnesota

Demonstrations:

  • From Burl to Bowl

  • Rings Upon Rings - Kransekake

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Michael Hosaluk, Canada

Demonstrations:

  • Box Making with a Twist

  • End Grain Bowl with Carved Feet

  • Mark/Mikey Show - Improvisational Demo

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Michael Kehs, Pennsylvania

Demonstrations:

  • Burn Carving & Texturing

  • Creative Use of Copper

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Alain Mailland, France

Demonstrations:

  • The Adventure Goes on Presentation

  • Improvisation on a Root Burl

  • 30 Years of Wonders Presentation

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Mark Sfirri, Pennsylvania

Demonstrations:

  • Turned & Carved Bottle

  • Flower Show

  • Mini Stool

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John Underhill, Illinois

Demonstrations:

  • Resin Casting Pens

  • Resin Casting for Woodturners

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Simon Begg, Australia

Demonstrations:

  • Decorative Platters

  • German ring

  • Emerging Square Edge Bowl

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Louis Boucher, Canada

Demonstrations:

  • Brighton Buns (candle stick bowl)

  • Cell Phone Amplifier

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Emma Cook, England

Demonstrations:

  • Hand Carved Color Banded Bowl

  • Turned & Carved Cupcake Box

  • Lighted Hanging Ornament

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Rebecca DeGroot, Texas

Demonstrations:

  • Walking Mushroom

  • Walking Teapot

  • Mini-Aquifer

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Jim Echter, New York

Demonstrations:

  • Spindling to Better Bowls

  • 40 Blank Mounting Tips

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Dennis Fuge, Pennsylvania

Demonstrations:

  • Deep Hollow Vessels from Bottom

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Ashley Harwood, South Carolina

Demonstrations:

  • Push Cut Bowl

  • Urchin Ornament & Stand

  • Easy Design Elements with Negative Rake Scrapers

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Jeff Hornung, Missouri

Demonstrations:

  • Finish the Finish

  • Thread Chasing

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Rex Kalehoff, Luxembourg

Demonstrations:

  • Simple & Playful Scrap Wood Bowl

  • Sculpturally Joining Turned Vessels

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Jeff Luedloff, Minnesota

Demonstrations:

  • Multiaxis Wooden Bottle

  • Using Carbide Tools

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Jim Sannerud, Minnesota

Demonstrations:

  • From Log to Lager Bowl

  • Unplugged - Surface Embellishment

  • Natural Ingredient Finishes

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Phill Sikes, Kansas

Demonstrations:

  • Turning Green to Finished

  • Enclosed Forms Using Gouges

Additional demonstrators, panelists and demonstration details are being evaluated and will be added soon.

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