Demonstration Schedule
SUBJECT TO CHANGE, OF COURSE
Experience more than 80 world-class demonstrations and presentations led by master woodturners from across the globe. Whether you’re new to the lathe or a seasoned pro, the AAW Symposium is your chance to learn, grow, and be inspired. Explore everything from bowls and boxes to hollow forms, surface embellishment, segmented turning, professional tips, 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
2026 Demonstrator Line Up
Michael Anderson, Tennessee
Demonstrations:
Egg-in-Egg Sculpture on the Lathe, Dragon Egg: Exploration in Turning, Carving, Burning, and Painting, and
Captured Pedestal Spin Top
Tyler David, Illinois
Demonstrations: Peppermills With Personality, Form, Color, and Flow, Upside Down Salt Shaker, and Turning Wood without Torn Grain
Diana Friend, Washington
Demonstrations: Turn a Small Engrain Plate, Burial Florets: Turning a Single Flower Blossom, and Straight Ties That Bind in Bowl Turning
Troy Grimwood, New Zealand
Demonstrations: Roly Bowl, Ancient Treasures, and Beautiful Box, Basic Tools
Mark Kielpinski, North Dakota
Demonstrations: Singapore Ball Basics, and Enhancing Your Turning with Zentangle
Sammy Long, Mississippi
Demonstrations: Turing a Thin Bowl - Step 1 to a Parasol, Creative Powercarving, and Adding Spirals to Your Work
Mike Mahoney, California
Demonstrations: Hollow Form With Threaded Lid (Burial Urn), Bowl Coring, and Quarter Sawn White Oak Platter
Matt Monaco, Missouri
Demonstrations: Fine Detail - Advanced Skew Chisel Work, Understanding the Skew Chisel, and Turn a Wood Pottery Vessel
Chad Schimmel, Arizona
Demonstrations: Watch Parts Pen From Inside Out, Celtic Knot Segmenting and Pen Turning, and Taking Your Pens to the Next Leval
Matthew Shewchuk, Japan
POP ARTIST SHOWCASE
Janine Wang, Oregon
POP ARTIST SHOWCASE, Split Turned Frames, and High-End Handles
Dennis Belcher, North Carolina
Demonstrations: Before the Wood Spins, Board to a Vase, and Multi Axis Disk Vase
Claude Dupuis, New Hampshire
Demonstrations: Segmented Construction, Open Segmented Construction, and Segmented Vases and Boxes
Mark Gardner, North Carolina
Demonstrations: Turn a Bowl With Handles, Turn a Two Piece Hallow Form, and Turn a Shrink Box
Carol Hall, Pennsylvania
Demonstrations: Beyond Brown and Round, Next Level Embellishing, and The Power of Gold
Joe Larese, New York
Demonstrations: Turning Finials - Skew or Spindle Gouge, Whale Shaped Scoop, and Multi Axis Goblet
Robert Lyon, Columbia
Demonstrations: Making Your Work Uniquely Yours, and Turning: Wood Can Be Just the Beginning
Yann Marot, France
Demonstrations: Pebble Box, Roped Bowl, and Raindrop Box
Seri Robinson, Oregon
Demonstrations: Turning Spalted Wood, Spalting 101, and The Science of the Skew
Peggy Schmid, Georgia
Demonstrations: Lidded Boxes with Texture, and Turning a Burial Urn
Neil Turner, Australia
Demonstrations: Sea Urchin Box, Coral Embellishment on an Open Forum, and Seed Pod Hollow Form
Molly Winton, Washington
Demonstrations: Art of the Band, Making Mini Vessels and Carving Texture, and Surface Enhancements 101