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Schedule

Whether you want to start turning for the first time, learn complicated techniques, turn your hobby into a profession, learn how to grow your local woodturning club (chapter) or just get inspired, the AAW Woodturning Symposium has something for everyone.

Join us June 1 - 4, 2023

The schedule is currently being planned. The details below may change.

Thursday, June 1

2:00 - 4:30pm

Instant Gallery Check In

6:00 - 8:00pm

Tradeshow Preview

2:00 - 6:00pm

Registration Open

6:00 - 8:00pm

Gallery Exhibitions

4:30 - 5:15pm

First-Time Attendee Orientation

5:30 - 7:00pm

Opening Reception

Friday, June 2

7:00am - 6:00pm

Registration Open

5:30 - 7:00pm

Happy Hour

AAW Benefit Live Auction

8:30am - 6:00pm

Tradeshow Open

Pen Making

8:30am - 6:00pm

Instant Gallery

8:30am - 6:00pm

Gallery Exhibitions

Rotation 1 | 8:00 - 9:30am

  • Helen Bailey - Thin Wall Bowl with Piercing (Embellishing)

  • Jason Breach - Pagoda Box (Boxes)

  • Kristin LeVier - Adding Sculptural Elements to Your Turnings (Tools & Techniques)

  • Joss Naigeon - Sphere and Lace (Hollow Forms)

  • Seri Robinson - Spalting 101 (Tools & Techniques)

  • Jim Echter - Turning Duplicates (Spindles & Finials)

  • Mauricio Kolenc - The Tube Box (Boxes)

  • Jacques Vesery - Concepts in Design and Form; Good Form over Pretty Wood (Tools & Techniques)

  • PANEL: Improving Your Photography Skills featuring John Beaver & Rudy Lopez

  • Kip Christensen - Ring Stand (Youth Room)

Rotation 2 | 10:30am - 12:00pm

  • Helen Bailey - Textured and Colored Platter (Raggy Platter) (Embellishing)

  • Ulf Jansson - Designing the Pattern (Tools & Techniques)

  • Lynne Hull - Spinning Metals (Tools & Techniques)

  • Derek Weidman - Turn a Human Bust (Multiaxis)

  • Roberto Ferrer - Back to Basics From Log to Bowl (Bowls & Platters)

  • Laurent Niclot - The Sphere:  Turning and Hollowing (Hollow Forms)

  • Mauricio Kolenc - The Ogee Curve (Bowls & Platters)

  • Curt Theobald - Segmented Bowl Construction (Segmenting)

  • PANEL: Budgeting: Business Brass Tacks featuring Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith

  • Kip Christensen - Lighthouse Tree Ornament & Stand (Youth Room)

Lunch Break | 12:00 - 1:30pm

  • Chapter Leaders Meeting (12:30 - 1:15pm)

  • Turners Without Borders (12:30 - 1:15pm)

Rotation 3 | 1:30 - 3:00pm

  • Pat Carroll - Square Box with Pewter Insert (Boxes)

  • Lynne Hull - Adapting a Wood Lathe for Metal (Tools & Techniques)

  • Kurt Hertzog - Pen Turning A to Z (Pens)

  • Nicole MacDonald – Color: Hues and Tints (Embellishing)

  • Roberto Ferrer - Wall Sculptures Made Easy (Bowls & Platters)

  • Laurent Niclot - Miniature Hollow Forms (Hollow Forms)

  • Joss Naigeon - Creative Lids (Boxes)

  • Kristin Levier - Bending Wood Without Steam: Introduction to Compressed Hardwood (Tools & Techniques)

  • PANEL: Pricing your work featuring Sally Burnett, Andy Cole, Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith & Phil Irons

  • Andi Sullivan - Visually impaired Rotation (Youth Room)

Rotation 4 | 3:30 - 5:00pm

  • Pat Carroll - Beaded Trinket Box (Boxes)

  • Ulf Jansson - Sharpening and Materials (Tools & Techniques)

  • Helen Bailey - Thin Wall Bowl with Piercing (Embellishing)

  • Mauricio Kolenc - Mastering the Chaser (Spindles & Finials)

  • Jim Echter - The Sensational Skew (Tools & Techniques)

  • Laurent Niclot - Spiral Carving and Texturing (Embellishing)

  • Joss Naigeon - Ukibori Technique (Embellishing)

  • Jacques Vesery - How to Critique, Evolve and Learn from Experience (Tools & Techniques)

  • PANEL: Ask Us Anything w/ David Ellsworth, John Beaver, Melissa Engler & Keith Gotschall

  • Andi Sullivan - Egg-leidoscope (Youth Room)

Saturday, June 3

7:00am - 5:00pm

Registration Open

1:30 - 3:00pm

POP Auction

8:30am - 6:00pm

Tradeshow Open

Pen Making

5:00 - 6:00pm

Social Hour

8:30am - 6:00pm

Instant Gallery

6:00 - 7:00pm

Evening Banquet

(paid ticket required)

8:30am - 6:00pm

Gallery Exhibitions

7:00 - 8:30pm

Awards Ceremony

Silent Auction/Lathe Raffle

Rotation 5 | 8:00 - 9:30am

  • Helen Bailey - 3 Piece Natural-Edge Chalice (Bowls & Platters)

  • Nicole MacDonald - Unexpected Texture with Modeling Paste (Embellishing)

  • Seri Robinson - Spalting 101 (Tools & Techniques)

  • Jason Breach - Pagoda Box (Boxes)

  • Roberto Ferrer - Embellishing Wall Sculptures and Conventional Turnings (Embellishing)

  • Curt Theobald - Look Closely: Elements of Design (Tools & Techniques)

  • Kurt Hertzog - Upscaling Pen Turning Methods and Sales (Pens)

  • Jacques Vesery - Concepts in Design and Form; Good Form over Pretty Wood (Tools & Techniques)

  • PANEL: Developing Signature Work That Is Uniquely Yours featuring Andy Cole, Jacques Vesery, Kristin Levier & Derek Weidman

  • Sally Ault - Twist Pens (Youth Room)

Rotation 6 | 10:30am - 12:00pm

  • Pat Carroll - Brick Illusion (Embellishing)

  • Lynne Hull - Spinning Metals (Tools & Techniques)

  • Ulf Jansson - Turning Thin Vessels (Hollow Forms)

  • Phil Irons - Kintsugi for Wood (Tools & Techniques)

  • Derek Weidman - Lifespiral, A Love Story: When Chainsaw Meets A Lathe (Tools & Techniques)

  • Laurent Niclot - The Sphere:  Turning and Hollowing (Hollow Forms)

  • Joss Naigeon - Leftovers Are Treasures (Boxes)

  • Jacques Vesery - Textures for Color becomes Second Nature (Embellishing)

  • PANEL: Turning with Limitations featuring Andi Sullivan, Brent English, Steve Worcester & Tim Yoder

  • Sally Ault - Honey Dipipers (Youth Room)

Lunch Break | 12:00 - 1:30pm

  • World of Woodturners (WoW) Exchange (12:30 - 1:15pm)

  • Youth Lathe Drawing (12:30pm)

Rotation 7 | 1:30 - 3:00pm

  • Pat Carroll - Embellishing with Iridescent Paints (Embellishing)

  • Elizabeth Weber - Exploring Colors and Textures (Embellishing)

  • Jim Echter - “Spindling” Your Way to Better Bowls (Bowls & Platters)

  • Roberto Ferrer - Wall Sculptures Made Easy (Bowls & Platters)

  • Seri Robinson - The Science of Woodturning (Tools & Techniques)

  • Kurt Hertzog - Ornament Finials (Spindles & Finials)

  • Mauricio Kolenc - Signature Salt Shaker (Spindles & Finials)

  • Kristin Levier - Bending Wood Without Steam: Introduction to Compressed Hardwood (Tools & Techniques)

  • PANEL: Using Social Media To Promote and Sell Your Work with Kim Winkle, Emiliano Archaval & Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith

  • Sally Ault - Spinning Tops (Youth Room)

Rotation 8 | 3:30 - 5:00pm

  • Pat Carroll - Beaded Trinket Box (Boxes)

  • Ulf Jansson - Turning Thin Vessels (Hollow Forms)

  • Curt Theobald - Segmented Bowl Construction (Segmenting)

  • Joss Naigeon - Guardian Angel (Multiaxis)

  • Derek Weidman - Turn Any Animal (Multiaxis)

  • Kurt Hertzog - Workholding Tips and Tricks (Tools & Techniques)

  • Mauricio Kolenc - The “Magic Hammer” (Spindles & Finials)

  • Jacques Vesery - How to Critique, Evolve and Learn from Experience (Tools & Techniques)

  • PANEL: Artist Showcase featuring David Ellsworth, Sally Burnett, Elizabeth Weber, Nicole McDonald

  • Kaille Bosch - Brushes (Youth Room)

Sunday, June 4

7:00am - 1:00pm

Registration Open

8:30am - 1:00pm

Tradeshow Open

Pen Making

8:30am - 1:00pm

Instant Gallery

8:30am - 1:00pm

Gallery Exhibitions

Live Auction Pickup

Rotation 9 | 8:00 - 9:30am

  • Helen Bailey - Three-Legged Textured Pot (Embellishing)

  • Lynne Hull - Brazing (Tools & Techniques)

  • Pat Carroll - Square Box with Pewter Insert (Boxes)

  • Laurent Niclot - Spiral Carving and Texturing (Embellishing)

  • Jason Breach - Orbital Arc: The Beginning (Boxes)

  • Jim Echter - “Spindling” Your Way to Better Bowls (Bowls & Platters)

  • Mauricio Kolenc - The Tube Box (Boxes)

  • Kristin LeVier - Introduction to Micromotor Power Carving (Embellishing)

  • Instant Gallery Critique with J. Paul Fennell, Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith, Joey Yates

  • Kaille Bosch - Cupcake Box (Youth Room)

Rotation 10 | 10:30am - 12:00pm

  • Derek Weidman - Turn Any Animal (Multiaxis)

  • Ulf Jansson - Post Processing (Embellishing)

  • Elizabeth Weber - Carving a Wave or Leaf Motif onto Turned Pieces (Embellishing)

  • Jacques Vesery - Textures for Color becomes Second Nature (Embellishing)

  • Jason Breach - A Simple Box (Boxes)

  • Seri Robinson - Turning Spalted Wood (Tools & Techniques)

  • Joss Naigeon - Guardian Angel (Multiaxis)

  • Curt Theobald - Beyond The Round (Segmenting)

  • PANEL: Becoming a Better Demonstrator Featuring Mike Mahoney, Dale Larson & Keith Gotschall

  • Kaille Bosch - YoYo (Youth Room)

Lunch Break | 12:00 - 1:30pm

  • Youth Lathe Winner Pickup (2:00 – 3:00pm)

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