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Build a dovetail drawer

During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to make a full-sized pepper mill. Contact terry.lund@gmail.com for information

Topic To be determined

Our April 11th meeting will be at Albert Filo‘s house at 9 Hadley Drive in Fairport. Albert makes windsor chairs and one of their key elements is milk paint. He applies his milk paint skills to his fancy turnings. Albert plans on sharing how he uses milk paint on his creations. He‘ll go through the preparations and application of the paint and give some useful tips for prepping small amounts of paint. After the milk paint, Albert will share how he turns and carves his art.

RWS Will have a table at this annual show held at the Eisenhart Museum. See http://gvwoodcarvers.com/5227.html for details There will also be 3 Skin-on- Frame Canoes on display at this show courtesy of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association members.

Mark Sfirri is a furniture maker, turner, and sculptor. He is best known for his specialty, multi-axis spindle turning. He has made candlesticks, bowling pins, baseball bats, human figural forms, furniture parts and many other objects using these methods for over thirty years. His demonstrations will include: a multi-axis turned candlestick (a design that he developed in 1992), baseball bats from his “Reject from the Bat Factory” series an abstracted turned figural form, and his multi-axis turned bottles. He works without any special chucks, just between centers. For his talk on April 19, he will show examples of his work throughout his fifty-year career in wood and how he’s used turning in his work in different ways. He will also discuss some of his research of Wharton Esherick, the founder of the American Studio Furniture Movement. He has lectured and written extensively about him over the past eighteen years. Mark Sfirri is co-sponsored by RWS and Finger Lakes Woodturners.

On Saturday, April 20, Sfirri will explain the ideas behind his designs, his layout, and techniques that
he’s developed in order to achieve the desired effects. He has made candlesticks, bowling pins,
baseball bats, human figural forms, furniture parts and many other objects using these methods for
over thirty years. His demonstrations will include:

a multi-axis turned candlestick (a design that he developed in 1992)
a baseball bat from his “Reject from the Bat Factory” series
an abstracted turned figural form
one of his multi-axis turned bottles
Sfirri earned a Distinguished Educator Award 2010 from the Renwick Alliance and received the
Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012 by the Collectors of Wood Art. He will receive the Professional
Outreach Program (POP), of the American Association of Woodturners, Merit Award for 2024 at the
annual conference in Portland Oregon in May. He ran the Fine Woodworking Program at Bucks
County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2017. Mark Sfirri is co-sponsored by RWS and Finger Lakes Woodturners.

This is a half day interactive workshop to introduce the art of chair caning.

Show & Tell is a virtual event via Zoom. It is an opportunity to share your projects and woodworking experiences with fellow members. The event begins with a social activity at 6:30 PM. This provides time to catch up with your peers without leaving your location. The presentation portion begins at 7:00 PM and lasts between 1-1/2 to 2 hours depending on content. It is a chance to share: projects; new tools; jigs and fixtures; process methods; repairs; shop layout; or mistakes and how you overcame them. If you have something to share or contribute, please contact Roy Pierce (reptpo@rit.edu) up to two days prior to the event. Zoom link will be sent on the morning of the event. See you then.