NEXT MEETINGS

Our speaker will be Elizabeth Lundburg a long time member of the Diablo Woodworkers. Elizabeth has been working with wood since childhood having a Swedish cabinetmaker-grandfather and an architect & furniture-designer father. Since the mid-1990's Elizabeth has concentrated on creating artistic and architectural wood turnings. Having studied with master turners, such as Allan Batty of England, Elizabeth's work has evolved to include vessel-oriented forms and sculptural carvings. Check out Elizabeth’s work at www.studio-e-artworks.com.

Barbara Shapiro began weaving in 1975 in New York City. Barbara combines her rich knowledge of historical and ethnic textiles with wide technical experience in weaving and surface design. Her weaving reflects her travels and studies as well as her work in theater costume design. After being involved in the San Francisco Art to Wear movement in the '70s and '80s, Barbara shifted her focus to non-functional textile art. She shares her knowledge as an educator and writer. She also serves on the boards of the Textile Society of America and Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and is a docent at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. Barbara's wall pieces speak of historic textiles of many cultures, burnished with the patina of time and imbued with a very personal sense of beauty.

NEXT SHOP TOURS/SAWDUST SESSIONS

During our visit today we will discuss and demonstrate how to take pictures of your project. Things like proper lighting, proper background and all the other elements that go into making a good photo. Plus we will see several of Rich’s wood working projects. If you would like a picture of one of your small projects, bring it with you and Rich will use it in his demonstrations.

Directions: Take Highway-4 toward Martinez. Take exit-11 to Morello Blvd. Take Morello Blvd. west. On Morello Blvd. take the first left onto Muir Road. On Muir Road take the 1st right onto Vine Hill Way. On Vine Hill Way take the third right onto Rolling Hill Way. On Rolling Hill Way take the first right onto Elderwood Drive.

Along with a tour of David’s shop he will demonstrate how to create hand cut dovetails.

Last year's Windsor Chair project was an outstanding success. Not only did we demonstrate several interesting woodworking techniques we created a fantastic chair. The chair was raffled at the December meeting for over $600.00. These funds are used to support our community projects including flag cases. Our 2012 project is to build a Colonial Cupboard and demonstrate more woodworking techniques.

Directions: Take Highway-24 to Lafayette, Exit onto Pleasant Hill Road North (Exit-14), Follow Pleasant Hill Road for approx. 0.8Miles to Spring Hill Road. Turn left onto Springhill Road and drive about 0.3 miles to David’s address.