Customer Commissions
By Curtis Turner
Round Rock, TX

Occasionally, I receive a commission where the customer gives me a wide range of creative control. These jobs are always fun but also a bit nerve racking not knowing if the customer will like what I make. A customer contacted me about turning a few items from wood collected from family property. My instructions were to see what I could create from the available material. They needed to be ready before Christmas.

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Tuning the Skew: Practice the Essential Skills
By Temple Blackwood
Castine, ME

I recently taught a demonstration class on spindle turning to the Chesapeake Woodturners at their woodturning room in Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland. The overriding messages of the class were to create projects that inspire meaningful practice with the conventional tools and to enhance each turner's comfort level and confidence as a demonstrator and teacher.

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