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Raymond Overman
03-03-2008, 10:32 AM
The Charlotte Woodturner's Club, Southern Piedmont Club, and Waxhaw Woodturner's had a booth at the Southern Spring Home and Garden Show this past weekend. It wasn't extremely successful for selling pieces but we had a lot of interest in the clubs.

We had a lot of excellent turners represented including Anatoly Tsiris' large boxelder natural edge. At least 10000 people had to touch it over the course of the show. Unfortunately for Anatoly, no one had the pocket book to manage the price tag.

Attached are few pics of the event. The first includes Charles Farrar's work in the top right corner, my work in the middle and Bill Mcinnis' work near the left side of the picture. The small hollow form in the middle near the bottom was made by Steve Richie. and the natural edge piece is John Benton's. The second picture is one of Anatoly's small pieces. The third picture is of Bruce Lacey carving on the rim of a vase.
Glenn Hodges
03-03-2008, 10:42 AM
It is all beautiful and impressive. BTW what price did he have on the big bowl?
Raymond Overman
03-03-2008, 10:45 AM
It is all beautiful and impressive. BTW what price did he have on the big bowl?

$4000 which is a bargain compared to his other pieces. :eek:
Bernie Weishapl
03-03-2008, 11:10 AM
Very impressive Raymond. Wow what a price.
Steve Schlumpf
03-03-2008, 11:50 AM
Wow! A lot of very impressive work! I do see your Tea-pot sitting all pretty on the shelf! To bad about the lack of sales but getting folks interested in the turning clubs is always a good thing! Thanks for posting Raymond!
Ken Fitzgerald
03-03-2008, 12:07 PM
Thanks for the post Raymond......a lot beautifully made projects there. I'm envious of folks with that kind of skills.
Reed Gray
03-03-2008, 2:13 PM
I tend to sell more flat work at the Home and Garden shows, but a lot of people do stop by.
robo hippy
robert hainstock
03-03-2008, 3:24 PM
All shows should be a learning expierence, some sell better than others; but You can learn something from every show. For instance; what make of shelving were all those lovely pieces on? :)
Bob
Raymond Overman
03-03-2008, 4:35 PM
All shows should be a learning expierence, some sell better than others; but You can learn something from every show. For instance; what make of shelving were all those lovely pieces on? :)
Bob

The shelves were purchased from the closing CompUSA stores. Though they look nice and are sturdy, they're also extremely heavy and hard to get put in place. They also don't break down for storage very well and are a pain to move around. Other than that, they're very nice for displaying wood turnings.