Well, this was the day for the gathering of the DAMP Wood Society. What a hoot this group of guys are! We had a day full of turning, sharing, eating burgers and going to the gallery to see Tony's work on display [that will have to come in another post.......had to take those pics with my cell phone, cause my digital got left back at the shop!]
What a surprise to me that Baxter Smith showed up .....all the way from Delaware, and with a DAMP Wood Society turning smock on to boot! Mike Cruz was also there.....he trucked in Tony's new air compressor. Peter Elliot and Mark Zimmerman and of course our gracious host, the man......Tony DeMasi.....and yours truly.
It will take several posts to get just one pic of the interesting things going on.......so I will try to share them as I go.......
First one ......a show & tell table that was really WoW!!! IMGP3719.jpgIMGP3731.jpg
this was not even all that ended up on the table........when it finally filled up, there were some exceptionally well done pieces...........huge bowls and platters........these guys really get some wood that most of us would envy! Of course, that little American Beauty there was another drool producer.....Tony had to wipe it off several times!
The second is a pic of the group before we called it a day. IMGP3739.jpg
The next one is Baxter in his oh so fashionable 3M air respirator turning a nice walnut bowl.IMGP3734.jpg
Next is Tony's wall for rough-outs....quite nice stuff! IMGP3730.jpg
I was the first one up on the AM. Beauty to rough out a 3 sided bowl with pedestal from hard maple......it
went flying on me once!
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Up next is Tony's shop companion ......what a sweet natured dog....Ziva IMGP3720.jpg
and here is Peter and Tony discussing the finer points of pepper mill turning! IMGP3723.jpg
What a great way for friends to spend a day around a common interest and create memories that will warm our hearts for years to come, when we reflect on this time! More to share..........