Who will make it to Portland

[Jamie Straw]

OK, yes, I've not been around hardly at all! Been teaching my behind off, but taking a week to go to Portland. Who will be there? I plan to look up Reed Gray, John Jordan and Emiliano Achaval. Anyone else traveling to Portland?

 

[Mark Wollschlager]

I will be there working as a videographer.
Should be a fun challenge.

 

[hockenbery]

Hope to meet you

 

[robo hippy]

Looking forward to it. I need another month to be totally ready.....

robo hippy

 

[Doug Rasmussen]

I'll be be there on Friday (and maybe Saturday morning for a short while, gotta get back to Seattle for a family event). Hoping to meet up with friends from the ornamental turning group, plus a few who want to talk about CNC turning.

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

I have been getting things ready, getting there! 6 of us from Maui are going. I'm leaving Wednesday morning. Looking forward to meet you. I'm in the panel Thursday night about Rethinking demonstrations. Live remote demos... I'll be spending my free time between Doug Thompson booth, Mike Hunter and Lucid Woodturners. Busy days coming up!

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

I will be there with several members of my club, Southern Oregon Woodturners. Looking forward to making new friends.

 

[John Torchick]

Would like to go but not in the budget. Emiliano, drive safely from the garden island to Oregon. Just go up the Columbia River and turn right.

 

[Hy Tran]

I was planning to be a videographer this year, but my middle daughter decided that she wanted to graduate from college the weekend of June 16/17.

Since I really don't want my family to collect on my life insurance, I thought it would be wiser to attend commencement than the AAW symposium.

Hy

 

[Damon McLaughlin]

I'll be there through Sunday with about 20 club members from the Spokane area. It will be my first symposium and I'm looking forward to it!

 

[hockenbery]

I'll be there through Sunday with about 20 club members from the Spokane area. It will be my first symposium and I'm looking forward to it!

Get prepared to be overwhelmed. Sensory overload in every dimmesion.
One special part is the intimate critique. You sign up for a session by category. Bring you piece over to the critique. You discuss your piece with an expert. You can ask questions make comments and get feedback one on one. It’s a great way to coalesce you own ideas by talking with a successful turner.

 

[robo hippy]

First one I ever went to was in Portland 10 years ago. I tried to go to some things on Sunday, but I couldn't absorb any more.....

robo hippy

 

[Damon McLaughlin]

Get prepared to be overwhelmed. Sensory overload in every dimmesion.
One special part is the intimate critique. You sign up for a session by category. Bring you piece over to the critique. You discuss your piece with an expert. You can ask questions make comments and get feedback one on one. It’s a great way to coalesce you own ideas by talking with a successful turner.

I have a piece that will be in the instant gallery that I would love to have critiqued and ask questions about. Can I have a piece that I want critiqued in the instant gallery?

We have 24 club members going to the symposium, many have already warned me of the sensory overload thing, others have warned me to keep the credit card at home. Just sounds like a bunch of fun and it will be nice to meet some other turners as well.

 

[AlanZ]

Lauren and I will be there.

She is a demonstrator, and I will host a special interest night session on remote demonstrations and using video to share woodturning. I am also a panelist in the Woodturning with Physical Limitations session.

We will have a booth (Lucid Woodturners) in the vendor area where we can all meet and continue discussions about using technologies to produce, share, and teach woodturning... and play with some cool toys.

 

[hockenbery]

have a piece that will be in the instant gallery that I would love to have critiqued and ask questions about. Can I have a piece that I want critiqued in the instant gallery?

You can have it critiqued in the intimate critique. You sign up in advance for a category that fits.
When you bring your pieces to gallery ask where the sign up sheet is.
If yours does not fit an obvious category. Consider the three on Friday - surface, design, collectors



On Sunday an invited panel does a critique of the whole gallery. The panelists each pick 3-5pieces to discuss during the session.

 

[Jim McLain]

I will be there, looking forward to it.

 

[Bob Sheppard]

First one I ever went to was in Portland 10 years ago. I tried to go to some things on Sunday, but I couldn't absorb any more.....

robo hippy

I've been to 5-6 symposiums over the years. I found myself remembering something I saw weeks, or even months, after viewing a seminar.