Congratulations, Michael Gibson, Michael Anderson, Christine Smith, Kevin Jesequel, Dave Landers, John Beaver, and Tom Hale

[Alan Weinberg]

Congratulations to 2024 AAW Member Exhibition Common Roots forum member Michael Gibson, Michael Anderson, Christine Smith (People’s Choice Winner), Kevin Jesequel, Dave Landers, John Beaver, and Tom Hale who were among the twenty-seven finalists. Their work is shown in the October issue of American Woodturner.

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[Kent Reisdorph]

Awesome! It's great to see you two getting the coverage you deserve!

 

[Jaramiah Severns]

Very cool! I see a few other names I recognize from the forum gallery in there, too. Recognition well-deserved 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

 

[Brandon Luster]

Well deserved!
We hosted Michael this weekend for the symposium and although he's an amazing artist, he's an even better human being.

 

[Kevin Jesequel]

Thanks, Alan! I have not received my copy yet, but it appears to be a publication of the AAW Member’s Exhibition, Common Roots. There are a number of forum members in that exhibition. The theme for next year is already up on the AAW site: https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/Woodturner/Exhibitions/Member Exhibition.aspx . I encourage everyone to enter and see where it leads. The submission period will be from Jan 1, 2025 to March 15, 2025, so start thinking about (and make!) some pieces to submit!

 

[Michael Anderson]

Thanks Alan! I haven’t received my copy yet, so this is a cool surprise. There were a lot of nice pieces in the Member’s Exhibition. Like Kevin said, the theme this year has been announced (POP theme as well). Get to making 😊

And BIG thanks to Brandon Luster above for hosting me this past weekend. I felt like a member of the family. Good times.

 

[Tom Gall]

Congrats guys (& girls ?). Looking forward to getting my copy.

 

[Bill Boehme]

I updated the OP to include all seven forum members who were part of the twenty-seven finalists. Congratulations guys.