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Turning of the Week, March 3, 2025

Donna Banfield

Donna Banfield

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Joseph Bernard’s piece, Working Spider demonstrates ingenuity and a highly creative way to address a crack in a turned form. I’ve seen multiple ways of dealing with cracks in wood: filling with coffee grounds and CA glue, crushed precious stones, colored epoxy, and stitching.

All these methods don’t try to hide or conceal the crack, but rather enhance it. Joseph did that, but went the extra 100 miles in his enhancing efforts. Turning and carving a spider, to create the illusion that a spider is weaving the stitching is next level creativity. For that reason, I chose Working Spider for my TOTW selection. Well done, Joseph!
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Holy Smokes! I wasn't expecting that. Thanks very much. I've been playing with creating small arachnids, spiders, millipedes, etc. to make my boxes and bowls more interesting and more innovative, to produce a bit of the innovative in my turnings. I can make the usual finials, of course, for the boxes, but I like to experiment in unexpected ways, and maybe I'm a bit subversive in my unusual additions to the bowls like this, and the boxes I'm also adding similar surprises to. Amazing.
 
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