9246. Advanced Turning: Multi-Axis Platters

9246. Advanced Turning: Multi-Axis Platters

Workshop - Wood | Available

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Wood Turning Studio - 213

Advanced

6/22/2024 (one day)

10:00 AM-3:30 PM EDT on Sat

$120.00

$108.00

$25.00

Take your turning in a new direction in this hands-on workshop where you'll learn the basics of turning multi-axis platters. Start the day turning a platter, then re-mount the work at a different center to explore the techniques and design potential of multi-axis turning. This project will be most beneficial to confident turners with plenty of experience turning bowls and platters who would like to broaden the scope of their work with multi-axis techniques. Prior Turning experience, Specifically bowl Turning experience, is required

Additional Information:
A $25 materials fee will be added to the total class fee at checkout
Registration will close one week prior to the start of class
Enrollment is open to students ages 18 and up

Bob Moffett is a professional Woodturner. He is a past president of the Piedmont Woodturners Association. Bob’s interest in woodturning grew after taking a series of courses at his local community college and at John C. Campbell Folk School.  He has also studied with a number of turners including Bill and Jim Wallace, Alan Batty, Frank Penta, Mike Stafford, Avelino Samuel, among others.

For the past several years Bob has specialized in turning offset platters, miniature bird house ornaments, sea urchin ornaments, bowls and boxes, incorporating surface treatments such as texturing, spiraling, chatter, beading and woodburning.

He has demonstrated at numerous woodturning clubs and symposia. He also teaches classes in woodturning at John C. Campbell Folk School, as well as Fundamentals of Woodturning classes at Rockingham Community College’s Center for Creative Woodworking in Reidsville, N.C.

His works are in private collections and have been sold at art galleries and craft shows throughout North Carolina.