Our club had an opportunity to turn some wood at the Renwick Art Museum in conjunction with an exhibition of turned art from the Bresler collection. It is a wonderful collection and a wonderful opportunity for me and my friend Mike to get a chance to show and talk about our hobby. This was the last Saturday for turning at the Renwick and I am glad that I had a chance to do it. Some of the more experienced woodturners took most of the slots before this and glad I got pushed into doing this..
I had the some very fresh box elder and the chips were flying all over! It was nice to have the safety shield but hard to talk through. The feedback from the wall right in front of me was a little hard to deal with. I had not turned on this lathe before and was a little intimidated with everything different but it all went so smoothly. Even when Mike started showing off-center turning after a question from the audience. 
Notice my arm above. Wet from all the water coming out of the wood. Very fresh from a Pepco cutting! People came and went over the 2 hours we were there but good crowds were there the whole time. Very impressive!
Here is my friend Mike turning his tea light holders from Christmas Tree leftovers. I love the fact that I can say that my turnings were on display at the Renwick.... If only for 2 hours! We had a great turnout, I am sure they were expecting someone much better but most were just glad to see some chips fly and ask questions.
