Next Regular Meeting May 12th, 2012. Coffee and donuts at 8:30 AM. Located at the Maritime Heritage Alliance, Building 1
A woodturning club for the artisan and the novice
June 11th Open House
Welcome to Northwestern Michigan Woodturners website! We are a club whose membership is comprised of both hobbyists and professionals who create artistic wood objects primarily on a wood lathe. We are located in Traverse City, Michigan. Our meetings are held the second Saturday of every month at the Maritime Heritage Alliance workshops, next to the Children's Museum on M22 in Greilickville. We are proud to be a "Star" Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners.
Northwestern Michigan Woodturners is blessed with many outstanding woodturning artists including Lyle Jamieson, whose work adorns the shelves and displays cases of patrons and institutions around the world. Lyle is the President of Northwest Michigan Woodturners, and a member of Northwestern Michigan Artists and Craftsmen, Traverse Area Arts Council, Wood Turning Center, American Association of Woodturners, and Collectors of Wood Art.
Lyle is also accomplished teacher of woodturning technique. He has been a demonstrator at the AAW national and local chapter symposiums since 1996. Lyle was a selected instructor featured in the 1997 AAW Symposium Video. He is a frequent instructor at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Provo Symposium, Appalachian Center for Crafts and Brookfield Turning Center. Additionally, Lyle is an Extended Education instructor in Woodturning at Northwestern Michigan College and does workshops and demonstrations for beginning and advanced students in his Traverse City studio.
Lyle’s trademark is hollow forms. He is the inventor/creater of the Jamieson Hollow Form Turning System for safer, in-control hollowing, that is fun, too. The system creates a rest behind the main tool rest which simplifies the hollowing process. A turner can stand beside the lathe and gently guide the cutter into the vessel. The newest advancement has been the use of a laser beam measuring devise to accurately measure wall thickness of hollow forms.
Visit Lyle’s website at www.lylejamieson.com
Lyle is also accomplished teacher of woodturning technique. He has been a demonstrator at the AAW national and local chapter symposiums since 1996. Lyle was a selected instructor featured in the 1997 AAW Symposium Video. He is a frequent instructor at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Provo Symposium, Appalachian Center for Crafts and Brookfield Turning Center. Additionally, Lyle is an Extended Education instructor in Woodturning at Northwestern Michigan College and does workshops and demonstrations for beginning and advanced students in his Traverse City studio.
Lyle’s trademark is hollow forms. He is the inventor/creater of the Jamieson Hollow Form Turning System for safer, in-control hollowing, that is fun, too. The system creates a rest behind the main tool rest which simplifies the hollowing process. A turner can stand beside the lathe and gently guide the cutter into the vessel. The newest advancement has been the use of a laser beam measuring devise to accurately measure wall thickness of hollow forms.
Visit Lyle’s website at www.lylejamieson.com