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Progress to the intermediate level of bowl turning: turning a bowl that has a deeper profile and steeper sides than in the introductory class.

You will turn one bowl during this class while learning to use three types of bowl gouges, ground with different bevel angles to help you navigate the steeper and more constrained profile of the bowls and to create a deeper, flat bottom without having “catches.” You will develop an understanding of why the different grinds work and when to use which one so that you can turn independently on increasingly sophisticated bowl shapes during open studio or at home on your own lathe. 

Sanding and finishing of the bowl may need to be done outside of class. Students will be offered one hour each of one-on-one studio time with the instructor as follow-up to this class so that they may consolidate their skills.

Photograph from Joy McCallister Photography.

Details:

• The $10 materials fee will be collected online at time of registration.
  
• Open to those who have (a) completed the Introduction to Bowl Turning class and been approved for independent bowl-turning during open studio or (b) demonstrated the necessary lathe safety and bowl-turning skills using a bowl gouge during a private studio session to be arranged with the instructor. Contact the instructor, Jamie Straw, at (360) 551-9233.
• Students must also have taken BARN’s class on Sharpening Lathe Tools or bring their own bowl gouges.