About

The first session of this three-session class will focus on designing and laminating a base block, 1½ inches by 1½ inches by 16 inches, with layers of exotic woods and dyed maple veneer. In session 2, you will saw that block and either rearrange it or add more exotic woods and dyed veneer to create a second block with a more intricate pattern. In the final session, you will turn that to make a finished project.

Details:

• Students will be divided into two groups for the final session of this class, so that everyone will have a lathe to work at. One group will meet from 6-9 pm on Monday, Dec. 11. The other group, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 6-9 pm. When you register, you will see a place to indicate  which session you want.
• The materials fee is $25. Please pay at the first session.
  
• The class is open to beginners without previous jewelry or woodworking experience.

Instructors: Martha Collins will lead the first two sessions and Jamie Straw will teach the final sessions.

Martha went to trade school in cabinetmaking in the 1970s and apprenticed in a shop where wooden jewelry was made. In 1983 she moved her family to the Northwest to a shop/house she designed and built.  At that time she had her jewelry in several galleries along the West Coast. In the mid-'90s, she worked for Admiral Marine, building the interiors of multimillion-dollar yachts. For the last  decade and half she has been participating in national juried art shows. Currently she participates in a few high-end shows and teaches her lamination techniques, including in her own studio, at the  Port Townsend School of Woodworking and at Pratt Art Center in Seattle.

Jamie has been turning for about two years. She is the vVce President for Education and Training for the local woodturners association.