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3d woodturning
June 29 - July 3

FACULTY:  Michael Mocho has spent the last 32 years as a
professional craftsman and instructor. He teaches at many
of the top craft schools and woodturning symposia across
the US, and was selected for the 2004 International Turning
Exchange residency at the Woodturning Center in Philadelphia. He serves on the Curriculum Committee for the American Association of Woodturners, and his furniture and turned
works are in many private and public collections.

Circular Thinking:the lathe as a

design tool

Michael J. Brolly   
Tuition: $745  ARAC Actual Cost: $945  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W0510  Enrollment Limit 8

July 13 - 17

Surface Enhancements & Beyond 
Andi Wolfe   
Tuition: $745  ARAC Actual Cost: $945  Studio Fee: $100
Code: W0715  Enrollment Limit 8
Michael Brolly, Rock & Roll Bowl 

CONCEPT:  This unconventional turning class will think about
the lathe and the works that come off it in new ways. How
do you develop an idea on the fly and bring it to fruition? Your
openness to experimentation will be fundamental. You will be
encouraged to look for ideas while turning, in casual doodling,
and even taking snippets of other people’s ideas. This workshop will be a laboratory for working out new ideas, as we
experiment with many possible avenues of exploration and
inspiration. Traditional and experimental techniques, working
on and off the lathe, contemporary design, humor, unusual
subject matter—nothing is off limits and everything is fodder
for the creative process.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Wood, paint and other media.
ACTIVITIES:  Mornings will be open to drawing, doodling,
building temporary structures on and off the lathe, and sharing these with others, followed by hands-on instruction in
the shop.
SKILL LEVEL: Levels II - IV (Minimum Skill Level II) – See page
35 for skill level descriptions.
FACULTY: Michael Brolly is a woodturning artist from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, whose lathe-turned objects have been exhibited
all over the country and the world. Recently, his mid-career
retrospective exhibits, “Cradle to Cradle” and “Serious Play”,
toured the country highlighting his unique and often humorous
woodturning style. A self-taught woodturner, Michael recently
received an MFA in furniture/crafts from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. www.michaelbrolly.com

CORE
class

July 6 - 10

Effective Woodturning Strategies 
Michael Mocho   
Tuition: $745  ARAC Actual Cost: $945  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W0613  Enrollment Limit 8

CONCEPT: To find one’s voice in artistic turning or woodworking requires a repertoire of techniques for going beyond the
basic form. This class will introduce surface enhancement
techniques. We’ll shake up our usual ways of looking and
spend time during the course learning to “see” the world
at a different scale. Among other exercises, students will
use a digital camera to take close-up pictures of textures
and patterns which will then be implemented into design
techniques.

ACTIVITIES:  Mornings will include hands-on sessions, exercises in learning to “see,” and slide presentations. Afternoons and evenings will be open for hands-on sessions and
design workshops.
SKILL LEVEL: Level III – See page 35 for skill level descriptions.
FACULTY:  Andi Wolfe’s woodturning sculptures are inspired
from her career as a botanist. Her turnings and carvings are in
major collections around the globe and have been included in
museum and gallery exhibitions, as well as featured in books,
magazines and catalog covers.

Andy Buck & Michael Hosaluk   
Tuition: $715  ARAC Actual Cost: $915  Studio Fee: $100
Code: W0818  Enrollment Limit 18

SKILL LEVEL: Levels I - II (Minimum Skill Level I) – See page 35
for skill level descriptions.

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FACULTY:  Andy Buck is an artist/craftsman who lives and
works in upstate New York. A graduate of RISD (MFA, 1993)
and Virginia Commonwealth University (BA, 1987), his work
brings together traditional craftsmanship, investigations in
form, and richly painted surfaces. An active maker for more
than 15 years, Buck has presented his work in over 100
exhibitions in galleries and museums around the country
and abroad. He’s taught classes around the country including Anderson Ranch, Haystack Mountain School, Penland
School, Peter’s Valley, and Oregon College of Art & Craft. He
is currently an associate professor at Rochester Institute of
Technology. www.andybuck.com

Michael Hosaluk is a founding member of the American Association of Woodturners, the Furniture Society and the Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild. His 2002 book, Scratching
the Surface, (Guil d Publications) explores contemporary wood
design. He lectures and exhibits his work internationally.

CORE
class

July 27 - 31

Woodturning Fundamentals:

spindles, bowls and more
Jennifer Shirley   

Tuition: $745  ARAC Actual Cost: $945  Studio Fee: $85
Code: W0920  Enrollment Limit 8

Jennifer Shirley, Fiesta Platter 

CONCEPT: This workshop is designed for the beginner as well
as turners with some experience who wish to improve their
technique. Students will gain a solid foundation of skills and
techniques combined with an emphasis on pleasing forms
and design elements. Each student will learn techniques that
can be used to make a variety of fun projects. Starting with
between center spindle work, students will move into the
exciting world of face plate work and learn the skills needed
to create bowls and platters. At the end of the class, students
will take home a variety of finished objects.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Green wood and kiln-dried wood.
Woodturning techniques such as: tool selection, sharpening,
cutting and scraping with bowl and spindle gouges, mounting
methods, wood selection, and design considerations; texturing, woodburning, simple carving, coloring, and other finishing techniques.
ACTIVITIES:  Each day will include short demonstrations and
hands-on instruction. There will be plenty of time to practice
new techniques. Each day will build upon the lessons learned
in previous sessions. There will be an emphasis on safety,
individual attention and hands-on time.

Michael Mocho, Tripod Bowl (detail)

ACTIVITIES:  Each day offers a series of demonstrations,
short exercises, open turning time and plenty of one-on-one
instruction, allowing students to experience a wide spectrum
of turning applications.

SKILL LEVEL: Open to All – Any skill/knowledge level.

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Wood and paint. Pyrography; power
carving; texturing with pyrography and power carvers;
scorching techniques; art marker coloring techniques for
wood surfaces; acrylic paint techniques; digital photography;
and wood turning.

Jam Session:a free-for-all bonanza

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Green and dry wood; spindle and faceplate (bowl) turning techniques.

ACTIVITIES: Free form creating through exploration in wood as
a material and process-driven exploration of individual ideas.

Andi Wolfe, When I Let Go to What I Am, I Become What I Might Be 

July 20 - 24

CONCEPT:  You may have learned the hard way that without
a real understanding of all the variables and forces involved
with holding a tool up to a spinning piece of wood, the lathe
can be very frustrating and confusing. Why struggle and miss
out on the delights and amazing creative potential that turning has to offer? In this class, students will quickly develop
the critical “feel” and awareness for what the right tool properly sharpened and used in the right manner can accomplish
with ease. Regardless of your experience, this class is for
students who would like to become more comfortable at the
lathe and take full advantage of the creative capabilities that
effective turning offers.

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Wood and found objects. Traditional
and non-traditional woodworking and woodturning techniques; finishing techniques.

SKILL LEVEL: Levels I - II (Minimum Skill Level I) – See page 35
for skill level descriptions.

Andy Buck, Spot Table (detail)

Michael Hosaluk, Scribble

CONCEPT: Michael Hosaluk, pioneer of the Emma Lake International Collaboration, and friend Andy Buck will engage participants in a three-dimensional jam session, bringing together
the wood shop and turning studios. Participants can expect
an open and sharing environment with no defined project, no
hard and fast rules. Instead, the class is collaborative. Everyone is both student and teacher, including the workshop leaders; expect an open format where exchange occurs. This will
be an investigation of personal expression into object making
and will encourage participants to share, create and develop
ideas through engaging with the material. Furniture/woodturning skills will not be necessary since we will be inventing
and devising alternate/new methods of construction. Having
fun and developing new ideas will be the focus of this oneweek extravaganza.

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FACULTY:  Jennifer Shirley has been working with wood
for 13 years and woodturning for 10. Her work has been
shown in several national publications and is in many private collections. She is a frequent demonstrator at regional
woodturning clubs and symposiums around the country.
www.jennifer-shirley.com