Dec 2007 Meeting

Gary Nagel and Cliff Rime brought in their bowls that were turned for the Washington Street Project. Ron Day also had a couple of bowls for the project which he finished with wipe-on Poly.

Earl Setterlund showed four vases turned from Spalted Aspen and a laser pointer he adapted to his Trent Bosch hollowing tool.

Dennis Schwind showed a Walnut winged vase which he learned to turn from a demonstration at the AAW Symposium at Portland in June.

Duey Marthaller showed some photos of turnings by Weldee Baetsch and painted by Alice Berning.

Jim Fine showed a vase of Spalted Birch turned by Duncan Warren. There were some soft spots which he reinforced with CA glue and then finished with Polyurethane.

Alice Berning had some samples of bowls she painted. She will be demonstrating how the bowls were decorated during today's demonstration. Alice also brought in a Santa's Sleigh which she was commissioned to paint for Weldee Baetsch.

The painting of the Santa's Sleigh was commissioned by Weldee Baetsch.


Samples of bowls that Alice has painted.

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TECH TALK

Duey Marthaller had a presentation on mounting a log for a natural edged explaining the procedures to get a uniform and even edge on the bowl.

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DEMONSTRATION

Alice Berning presented an excellent program on painting. Alice does a little turning but her first love is painting, especially Rosemaling. She enjoys the challenges and varied possibilities presented by turned objects.

Alice started the presentation explaining the use of pens. There are numerous types of pens available from Sharpie markers and felt tipped markers to special highlighting and calligraphy pens. These can be used to trace patterns, highlight painted areas, shading or coloring a design on the piece. Highlighted can be achieved by using gold pens or fine brushes.

When painting she suggests Acrylic paints which are then coated with Acrylic varnish to protect the paint. Paint can be applied by brush or the use of a sponge. The area being painted should be taped off. Painters tape can be used or a special artists tape which will stretch to avoid paint seeping under the tape. When using a sponge Alice suggests dabbing off the extra paint from the sponge on a paper towel. It is also important to wet the sponge squeezing out excess water before applying paint to the sponge. Patterns will vary depending on the size of the holes in the sponge. Alice uses the sponge technique mainly for borders.

Patterns can be transferred to the piece by using stencils. Patterns can be traced on tracing paper and then transferred to the project by tracing on graphite transfer paper. You can use a dried up Sharpie or Micron pen to trace the pattern. Alice cautioned against using carbon paper as it will smudge.

Alice also explained the procedures for producing a crackled finish. A base coat of Acrylic paint such as gold needs to be applied first and let to dry. Then a coat of hide glue is applied, being very careful not to overlap, which needs to dry overnight. Once the hide glue is dried a top coat of Acrylic paint is applied in a contrasting color to the base coat.

Alice said there are many other painting and decorating techniques which she did not have time to cover. She also said that supplies are readily available locally from Wal Mart, Hobby Lobby, Jo Ann's Fabrics and one of her favorite sources is "Isle 36" at Menard's.


Alice explains the use of various pens	Sponges can be used to achieve different effects	Patterns can be achieved by putting paint on the surface and then dabbing with a wrinkled piece of plastic wrap.	The group takes a closer look at various examples of Alice's work. She explained how she developed each effect.

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Written by Dennis Schwind - Photography by Spud Gruman and Dennis Schwind Last update - 04/06/2008