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Lectures by national speakers begin at 8:00 PM. Pre-meeting displays begin at 7:00 PM (see Pre-Meeting Displays for information on bringing items to display before the lecture). Unless otherwise specified, lectures are held at Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College.
After
working years in the field of building, Mark was approached and asked if he
would consider teaching woodworking to high school students. Eighteen years later he continues to
teach at a rural high school and enjoys it. Thru the years, along with some very
caring contributors, Mark and his students have built up a virtually empty shop
into a fine woodworking facility.
It is set up for a full range of carpentry & cabinetmaking along with
woodturning and carving.
As
an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Blue Ridge Woodturners Club in Virginia, Mark
has served as vice-president, president & activities coordinator along with
hosting their club meetings at the high school shop on a monthly basis. He is also a member of the American
Association of Woodturners where he has served as a member of the board of
directors. Several years ago the
AAW produced a “Skill Building Projects” video featuring some of Mark’s teaching
techniques.
Mark
has been an active demonstrator and workshop leader for turning clubs, along
with demonstrating at many regional and national symposiums. He is currently on the faculty list of
Arrowmont School of the Arts in Tennessee, Appalachian Center for Craft in
Tennessee, Peters Valley Craft
Center in New Jersey, and the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.
Mark also finds satisfaction in teaching woodturning courses for a local
college. His work has been shown at
many venues and is in private collections.
Workshop Registration
Jeff
Headley is a fourth generation cabinetmaker running the family business, Mack S
Headley & Sons in Virginia.
Jeff works with his partner Steve Hamilton, and his nephew, Eric
Hamilton. Jeff’s brother, Mac
Headley, is the master cabinetmaker at Colonial Williamsburg. Jeff has been building American
reproduction pieces for over 35 years.
Among his many customers, he has built furniture pieces for many museums
including the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Mount Vernon, and the National
Park Service. Jeff was commissioned
by the White House to do reproduction work – when you see the President with
visiting statesmen in blue striped fabric chairs on the evening news – Jeff’s
shop made those. He also was
commissioned to make reproduction cornices and furniture for the Lincoln
Bedroom.
Jeff
has also worked in the capacity of instructor and consultant to many different
organizations, and is now offering classes at his shop for techniques in
reproducing American period furniture.
His work has been shown in the Society of American Period Furniture
Makers exhibit at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia.
Jeff
lives with his wife Susan in Clarke County, VA, along with family dogs and
casts, and raises a small herd of beef cattle.
Jeff
says he is trying to keep alive and American tradition in furniture making.
Jeff’s
workshop will focus on how to do maintain the look of traditional joinery using
both hand tools and modern power tools.
His philosophy is that yes, traditional methods must be maintained, but
his shop also has to make a family living.
He will demonstrate how to do traditional joinery with modern and older
hand tools, without sacrificing quality.
Workshop Registration
Ernie
Conover: Lecture Nov. 20, Workshop
Nov. 21 & 22
Ernie
Conover is a highly published author in the woodworking field with seven books,
four videos and hundreds of articles to his credit. His work has received
numerous awards and been the subject of several one-man shows. He lectures
widely for clubs, trade show groups and woodworking stores and is frequently
called upon as a consultant and expert witness in the woodworking field. When
not writing, lecturing or consulting he is active in providing academic
oversight and teaching at Conover Workshops—a craft school founded by the
Conover family.
Ernie
Conover's Latest Book, Woodworker’s Guide to Dovetails, Is Now Available. In
February 2008 Ernie began work on this book of photoessays, which gives about
equal coverage to hand cutting and machine cutting of this classic
joint.
Rob Lee: Lecture Jan. 15, 2010, Tool Fair Jan. 16
Veritas® Tools Inc.,
based in Ottawa, Canada, is a world leader in woodworking tool design innovation
and is the manufacturing arm of Lee Valley Tools Ltd., a leading North American
retailer of fine tools. Lee Valley Tools, established in Canada in 1978, began
designing and manufacturing its own woodworking tools in 1982. Lee Valley
Manufacturing Ltd. incorporated in 1985 and later became Veritas® Tools
Inc.
Today,
with 200 products, and 80 patents, and another 40 pending, in lines that include
woodworking planes, sharpening equipment, marking and measuring tools, router
tables, drilling accessories, and more, we have become a leader in product
development to meet the needs of discerning woodworkers.
Our research and development team of engineers, industrial designers, and graphic designers, along with a modern manufacturing and packaging facility, provide dealers, distributors, and retailers around the world with Veritas® products.
Al
Stirt has been a professional woodturner for more than 30 years. His work is
included in numerous public and private collections, including the Smithsonian,
the White House, the Museum of Art and Design, and the Victoria and Albert
Museum. He has demonstrated and taught about woodturning & design in
England, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada as well as throughout the U.S. In 1997
the American Association of Woodturners awarded him an Honorary Lifetime
Membership for his commitment and contributions to the field of
woodturning.
In
additional to his functional bowls and platters, for the last 20 years he has
been making ceremonial objects to try to address emotional & spiritual
needs.
Marc
Adams: Lecture March 12, Workshop
March 13
Marc
Adams has been a woodworking professional for more than 27 years. In 1991, he became the technical
consultant to the WWPA, AFPA, AHEC and the U.S. Government, representing the
United States on International Quality of Furniture Making. His work has appeared in “Design Book
Six” and “Design Book Seven.”
His
shop was featured in “The Workshop” by the Taunton Press, as well as many other
national publications, including being featured on the front cover of “Woodshop
News”. He currently has a 7-part
Safety Series that is being featured in Popular Woodworking Magazine. He has worked with the EPA in Washington
on current wood-working issues, and has been a panel commentator at the
prestigious International Woodworking Fair.
Marc specializes in veneering,
carving, and joinery. He has won
the Indiana Artist/Craftsman of the year award three times and periodically does
TV ad radio talk shows on woodworking topics. He co-authored a book “Working With
Plastic Laminates” and currently consults for both the laminate and adhesive
industries. His “Technical
Technique” video series is the largest-selling video series in the history of
woodworking, and was recently awarded four “Telly” awards. Marc Lectures nationally for
universities, guilds, and does “Train the Trainer” programs for most of today’s
biggest tool manufacturers. In
1998, he was chosen as one of Indiana’s Top 40 under 40 in the local business
community.
Greg
Johnson: Lecture April 16, Workshop April 17
Greg
Johnson has been in the furniture trade for 36 years, starting at age 13 in his
father’s cabinet making and restoration shop in Maryland. After completing a two-year furniture
program at the Worcester Center for Crafts, he worked with his brother Tom in
Boston, building and restoring furniture.
During this time, Greg found his niche in wood finishing. In 1989, he started working as a
finisher for designer Wendell Castle in Scottsville, NY. In 1999, he took a management position
running the finishing department at a new production company Wendell Castle
started called Icon Design LLC. IN
early 2005, Greg went into his own business full time, Johnson Furniture
Restoration, where he offers a full range of services including restoration,
conservation, and custom finishing.
Greg has written for “Fine Woodworking”, and “Woodshop News” and has
taught dozens of wood finishing workshops.
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