Category Archives: General News
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“From the Earth”
Posted on February 10, 2013 by ppwoodturners in General News.Several PPW members exhibited work in the juried show, ‘From the Earth’ at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Palmer Lake. Club friend and former member Dale Scott took first place for wood art and Vinny Luciani was awarded second place. The show also included ceramics, paintings, and furniture. Dr. Bob’s Boxelder vessels [...]
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September is Bowl Month
Posted on September 2, 2012 by ppwoodturners in General News.Our club members have pledged over a hundred bowls to the 2012 Empty Bowl fundraiser for Tri-Lakes Cares. These are usually turned in at the September meeting, which has been cancelled because of flood damage at the Business of Art Center in Manitou. Here are some options for getting bowls to the fundraiser: 1) Bring [...]
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WANTED: Empty Bowls
Posted on July 13, 2012 by ppwoodturners in General News.Since 2008, the Pikes Peak Woodturners have donated wooden bowls to the Empty Bowl Fundraiser for Tri-Lakes Cares. It is not unusual to find a woodturning club joining with potters to raise funds for food pantries around the country. Our commitment runs a little deeper because one of our members, Dr. Bob Gibbs, is a [...]
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Fire shakes woodturning club
Posted on July 13, 2012 by ppwoodturners in General News.The Waldo Canyon fire burned down the house of one of our mentors, Papa Joe Aquila. He was able to evacuate with just a few minutes to spare, and lost all of his woodturning equipment, and many of the wonderful toys he has made over the years. The house was across the street from the [...]
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Start the summer with color and fire!
Posted on May 9, 2012 by ppwoodturners in General News, Uncategorized.Nick Agar will be here from England for an all-day demonstration of surface design ideas for woodturners on Saturday, June 2nd. The club will follow up this day of inspiration with a hands-on color and pyrography session at the regular June meeting, Wednesday, June 6th. The Demonstration is $25 (including lunch); the club meeting is [...]
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New website is under way!
Posted on January 29, 2012 by ppwoodturners in General News.If you tried to visit the PPW website in the last couple of days, you would have noticed that it was offline. Then it went to a pretty generic template that didn’t even mention the PPW. After a couple of days worth of tinkering, it is starting to take shape. There are a lot more [...]
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