Graeme Priddle and Melissa Engler @ FLWT

Graeme Priddle and Melissa Engler @ FLWT

Materials - Madrone, Acrylic Paint, Milk Paint, Gilder's Paste. Dimensions - 8" dia x 2.5" h.

Finger Lakes Woodturners is thrilled to host Graeme Priddle and Melissa Engler in Rochester, New York on October 12-13 2024. Their visit features an all day demonstration on Saturday, October 12, and a one-day workshop on Sunday, October 13.

Graeme Priddle has over 30 years experience in the woodworking field, best known for his sculptural turnings/carvings reflecting his life and environments in Northland, New Zealand. He has won numerous awards for his work, which has been exhibited widely in New Zealand, UK, Japan, Taiwan, France, Germany, U.S.A and Canada.

He is very active in the wood turning world and commits his time and talent to many creative endeavors.  He has served on the committee of the New Zealand National Association of Woodturners for five years as well as being instrumental in establishing the New Zealand ‘CollaboratioNZ’ Conferences in 1998.

And for the last 20 years has demonstrated and taught for numerous woodworking and woodturning groups and at many woodworking events throughout the world.

Melissa Engler is a woodworker/sculptor based in Asheville, NC. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in sculpture from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and is a graduate of the Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Program in furniture. Melissa’s work has been featured in Carolina Home + Garden, WNC Magazine, Woodwork Magazine and American Craft and is held in private collections across the US. She teaches nationally and internationally with her partner and fellow wood-sculptor Graeme Priddle.

Graeme and Melissa currently work at Grovewood Studios in Asheville and are represented by Grovewood Gallery (NC), Penland Gallery (NC), Green Hill Center for Art (NC), and The Gallery at Flat Rock (NC)

 

Blood & Keratin Walnut, acrylic & milk paints

Saturday, October 12, 2024
All-Day Demonstration

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
St. Michaels Woodshop

Surface, Surface! Graeme & Melissa, two full-time wood artists with a combined 40 years of expertise, will delve into the essentials of design and creativity. Discover how to generate unique ideas for embellishing and personalizing your woodturning projects. Learn about the best practices for wood selection and preparation, as well as tool selection, sharpening, and safety. Witness a variety of surface embellishment techniques, including rotary carving, woodburning, and tip making. They will also cover the application of acrylic and milk paints, paste waxes, and finishing techniques, ensuring your projects are both beautiful and durable.

Join us for an inspiring and educational experience, where craftsmanship meets creativity.

Details Price Qty
Saturday Demo (Bring Your Lunch) $40.00 USD  

Workshop
October 13
Workshop held at St. Michael's Woodshop

Workshop
Sunday  October 13th 2024
9am – 4pm
$125
Bring your own lunch

Graeme & Melissa will guide you through the fundamentals of design, influence, and a wide range of surface embellishment techniques. With their expertise, you'll be able to tailor your projects to suit your individual ideas, skill levels, and tool kits.

Bring your pre-turned pieces or test boards to practice on, and finish them if time permits. This class will cover:

  • Design and influence to any depth you desire
  • Generating ideas to decorate and personalize your turnings
  • Wood selection, preparation, and drying
  • Rotary carving, woodburning, and tip making
  • Application of acrylic and milk paints, paste waxes, and finishing techniques
  • Tool selection, sharpening, and safety

Join us for a comprehensive and creative experience!

Everything you need will be provided. After registration we will send a list of optional items you may choose to bring, including your own pre-turned pieces for the workshop.

Details Price Qty
Sunday Workshop includes Materials Fee (Bring Your Lunch) $125.00 USD  

 

Special Note on Wait Lists: Once a workshop sells out, the only option will be to join a wait list. The wait lists are for each individual event. Thus, if you want to be on a wait list for Sunday and Monday, you need to join BOTH wait lists.

 

 

 

About the St. Michael's Facility

Finger Lakes Woodturners runs workshops at St. Michaels Woodshop, 691 St. Paul St., Rochester, NY, a not-for-profit organization that offers life skills to urban youth through the art of woodworking. The skills and character traits the students develop at St. Michael’s give them a sense of self-worth and helps them establish habits essential to productive living. Several of our members volunteer at St. Michael's to teach woodturning skills to the students.

We are thrilled to have a location to set up our ten full-size lathes, along with an assortment of chucks and turning tools, for workshops, and member-only events. The combination of the St. Michael's space and the FLWT lathes and equipment lets us present a world-class facility for woodturning training.