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Steve,
I just bought the single pen Optima 1 system ($77) from PJL Enterprizes with HD pen cord ($12) and two bowl beading pens with extra grips that run the entire length of the pen ($31 ea.). The...

Hi John.
Happy Birthday to a terrific turner and artist!

Every time I look at the clamshell hollow form and the ogee bowl it brings back great memories of the week spent taking your class to...

That's beautiful Allan! Terrific design and shape and contrasting woods which makes the design really pop. I hope to try segmented turnings at some point. Love your work!!

In the meantime, I'm...

Beautiful bowls! Thanks guys for the suggestions. I hope I'm as successful as you all were in turning them.

Bruce

We've moved several times in the last 12 years from Ft Myers area to Nashville area and now NH where we lived for many years.

In FL our garage was cement block with no insulation. We had a...

I have a dried Norfork Island Pine bowl blank. I tried unsuccessfully searching this forum to find out how to orient the blank to accentuate the "eyes"/branch spots. I believe that I heard that if...

Scott, I had the same issues regarding humidity and cooling here in S. Florida. I have an oversize 2 car garage but did have the ceiling insulated as well when we built. I added a Mitsubishi Mr Slim...

Congratulations my friend and well deserved! Your work and artistic eye is something all of us can emulate. As your former student at Campbell Folk School earlier this year you challenged and...

Good advice Charlie and thanks.

I need to work on pic quality and composition and lighting.

Thanks for the comments Tom. At the class John brought several bowls that he did ...several of which...

After posting the pic of the profile I noticed that the pic angle made the rim look like it dropped severely. A straight-on view looks better. We had a choice of the rim style in class. I think next...

I meant to post a pic of the ogee bowl that was one of two (the other one was a hollow-form I posted before) projects we learned with Johm Keeton at Campbell School In March.
This is cherry 8" X 3...

Thanks Roger. This was a good start but with John's guiding us along the way. Now to do more and build on that.

Bruce

Here is the pic of the hollow form we learned to do with John Keeton at the John Campbell School that I mentioned earlier. Comments welcome. Thanks.

Forgot to mention that it's 6"WX 6 1/2" tall...

Thanks, David. It was a great experience in every respect at Campbell. The diversity of the courses offered is amazing....something for everyone.
I've never had any formal turning instruction and...

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and to John for posting the pic. I'll try to take a better pic and post it. The experience was fantastic and well worth it!!

Bob makes an excellent point and one that John emphasized time and time again in his class. As a relatively new turner its something I never really thought much about but it makes sense..especially...

Thanks for the compliment Roger. I was astounded that I could produce such a nice turning given my experience. I'll try to figure out how to post a pix of it in the next few days.
Your right about...

Before seeing this thread I posted a message about my experience at a recent week-long course that John taught. What I found by reading and could relate to about the comments here is the challenge of...

I had the pleasure of attending the Campbell Folk Art School earlier this month in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in N.C. Even better was the opportunity to have John Keeton as our...

And in #1 it looks like the wolf is smoking a pipe. Very nice. Merry Christmas!

Congratulations, John!!
I had the pleasure to meet John at the Arts Center in Berea and to see his work at the same time in early October. The pictures we've all seen of his work are terrific but...

What an honor! Congratulations, John. You're work is exquisite and this piece is "over the top"!!
If anyone has the opportunity to visit the Artisan Gallery in Berea, it's one of the best galleries...

Steve, glad you and John and wives had a great time and that Sharon and I had a chance to meet you and John at the gallery in Berea. John's work on display there was outstanding! We also saw his work...

Thanks, Perry, Alec & Mark for the info. and suggestions and response.
Bruce

Perry, Appreciate the information on Groveland and will definitely make it a point to go there. Your offer for the tickets is very generous but we're not sure if we'll be there on those dates so...