We have all gloated about the money we dropped at the symposium - much to the chagrin of those non-attendees (had to stick that it!), but now we need to hear about the demos!!! What did you attend, and what did you like best?
I will go ahead and confess - Steve and I spent most of our time in the vendor area (for some reason, an unusual amount of it at the Robust booth!) and that put us in close proximity to Dave Schweitzer (D-Way Tools) who was demoing on the Robust. I had communicated with Dave before, and had seen his work, so I was drawn to his demos.
I attended Dave's Hollow Forms and Finials session (with Steve) and I took in part of the off axis demo - had to stand in the hall and look in - not easy for a short guy! I was phenomenally impressed!! Dave took a piece of wood to a hollow form, with a finial lid, in 1.5 hours. And, the interior was as smooth as the outside, which was easily 150 grit smooth. I missed his fluting session, but wish I had done that one, too.
I also attended David Nittman's airbrush session. He did two, and I missed the first phase - wish I had attended that one, as well. The one I attended was excellent.
Also, saw the threading session (Duane Hill), and it was fair, as well as spending a few minutes in many others, including Ellsworth. Overall, I thought the sessions were of high quality, though many of them were not of interest to me.
I guess the one thing I appreciated is that both Dave and David Nittman had booths in the vendor area, as did many of the other artists that were in rotation. Folks, that is work!!! Fortunately, most of them had help, but still....a lot of work, considering most of them are doing their demo stuff in the vendor area when they are not in rotation.
So, what did you like best, and why??