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San Diego Woodturners Page 10 March 2013 Michael Hosaluk Class by Karen Freitas There were only 4 lucky people who opted to take Michael Hosaluk’s three day class this month. I was afraid people who hadn’t heard of him would hesitate taking his class since he is more known for his unique artistic approach to woodturning since the class was before his demonstration. I was right and so the four of us got some extra attention and now I can tell you all about it. On Wednesday, we started the class at 9 am but of course I was preparing a few days earlier by cutting wood into prescribed lengths and widths. Ron Hoyt, Eric Freedus, Jeff Neff and I were taking the class and we had the ever popular Pete Campbell as our assistant. Pete made Mike’s and my day so much easier by cutting all the wood we needed to and it ended up being the size of a golf ball instead of a baseball but it was round (mostly). He moved on to a spinning top and then a spatula. I really liked the spatula and made several using the skew which was interesting. I now feel much more comfortable using a skew to cut something. That is the best part about classes is having the help to figure out what you’re doing wrong with a tool. I learned how I picked up Michael and his lovely wife Marilyn from the airport on Monday night and brought them to my house. Michael already had a full day demonstration planned for Tuesday at the Art Department of San Diego State University. While he spent the day turning and talking, Marilyn and I spent the day at the San Diego Zoo animal and people watching. be able to make so many great projects. Michael started with a turned ball and we all tried to make the same thing. He made the ball in like 5 minutes, I swear. It took me about an hour (Continued on page 11)
San Diego Woodturners Page 11 March 2013 (Class - continued from page 10) to turn a ball, pound some dents or designs into the ball, sand it down and add water. Guess what happens All those dents you made come right back up and it will amaze your friends. Next, Michael decided to try making a bracelet that would bend. He had never made one before so it became a learning and teaching lesson. It didn’t take long for all of us to be making several bracelets and then we got to decorate them. We tried to figure out what size would fit most women and it didn’t take long to get a few different sizes for different sized women. I used my Master Carver with a couple different tips to make some designs and them I added some color. There are so many possibilities. The next day, we started on an end grain box long box. Where’s Allen Brooks when I need him We made a long box out of poplar that was cut at different angles and glued back together into a different form. It was the first time I had used a hook tool to hollow with and I really was impressed with the ease of use. I found out I was using it wrong when I tried a ring tool and scared myself half to death. Imagine that… using a tool wrong Michael made a form that I am now finishing and I will put it in the raffle or silent auction later this year. By the way I had Michael sign it and so now it’s a collaborative art piece! The last day, we spent most of it using all the different Milk Paints, Transparent dyes and lots of different carving burrs and wood burners. There are so many ways to change a plain piece of wood into something spectacular with some decorations. After the demo, Michael and Marilyn moved onto the Arizona Symposium and spent some time with family there. That was the main reason we couldn’t have the classes after the demo instead of before. They wanted to spend a few days with family before the next big demonstration. If there is enough good response we may be able to get him back out here since I believe he is doing a demo in Los Angeles next year. He won’t do a demo but we may get him for another class that hopefully would fill up.
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