This year's featured demonstrators are:
Dirk Boelman
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Dirk has been hooked on scroll sawing since the
very first project he cut out in 1987. Drawing patterns has always seemed to
come natural for him, and he says he is fortunate to have found his niche in
life. He has been referred to as "today's most talented and productive
designer and developer of fine scroll saw fretwork patterns". Dirk's work
appears in numerous books, magazines, and other publications across the globe.
He continues to promote scroll sawing in every imaginable way, working with the
newest and most innovative techniques, tools and materials...and constantly
creates new patterns and projects to challenge us all!
www.theartfactory.com Demonstrations by Dirk Boelman Coming soon! |
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David Lunin
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Furniture has always been the center of David J.
Lunin's work life. For 23 years he has designed, created, restored, conserved
and/or repaired both fine furniture and antiques. He founded his own business,
David J Lunin Furniture Maker, 11 years ago, where his creativity took flower
in an innovative collection of his own designs, known as the Surreal
Collection. www.djlfurnituremaker.com Demonstrations by David Lunin Coming soon! |
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Mary May
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Mary May is professional woodcarver located in Charleston, SC. She has been carving for over 20 years, and after all those
years, still loves her job. Mary's education started in Minneapolis, where she studied with master woodcarver, Konstantinos Papadakis. After working
and studying with him for 3 years, she pursued opportunities to study in Greece, England, and Malaysia acquiring knowledge from a variety of master
carvers from around the world. Her work has evolved over the years from being mainly shop-focused and completing carvings that go on custom furniture,
fireplaces, sculptures, and antique furniture reproductions to a variety of opportunities to share her work through teaching. www.marymaycarving.com Demonstrations by Mary May Coming soon! |
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Ron Herman
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Ron runs Antiquity Builders of Ohio in Columbus, OH. He is a traditional House Wright building homes in the traditional ways
using traditional tools and techniques of carpenters and cabinet makers. Though power tools are available to him he prefers hand tools as a
more convenient and quicker tool to use. Ron has made DVDs on sharpening your handsaws and a joinery challenge that deals with all the kinds of joinery used in woodworking. www.popularwoodworking.com Demonstrations by Ron Herman Coming soon! |
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Rick Butz
| Rick Butz, host of the popular Public Television series Woodcarving with Rick Butz, has introduced thousands to the
joys of carving wood. A carver with more than thirty years of experience, Rick enjoys working with hand tools using centuries old techniques.
His work appears in private collections around the world. He has written seven books on carving including How to Carve Wood, which has been translated into German and Dutch language editions. In 2004 Rick was honored to be named Woodcarver of the Year by Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine. Rick lives with his wife, Ellen, in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Demonstrations by Rick Butz Coming soon! |
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