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Regular Chapter Meeting
Saturday, Sept 12th at 1:00 pm – Chapter meeting, educational program / demonstration at Space #201 in the Valley West Mall* (Watch your email for the notification and newsletter.) Newcomers are welcome to attend!

Richard (Swede) Mandt and his daughter, Gayle Borst will demonstrate a creative technique that combines traditional woodturning with decorative surface design. Their presentation focuses on transforming turned wooden bowls and plates into personalized works of art using decorative napkins, adhesives, and resin finishes.

They will walk through the full process, from surface preparation and applying a painted base coat, to carefully placing and sealing decorative napkin layers. A key step includes remounting the piece on the lathe after the initial resin coat to perform a final turn, creating a clean, crisp edge before completing the finish.

The process concludes with multiple resin applications to ensure a durable, high-gloss result. Along the way they’ll share practical tips, lessons learned, and best practices to help avoid common challenges like wrinkles, dull, yellowy finishes, tearing, and resin pooling.

This presentation highlights not only the artistic possibilities of mixed-media woodturning, but also the value of creating meaningful, handcrafted pieces—especially when shared as a family experience.

We’ll also have our regular Show ‘n Tell where everyone is encouraged to show a recently turned item, big or small, finished or unfinished, and share your turning experience with the members. Because our chapter is made up of a wide variety of member skill levels, Show ‘n Tell will reflect those skill levels. Consider showing some of your work and tell us what you learned while making it.