The 2007 Symposium of the AAW

The 21st Annual National AAW Symposium
Date: Friday June 29 - Sunday July 1, 2007
Portland, Oregon - Oregon Convention Center

• Keynote Address by Kevin Wallace - click here for the Word file and here for the PDF version
• Binh Pho's tribute to Frank Sudol - click here for the Word file and here for a PDF version
• Frank Sudol/Binh Pho collaboration piece description - Word file and PDF version
• Click on this link for a short video - Binh Pho's tribute to Frank Sudol
• And click on this link to view the complete 13 minute Frank Sudol tribute
• Photo and Video Gallery
• Japanese Bowls - A Western Perspective (1.2MB pdf) - Click here to purchase a catalog copy
• Turning Green - An International Juried Exhibition of Woodturning (5.8MB pdf) - Click here to purchase a catalog copy
• List of Volunteers - Please let us know if we have missed any volunteers. With over 20 committees and so many people stepping up to help from all directions, we may have missed a few who deserve recognition. So, if you spot an omission, please help us correct it.
• Live Auction benefiting EOG program - click here for a list of donors and auction results (thank you!)
• List of Youth Program Donors (thank you!) - click here for information

• 25 brand new turning stations for the Youth Program
  

Two 3-hour sessions are scheduled for Friday (6/29) and six 90-minute project sessions are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The $75 registration fee will be waived for youth turners ages 10 through 17 when accompanied by a registered adult AAW member. Click here to read more about this program and to access the Youth Registration forms.

AAW chapters in the Portland area have selected the Doernbecher Children's Hospital as the recipient of the Return To The Community gifts this year. Doernbecher Children's Hospital cares for youngsters from all over the Pacific Northwest and is an excellent facility.  It is another one of those hospitals that is bursting at the seams with patients. The age of the patients run from neo-natal to teenagers. If you have an opportunity to visit the hospital while in Portland, you will find it a very cheerful, but sobering experience. Any toy that kids can play with, turned or otherwise, will be gratefully appreciated. Suggestions include finger tops, pull string tops, toy cars and trucks, as well as rattles for the little ones, but we are certain that the ingenuity of AAW members will produce some inventive toys. The Pacific Northwest chapters of AAW wish to thank all woodturners in advance for the work that they will be contributing to the hospital for the use and enjoyment of the children, and look forward to being the local hosts for the upcoming Symposium. 

Friday morning will start with opening remarks at 8:00 a.m., followed by demonstrations given on a rotational basis for three days by international, national, regional, and local talent. Demonstrations end at 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Details TBD.

If you are a demonstrator or assistant, and have a question about the facility or resources available to you, please contact the Symposium coordinator - Jerry Kuc or Gail Olmsted by email or by phone at this number: (630) 416-3030.

John Jordon Lecture, Friday evening, sponsored by Oregon College of Art and Craft

Trade Show:
40 leading manufacturers and suppliers will display tools, equipment, and supplies of interest to woodturners at the 2007 Symposium. The Trade Show is open to the public at no charge.

Vendors:
Vendors who are interested in participating or who have a question are requested to contact our Symposium coordinator - Carol E. Kuc by email or by phone at this number: (630) 416-3030.

Vendor List for 2007 - Click here

This wonderful tradition of past symposiums is open to all attendees. Please bring up to three of your own turned creations to share with others. Limited vertical wall display space will once again be provided, so don't hesitate to bring your wall-mounted turnings. The gallery will be open to the public and the community, as well as to symposium participants - displaying more than 600 pieces.

A bulletin board is available for people to post messages. Also a photo wall-anyone is welcome to bring pictures of interesting or humorous lathes, jigs, tips, or turnings. Also, bring copies of your chapter newsletter to share.

• Annual Banquet and Auctions - The AAW raised a record setting $90,636 for the educational fund in 2006. Well over 100 pieces were donated and auctioned.
• 2007 Chapter Collaborative Challenge - click here for a re-print from the Fall AW Journal
• Turning Green Juried Exhibition - click on this link for more information
• Japanese Bowls: A Western Perspective - display will be at the Lloyd Center (Symposium site)
• Four Urushi Artists - to be exhibited at the Symposium site
• reTURN to the Land of Oz - at the World Forestry Center
• POP Merit Award Perspective
• Portland SIN (Special Interest Night): Demonstrator rooms open to Special Interest Groups on Friday night. Email Angelo Iafrate if you need a room for your group. Click here to see a list of special interest groups that have been formed so far.

Click here for information on three different packaged tour options

Thursday June 28, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Registration/Check in - Oregon Convention Center (Registration also on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 7:45 am).

Saturday June 30, 5:30 pm to 6:00 PM - Social Hour, followed by the Banquet/Auction at 7:30 PM at the Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Ballroom, 777 NE MLK JR Blvd, Portland OR 97232
Ph: 503-235-7575

Friday-Sunday: Rotational Demonstrations, Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Air Travel: Northwest Airlines discounts available (code NYUYL)

Hotels: Ask for the American Association of Woodturners rate to receive our special rates. Be sure to reserve your room early.

Host Hotel: DoubleTree, 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland OR 97232 - FULLY BOOKED.

Red Lion, 1021 NE Grand Ave, Portland OR 97232 - FULLY BOOKED.

Courtyard by Marriott Portland - Lloyd Center, 435 NE Wasco, Portland OR 97232
(503) 234-3200ph, (503) 234-1836fax, standard Rate is: $109.00. Click here to view the hotel's flier.

Public Transportation: It's about a six block walk from the DoubleTree hotel (Lloyd Center) to the Oregon Convention Center. Click here for a route map for the MAX Light Rail System. The light rail Blue and Red Lines run every 15 minutes or so, connecting the DoubleTree (Lloyd Center) and Convention Center. All Light Rail trips that begin and end within these boundaries, as well as most of the Downtown Portland area are free.

Local Parking: The Convention Center offers 800 parking spaces in the garage's two levels. The maximum daily rate to park at the Convention Center is $8. 

Campgrounds: Click here for information on Portland area campgrounds. And click here for a listing of Oregon RV parks.

• Read Sherry Hockenbery's comprehensive Visiting Portland guide by clicking here.
• Check out this site for lists of things to do and see while in the Portland area. And click here for several Portland area maps.

Final grid is now available by clicking here (small one-page version)

Click here for the final grid in a three-page printer friendly version (easier to read)

And click here for a note on our demonstration videography plans

42 Demonstrators - 144 Rotations !

Demonstrator	From	Subjects
Dave Barriger	Florida	- ABC's of Natural Edge Bowls - Natural Edge Bowls
Trent Bosch	Colorado	- Sculpting on Turnings - Vessels of Illusion - Decorative Utility Bowls
Dave Bowers	Ohio	- Carved Surfaces, Getting Started - Carved Surfaces, Design & Execution
Michael Brolly	Massachusetts	- Turning Heads - Thoughts on Design
Christian Burchard	Oregon	- Creativity and the Marketplace - Decorated Spherical Vessels - Madrone Baskets & Hollow Forms - Turning a basic Sphere
Jimmy Clewes	UK	- Lidded Box/Moroccan Finial - Coloured Platter - Oriental Lidded Box
Tom Crabb	Virginia	- Cube on the Bias - Natural Edge Hollow Form on Bias - Turning the Pod Form
Kirk DeHeer	Utah	- Sharpening
Don Derry	Washington	- Ornaments for Fun and Profit - Hollow Form Turning Made Easy
David Ellsworth	Pennsylvania	- A Career in Woodturning - A critics' Perspective
Bob Espen	Washington	- Twisted Boxes
Russ Fairfield	Idaho	- The Closed-End Pen - The Collector's Pen
Melvyn Firmager	UK	- Sea Flower Form - Hollow Form: Side-Grain Turning - Hollow Form: End-Grain Turning
Giles Gilson	New York	- A Conversation...
Terry Golbeck	Canada	- Hand Turned Duplication
Keith Gotschall	Colorado	- Off Center Turning on Platters - Delicate Bowl with Beaded Details
Reed Gray	Oregon	- Bowl Coring Systems
Barrie Harding	Florida	- Star Segmented Spherical Ornaments
Stephen Hogbin	Canada	- A Conversation...
Fred Holder	Washington	- Hand-Thread Chasing - Wine Bottle Stoppers
Mike Jackofsky	California	- Mechanics of Hollow Turning - Natural Edge Hollow Forms
Lyle Jamieson	Michigan	- Thin Walled Goblets the Easy Way
John Jordan	Tennessee	- Q&A...
Ryozo Kawakita	Japan	- Fuki-urushi (rubbing technique) - Japanese-style soup bowl
Jerry Kermode	California	- Turning the Buck - Natural Edge Bowl with a Stitch
Alan Lacer	Wisconsin	- Basic Lidded Box - Befriending the Skew
Phil Lapp	Oregon	- Multi-axis Handled Vessels
Dale Larson	Oregon	- From Tree to Bowl - Turning Pacific Madrone
Art Liestman	Canada	- Explore Surface Enhancements - Deal with Form
Mark Lindquist	Florida	- A Conversation...
Bill Luce	Washington	- Strategies/Personal Pursuit of Form
Jon Magill	Washington	- Using the Rose Engine Lathe - Build a Rose Engine Lathe
Alain Mailland	France	- Off Center Turning - Inspiration, Visualization, Realization - Turning and Carving a Tree
Bill Moore	Oregon	- Metal Spinning
Linda Salter	California	- Segmented Design - Segmented Construction - Advanced Segments
Yasuhinari Sataka	Japan	- Fuki-urushi (rubbing technique) - Japanese-style soup bowl
Mark Sfirri	Pennsylvania	- Multi Axis Spindle - Spindle Turning Basics - Professionalism
Al Stirt	Vermont	- Turned & Carved Square Platter - Sgraffito Platter - Bowl Turning: Balancing the Grain
Linda Van Gehuchten	Pennsylvania	- Natural Edge Angel - Nativity Scene
Michael Werner	Washington	- Go Off Center - Inside Out and Split Turning
Molly Winton	Washington	- Surface Enhancement - Making/Using Homemade Brands

If you have any questions or changes with your registration
contact the AAW office at (651) 484-9094
OR via email: inquiries@woodturner.org

Please do NOT send email to the webmaster about registration problems. He won't be able to resolve the problem and it will just make him cranky.

Andrew Glasgow keynote address (PDF)
Mary Lacer's acceptance speech - everyone should read this!
Photo Gallery - click here
Click here for a list of all those who volunteered their time
Chapter Challenge and Youth Program winners - Click here for list
Individuals and companies who donated items for the Live & Silent Auctions - $90,636 raised !
Companies who donated door and Youth Program prizes - click here
Winners list - lathes, gift certificates, etc