American Woodturner

The award-winning American Woodturner journal is a premier benefit of membership in the AAW. Published bimonthly, it offers inspiration, education, information, and organization to members of the woodturning community and those who aspire to turn wood. The publication serves amateur and professional woodturners, broadly ranging in age, skill level, and interests, and seeks to attract more youth and women members. Its content encompasses all woodturning-related information, and includes instructional material, feature stories, process articles, artist retrospectives, and profiles of innovative turners.

Features Inside the April 2023 issue

• Pro Tips for Turning Duplicates - Jim Echter, who will be a demonstrator at this year’s AAW Symposium in Louisville, gets you on the road to successfully making this one look like that one.
• Pro Tips for Turning Long and Thin - How to control “whip” when turning long thin spindles? Professional turner Beth Ireland shares some low-tech methods.
• Turn a Hollow Form - Pat Carroll, who will be a demonstrator at this year’s AAW Symposium in Louisville, shares his methods for a well-designed hollow form.
• A Gallery of Hollow Forms - A photo gallery of hollow forms, meant to inspire and delight.
• The History of a Mid-19th-Century Hat Form: A Multiaxis Mystery - Ted Maust, former director of Philadelphia’s Elfreth’s Alley Museum, and multiaxis expert Mark Sfirri piece together the story of a turned 1840s-era hat mold.
  
  
  

• The Evolving Culture of Craft Behind Cairo’s Mashrabiya - Jennifer-Navva Milliken, Museum for Art in Wood Executive Director and Chief Curator, shares insights and history of mashrabiya, stemming from the Museum’s Mashrabiya Project.
• Tradition in Transition: International Turning Exchange Undergoes Changes - D Wood recounts some of the history of and current changes to the long-standing artist residency program at The Museum for Art in Wood (formerly The Center for Art in Wood).
•  J. Paul Fennell: 2023 POP Merit Award Recipient -  Terry Martin explains why this year’s recipient of the POP Merit Award is so well-deserving.
• Mike Mahoney: 2023 AAW Honorary Lifetime Member - The story of a decades-long woodturning career filled with hard work, good fortune, and a generous spirit, by Richard Raffan.