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Live Online Event

AAW Presents: Dale Larson
Cutting the Best Bowl from a Tree

Saturday, March 19, 2022
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

 

Join us for an informative session with the incomparable Dale Larson who will demonstrate the best way to cut a bowl from a tree! He will show you everything you need to know from beginning to end of the cutting process.

You can cut any old piece of wood out of a tree and turn it into a bowl, but Dale will show you how to cut intentionally and get the exact grain you want for your piece. He’ll cover flat sawn bowls, quarter sawn bowls, and natural edge bowls from the straight grain part of the tree, as well as how to cut a three-way crotch to get the best “feather” pattern out of the finished piece.

Key takeaways:

  • Learn to cut intentionally.
  • Understand how to get the exact grain you want for your piece.
  • Know what a bowl blank from a store will look like finished.

 

Note: Because Dale will be skillfully wielding a chainsaw, the instructional demonstration has been prerecorded and he will be live for the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Cost

  • $10 AAW members, $15 all others
  • Preregistration required. Replay will be available to registered attendees only.

 

Registration Notes

  • All experience levels are welcome.
  • The presentation is expected to last approximately 120 minutes.
  • Registration is open through through Friday, March 18, at noon Eastern Time.

Confirmation/Receipt and Event Link

  • After registering, you will receive a receipt/confirmation by email.
  • A link to the event will be sent by email approximately 24-hours prior to the event. Day-of registration links will be sent immediately prior to the event.

Replay

  • Advance registration includes online replay of the event. The replay will be available to registered attendees through April 18. Registered attendees will be provided a link via email when the replay is available for viewing. 

About Dale Larson

Dale Larson lives in Gresham, Oregon and has been turning wood for 43 years. He specializes in turning bowls from local hardwoods, including Pacific Madrone and Big Leaf Maple. His work is both functional and beautiful and much admired by collectors and wood workers alike. His bowls can be found in private collections all over the world.

Dale has taught woodturning classes at John C. Campbell Folk School and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. He has been a demonstrator at five AAW Symposiums, eight regional symposia, and numerous local chapters, as well as international events in England and Israel. He has written articles about wood and woodturning in American Woodturner, World of Wood, Woodworker West, Woodturning Design, and L’echo des Copeaux (AFTAB France).  

He currently serves on the board of the Larch Mountain Country Artisans and the Board of Advisors of the AAW.  In 2019, Dale was named an AAW Honorary Lifetime Member. He served on the Board of Directors of the AAW from 2009 through 2014 as Symposium chair and three years as President. He is a past president of the Northwest Chapter of the International Wood Collectors Society and a founding member and twice past president of the Cascade Woodturners in Portland, Oregon.