Presenter;  Rich Soborowicz   (“artist statement” below) for our February 13 EWWG presentation.  Rich needs to go first so our usual meeting schedule will be changed a bit and Rich will start at 7:15 PM with a slide show of his work.

——NOTICE: MEETING VENUE CHANGE————

The February meeting will be at a different location.

The North Lake Improvement Clubhouse

MAP

33228 33rd Av S.; Federal Way

Take exit 142A off I-5.

Take 1st exit to Weyerhaeuser Way.

Turn L., go over Hiwy 18 to round about.

Take 1st exit 33rd Pl.

Drive to next round about

As you exit round about Club house is 1/2 blk on Rt.

My apologies for the change of meeting. We have an excellent speaker, let us not be spooked by this change and show up for a good presentation.

Thank you and see you there. Anne

Artist Statement:

Even at an early age Rich enjoyed working with his hands and being creative. Working with wood is challenging and rewarding for him, because it is his passion.

Rich’s first career was in animal husbandry and he managed multiple pure-breed diary operations. After the realization that the amount of work did not equal the rewards he decided to get a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin and try the corporate world. Although these challenges exercised his mind, Rich missed working with his hands.

A woodworking hobby grew into his passion, which in turn became his profession. Rich has supplemented his self-taught skills and artistic eye with professional training to speed up the learning and proficiency curves.

Rich’s style incorporates clean lines that produce exceptional pieces of furniture. These pieces are functional, and can be considered art. He emphasizes and incorporates flowing lines that are attractive, elegant, and depictive of nature. His style is based on traditional design with influence from Asian and Shaker design.

Rich also incorporates decorative details such as inlays and uses highly figured woods. Highly figured woods have organic characteristics and what he calls the wow or knockout factor. Rich puts a great deal of care and attention into each piece and truly feels that these finished pieces are part of him because of it. It is Rich’s desire to share his work with you and that his work takes on a life of its own.

His philosophy is basic: smile and enjoy whatever you do with a passion and remember that your world is what you make of it

Darrell started his career making and selling small wooden items at Seattle’s Pike Place Market. To broaden his experience, he then worked for many years in various high-end custom shops throughout the Puget Sound area gaining an extensive background in both commercial and custom furniture making.

In 1989 he discovered the American Arts & Crafts Movement and in succession was captivated by the works of Charles and Henry Greene.
Although Greene & Greene is Darrell’s primary inspiration, James Krenov, Thomas Chippendale, and Gothic furniture have also influenced him in one way or another.

He has written for Home Furniture, Today’s Woodworker, Fine Woodworking, Woodwork ,Popular Woodworking, American Woodworker, and Style 1900 magazines. His first book, “Greene and Greene: Design Elements for the Workshop” was published in April 2006 by Linden Press. His work has appeared in various galleries; has been featured in both local and national newspapers, magazines, and books; and in private collections throughout the US.

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The descrioption of the presentation:

Basic Furniture Design: A Look at Balance, Proportion and Visual Weight.
The slide show presentation will cover basic design principles and use classic pieces as examples.

If time permits, we may also cover what I call “Design DNA”

John will bring a couple of Jointmaker Pro’s to demonstrate (and for folks to play on) in addition to some of our other new products—one of which has to be the best selling woodworking tool in America over the past year, the KM-1 Kerfmaker.

http://www.bridgecitytools.com

Please note that we meet the second Monday of every month at the Edgewood Bible Church, 1720 Meridian Ave. E., Edgewood, WA. The meeting page contains directions and a map. Our doors open at 6:30 pm for social time before the meeting officially starts at 7:00 pm.

Presenter will be from Gurian Instruments

Gurian Instruments manufactures quality decorative inlay for the Musical Instrument, Furniture and Wood Craft Supply Industries. We specialize in manufacturing precision custom parts and tools for businesses worldwide.

Gurian Instruments was incorporated in 1982, and focused originally on creating specialty tools, parts and decorative wood inlay for musical instrument makers. We have since expanded our production and methods to serve the needs of multiple industries including furniture makers, recreational products manufacturers, medicine, hobby products and marine instrumentation. Our staff of skilled craftspeople have expertise using a broad range of tools from old world technologies to the latest in CNC machining and Laser cutting. We look forward to crafting a solution for you.

Michael Gurian is a major supplier of custom parts to guitar manufacturers wolrdwide and a builder of some of the most distinctive steel-strings to appear in a long time. Born in 1943, a Brooklynite of Armenian descent, he took lessons on various instruments and developed a fondness for wood. He later studied sculpture at Long Island University, took up classical guitar, and taught music in Roslyn, New York.

With his studio apartment for a workshop, Michael built his first guitar-a copy of a classical made by Victor Manuel Piniero, a student of Velasquez. In 1965 he moved to a three-room shop in Greenwich Village, and with two assistants began building classical instruments. Traditional steel-strings were added four years later, and Gurian introduced his own distinctive body shapes soon after that. The company moved to Bedford Street and then Grand Street, his crew of builders growing to 15. In 1971 he relocated in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, because of that state’s favorable business climate. Vintage retailer Matt Umanov encouraged him to build a cutaway, and he did. It became a regular member of the line. A terrible 1979 fire resulting from a boiler explosion destroyed not only all of Gurian’s guitars but also his tooling and machinery as well. After the half-million-dollar loss he rebuilt and grew, recovering with remarkable perseverance from a defeat that would have sent a lesser person back to guitar teaching for good. By late 1979 Gurian was employing over two dozen people and servicing nearly 200 dealers worldwide. Gurian’s background as an expert with old-fashioned techniques manifests itself in his instruments, whose unusually rounded bodies are most appealing. They combine classical appointments and modern interior construction; the tone is bright and strong.

http://www.gurianinstruments.com

Please note that we meet the second Monday of every month at the Edgewood Bible Church, 1720 Meridian Ave. E., Edgewood, WA. The meeting page contains directions and a map. Our doors open at 6:30 pm for social time before the meeting officially starts at 7:00 pm.