Wisconsin Woodturners Expo

5^th Annual Wisconsin Woodturners Expo

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, October 26^th and 27^th, 2013

The Chippewa Valley Woodturners Guild is holding the 5^th Annual Wisconsin Woodturners Expo at the Plaza Hotel & Suites, 1202 W. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Saturday and Sunday , October 26^th and 27^th, 2013.

Hours will be 8 AM – 6 PM on Saturday and 8 AM – 5 PM on Sunday.  You will enjoy lathe woodturning demonstrations, exhibitors, vendors and an Instant Art Gallery.  A Silent Auction will be held for supporting our youth outreach program.  A great opportunity to buy your Christmas gifts early.

We will also hold our “Learn-to-Turn” woodturning workshops for youths and beginning woodturners which was such an overwhelming success last year.  A great opportunity to learn the basics of woodturning.

The professional demonstrators this year will be Mike Jackofsky of San Diego and Curt Theobald  of Wyoming.  Also, this year we will have Mike Hunter from the Minnesota Woodturners, and owner of Hunter Woodturning Tools; Jason Swanson from Milwaukee Woodturners; Barry Grill from the Chippewa Valley Woodturners plus other regional and local turners joining us for both days of demonstrations.  Many vendors will be performing woodturning tasks in their booths

General admission is $5.00 per day to the vendor, exhibitor and instant gallery areas and $50.00 for one day of demonstrations or $75.00 for both days of demonstrations, which includes the exhibitor, vendor and instant gallery area.

Chippewa Valley Woodturners Guild  is an active member of the American Association of Woodturners based in St. Paul, MN with over 14,500 members throughout the United States and several countries around the world.

Starting with a small group of 10 charter members CVWG has grown to a membership of nearly75 members. CVWG members come from Washburn County in the north to Jackson County in the south.  Clark and Rusk Counties in the east to St. Croix County in the west and all points in between.

In the last three years CVWG has supported Feed My People's Empty Bowls annual fund raiser by turning more than 400 bowls and other items that has raised more than $10,000.00 to help feed the hungry in 14 counties of west central Wisconsin.

Contact:  Rich Thelen                rlthelen@charter.net

                                                   1.715.834.1459