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It was a sunny October Saturday morning for the turned flowers workshop |
There are several types of turned flowers in the bouquet with almost limitless potential for creativity |
The instructor for the turned flower class was Paul Mazuchowski |
Paul brought one of his bouquets with an assortment of different flower types |
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Paul started the workshop with a demonstration of his techniques for the various flowers |
His first style is a tulip inspired shape |
He starts by turning his blank round and to a rough shape |
Leaving sufficient strength at the base, he shapes the top and hollows the inside |
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The inside is sanded to a finish point |
The tail center is used to help support the flower and the bottom part is shaped to finish |
At completion, the flower is parted off |
Using the original block as a glue block, he begins turning the stigma in a contrasting wood |
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Finished and parted off, the stigma is assembled into the flower along with the stem |
The finished flower |
A closer look at the finished flower |
Rich Mialki gets started on his first flower |
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Tom Hurley works on his flower shaping |
Jake Debski works on his own adaptation of the flower shape |
Barb Berger took part in the workshop as well |
Muriel Kummer finishes the shaping of her flower |
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog |
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