Seven experienced bowl turners from the Baltimore Area Turners joined Mark & Nancy in the shop last weekend for a two day workshop on turning a bowl with a natural edge. It was a hot, August in Baltimore weekend, but with plenty of fans, cold water and breaks, we all survived. The bowl turning was challenging, frustrating (at times), but in the end rewarding. Congratulations to turners Ron Ford, Joe Heinlein, Chuck Cohen, Gynene Sullivan, Thomas Szarek & Ed Cohen for surviving the heat and crafting some beautiful bowls.
Golden Duckpin Award for Union Craft Brewing
We've always wanted to make duckpin bowling pin handle and Union Craft Brewing here in Baltimore gave us the perfect excuse to do so. It was a fun handle to make. Wondering how we make that perfect red stripe? Click on the bowling pin to watch our video.
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
- Saturday, May 5th and Sunday May 6th, we'll be heading west for the annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.
A two day festival at the Howard County Fairgrounds celebrating fiber arts. Mark will be there both days demonstrating woodturning fiber arts tools (nostepinnes, darning eggs and spindles) while Danielle and friends demonstrate how to use them. We'll also be selling turned tools, wooden buttons, fiber project bags, crochet hooks, cutting boards, rolling pins, garden dibbles and wooden bowls. Stop by and see us at booth MW4 (Outside Midway Vendors, just across the road from The Dining Hall). More about the festival: Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
School Days on Macon Street!
This weekend we'll re-open the Mark Supik Woodturning Workshops in our new location at 1200 N. Macon St.. Thanks to Robert Sullivan of Working Photography for this photo of the Oliver lathes. You'll be seeing more of his photos on our new website and in future posts.
Sunday's Bowl Turning class is filled, but we still have one space left in the Right Start class for Saturday, so contact us if you are interested. Here's the updated spring workshop calendar.
Our Sign is UP!
It's official. The sign is up at our new location at 1200 N. Macon St. We're all back to work, making tap handles and turning wood. The lathes and saws are wired and the paint booth is back in operation. Woodturning classes will start back up in April. Still lots of boxes to unpack, but we are settling in and very happy in our new home.
Please visit us at our new location (1200 N. Macon St. 21205) and also visit our new website (at the same www.marksupikco.com location)