James Johnson showed an amazingly distorted pecan platter that had begun to lose its shape within a few minutes of turning. Roger Arnold showed us a string steady-rest that he used to carve his long goblet for the club challenge. Anna Rachinsky brought a hollow natural edged form of pecan. Jerre Williams showed an off-center ambrosia maple platter that he learned to turn at SWAT.

Barbara Hausman showed several pieces of Texas ebony and fused glass that she made, combining two crafts to great effect. Don Kaiser, making “square” boxes felt that they needed a little something so he made tops of contrasting woods. The boxes are hackberry and maple, the tops are purpleheart and spalted cherry.