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Turning Arts Group

I am fortunate to be part of a very talented group of turners who have formed the Turning Arts Group.  We have been showing our work at Works of Art in Jacksonville, FL.

Yesterday, July 18th, 2009, we had our grand opening.  The event went very well.  We had a nice crowd attend and

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American Cancer Society benefit

Works of Art, the gallery where I am showing some of my work, have donated a booth to the American Cancer Society in support of “Strides against Breast Cancer”.  The goal is to raise $4,000 so several artists & craftsmen have placed work in this booth with price tags marked from 20% to 100% of

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Excuse the dust

I am making some major changes to my blog. I have installed a new Theme which has a cleaner look and more options. I’m hoping that it will make for a more pleasant browsing experience.

It may take me a couple of weeks to get everything figured out, so please excuse the dust while

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Marketing and Art

I attended a talk on Marketing and Art. The talk was given by Kevin Monahan, the Special Projects Director for the Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida. The talk was hosted by Works of Art Gallery.

Kevin was a very personable and engaging speaker. He first defined marketing as being

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The Turning Arts Group

I was invited to share a booth with some fellow wood turners at an art gallery.

The name of the gallery is Works of Art. We have named our venture “The Turning Arts Group, LLC”.

It’s been a very busy couple weeks. After a lunch meeting with the other turners involved, there are six

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The Journey

I have this bad habit of expecting every piece I take off the lathe to be a masterpiece. I do this knowing full well it’s not going to happen. Even so there is still a twinge of disappointment every time it happens.

Part of the problem is that I’m my own worst critic. I’m

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