BOWLS_B25 Five Day Bowl Turning Intensive with Matt Monaco
Join master turner Matt Monaco for a week in the wonderful world of bowl turning.
Over five exciting days, you’ll learn to develop fine technique, finesse, and tool control, while exploring how design and execution can help you create your personal asethetic.
Under Matt’s guidance, you will practice a range of techniques — from foundational to advanced — to become more efficient and effective on the lathe, learning how to use traditional tools to
produce exceptional results.
We’ll explore both traditional and contemporary bowl designs as you work on developing your own eye for form. And we’ll learn how body ergonomics and tool control can help you produce better results — such as cutting cleaner surfaces right off the tool — to help you more consistently create high quality vessels.
You’ll not only shape beautiful and functional bowls, but will also improve your skills as you focus on creating at the highest levels of craftsmanship.
Prerequisite: None. All skill levels welcome.
Tools required: None. All tools and materials supplied by the school.
Please read and understand our Refund and Cancellation policies. By making
payment you acknowledge that you have read and understood these policies.
Please note: If you are paying by cash or check, your registration is not complete until
payment is received.
Safety
Eye, hearing and dust protection are required in the machine room or when operating
machines in the bench room.
Long sleeves and loose-fitting clothing are not allowed around the power equipment.
Long hair must be pulled back and secured.
Closed-toe shoes are required. Open-toed shoes or sandals are not allowed.
Public health policy: Masks are optional, however, if you are exhibiting symptoms of
any contagious illness or if you have had a positive test for any contagious illness within
the past 5 days, please notify the school and do not attend class.
Meet your Instructor
Matt Monaco operates a full-time woodturning studio in the Ozark region of Missouri, and is one of the only full-time modern traditional woodturners in America having trained & apprenticed within the handmade trade landscape as a working professional — Working closely within the high-end professional furniture production, Shackleton Thomas Furniture & Pottery as full-time in house wood turner; which preceded a time period of training, and skill development while earning a living as a full-time item producer within both the wholesale tradeshow, and retail circuit. At center of Matt’s work is his understanding & mastery of tool control, sharpening and cutting execution as an expression of traditionally crafted design as fine art — in producing forms & items that are made to be as tactile as they are sublime, and created with intent & purpose. Matt is also a Fine Woodworking Contributor & Ambassador who values both the integrity of traditional woodturning and its mastery as an art, as well as diversity within the handmade and woodworking craft idiom.