Upcoming

Woodturning Essentials, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, June 23 - 28, 2024

An Introduction to Woodturning, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC June 28 - 30, 2024

The Foundations of Woodturning, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts July 28 - Aug 2, 2024

Palmetto Woodturners, Demo - Mann Tool & Supply, Lexington, SC - Demo - October 5, 2024

Carolina Mountain Woodturners,The Folk Art Center, 382 Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC - Demo - November 16, 2024

Previous Selected Demos and Classes

Woodturning Essentials, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, February 5 - 11, 2023

Intro to Woodturning, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, July 28 - 30, 2023

Woodturning Essentials, Marc Adams School of Woodworking, June 19 - 23, 2023

Respect the Spindle, Marc Adams School of Woodworking, June 24 - 25, 2023

Shaping Wood: Techniques for Hand and Machine, Peters Valley School of Craft, August 25-29, 2023

Intro to Woodturning, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, March 4 - 6, 2022

Woodturning Essentials, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, June 26 - July 2, 2022

Demos for South Georgia Metro Turners, Atlanta Woodturners Guild, Georgia Association of Woodturners - October 2019

Weeklong workshop for St. Paul's School Woodworking Program, Baltimore, MD - April 2019

WoodShaping: Techniques for Hand and Machine, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, July 2018

Southern States Woodturning Symposium - 2017

Carolina Mountain Woodturners Demo  & Class - 2016

South Georgia Metro Turners - 2015, 2019

Atlanta Woodturners Guild - 2015, 2019

Georgia Association of Woodturners - 2015, 2019

Emma International Collaboration, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada - 2014

Lowcountry Turners, Savannah, Georgia - Demo, June, 2014

Echo Lake XVI Collaboration, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - June, 2014

Long Island Woodturners, Long Island, NY - Demo May, 2014

AAW Symposium - Ideas and Techniques, Making Your Work Distinctive panel -2013

Technique in Service to Form, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts co-taught w/Michael Mocho, 2013

Echo Lake XV Collaboration, Buck County Pennsylvania - June 2013

Echo Lake XIV Collaboration, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - June, 2012

Emma International Collaboration, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada - 2012

American Association of Woodturners Symposium, St. Paul, Minnesota - 2011

ARTS - sur- bois - Association Romande des Tourneurs Sur Bois - Swiss Turning Association,

Geneva, Switzerland - 2011

University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Palmetto Woodturners, West Columbia, South Carolina

University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee

LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia

Mann Tool and Supply, West Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia Woodworking Club, Columbia, South Carolina

Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina

Savannah River Woodturners, GA

Southern Piedmont Woodturners, Concord, NC

North Springs Elementary School, Columbia, SC

University of South Carolina-Sumter, Sumter, SC

Birmingham Southern University, Birmingham, AL

Echo Lake Symposium, Bucks County, PA

International Turning Exchange, Philadelphia, PA            

Available demo/workshops/hands-on classes include spindle and hollow form turning with an emphasis on design and the use of the lathe as a tool to create works of art.

Robert F. Lyon

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