Wayne became involved in woodworking at an early age; it seems he was always

making something from wood. His introduction to woodturning was in High School

woodshop where he turned his first bowl and a gearshift knob for his old car.

Although his interest in woodworking continued, he did not have the equipment to

engage in the craft of woodturning. In 1994 after watching a Shopsmith demonstra-

tion Wayne purchased the tool, not for the lathe function, but for its versatility. Af-

ter taking the orientation class where the different functions of the tool were intro-

duced, he started to experiment with woodturning once again. The following year,

after seeing a woodturning demonstration, he knew that wood turning would provide

a relaxing and artistic outlet. Wayne promptly joined the Central Oklahoma Wood-

turners Association (COWA) and the American Association of Woodturners (AAW)

in an effort to learn more about his newfound hobby.

After joining the COWA Wayne started to accompany the club on their demonstra-

tion outings. At each demonstration experienced turners would watch and offer tips

on how to improve. Seeing his growing interest in wood turning Wayne’s most

wonderful wife, Phyllis, has given him the gifts of a mini lathe, a 24x36 Oneway

lathe with all the bells and whistles, the latest-greatest tools then sent him away for a

week long class at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft in Gatlinburg, TN. The

Arrowmont experience led Wayne to become the instructor’s assistant at the school

on several occasions. Wayne has also served as an instructor’s assistant at the John

C. Campbell School of Arts and Craft at Brasstown, NC.

A native Oklahoman, Wayne was born near Mountain Park in Kiowa County. After

high school, Wayne joined the Air Force, serving in Texas, Colorado, California,

Okinawa, and Viet Nam. In Colorado, Wayne worked as a cartographer (map

maker) for the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1979, his professional career brought him

back to Oklahoma where he served as the manager of cartography for the Oklahoma

Geological Survey. After returning to Oklahoma, he completed a bachelor’s degree

in geography, earning highest honors from the University of Oklahoma. His educa-

tion and career have been a natural link not only for his interest in wood turning but

also in geographical names which serves him well as the Executive Secretary of the

Oklahoma Board on Geographic Names and Executive Secretary of the Council of

Geographic Names Authorities.

Wayne Furr - Woodturning - October 22, 2012

October 2012

Art Guild meetings

All Demonstrations

held

the 4th Monday

7:00 pm

Sheerar Auditorium

7th & Duncan Street

There is an access

ramp on the west side

SAG Board meetings

First Mondays 7:00 pm

Sheerar Center

Guild meeting times 1

Board meeting dates 1

President’s Letter 2

Accolades 3

Guild Board Members 3

Hospitality Volunteers 3

Displays Around Town 4

Contact the President 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Vanessa Pettit is our Hospitality Chairperson and has

also volunteered to be our Newsletter Editor, but due to

an unexpected death in her family, she wasn’t able to get

the Newsletter out earlier in the month. We hope that eve-

ryone will still be able to make plans to attend the meeting

on the 22nd even on such short notice. Our condolences

go out to Vanessa and her husband, Eric, for their loss.

The first two displays of art in the lobby of the Seretean

Center during the events sponsored by the OSU Allied

Arts have been very successful. We have openings for the

months of January, February, & March. They would pre-

fer multiple artists at each event. If you are interested,

please let me know which dates would work best for you.

To see the dates of these events, please check out their

website: http://union.okstate.edu/alliedarts/

If you are interested in displaying art at the University &

Community Federal Credit Union on McElroy, please

contact Jeremy Daggs at 405-533-5171 to set up a time to

display.

I received a phone call asking if there is a limit on how

many visitors a member can invite, and the answer is IN-

VITE AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN! All first-time

visitors may attend free of charge. After that, the cost is

only $5 per meeting. We will have postcards at the meet-

ing on the 22nd that you can use as invitations - please

take as many as you can use. Keep one for yourself as a

reminder of the dates of future meetings. A sample of each

of our demonstrators’ art is on the postcard.

See you on the 22nd!

~ Roxanne

PAG E 2

President’s Letter

ST I L LW AT ER AR T G UI L D NE W SL ET TE R

SAG Fall Show

Art drop off date is Tuesday,

November 13, 3:00-6:00pm.

The show will run through

December 17th.

Stillwater Art Guild Members

That Won Ribbons at the

Payne County Fair:

Huilin (Lin) Lai

Lewis Moses

Mona Wells

Congratulations!

http://union.okstate.edu/alliedarts/

OC T OBE R 2012 PAG E 3

President: Roxanne Parrow thparrow@yahoo.com 405-707-0447

Vice President: Rose Ann Red

Secretary: Sue Baker jim_suebaker@suddenlink.net 405-372-7254

Treasurer: Steve & Veta Batten svbatten@aol.com

Newsletter: Vanessa Pettit vipettit@aol.com 580-829-1990

Hospitality: Vanessa Pettit

Programs: Jason Wallace jason@jwallacephoto.com 405-880-1488

Webmaster: Jason Wallace jason@jwallacephoto.com 405-880-1488

Shows: Donna Branson donna.branson@okstate.edu 405-624-0945

Workshops: Mary Ann Wade 580-455-2526

Publicity: Jeanette Johnson jeanieangel1202@yahoo.com 405-372-6241

Membership: Barbara Boswell barbara.boswell@hotmail.com 918-387-2449

Displays Around Town:

Steve Batten svbatten@aol.com 405-743-1231

Next Board Meeting November 5th at 7:00pm at the Sheerar Center.

Stillwater Art Guild Board Members 2012-2013

Accolades

Lou Hale taught young sculptors this past summer at Multi Arts Center. Six

middle school girls and the mother of one of the girls created self portraits under Hale's tutelage

during an 8 week session. Using water clay which was later fired to become terra cotta, the stu-

dents were pleased with the process and with their life sized portrait heads.

Donna Branson had a pastel painting, At the Pond's Edge, accepted into the juried 21st Annual

National Pastel New Mexico exhibition. The show runs Nov 2-24 in Albuquerque. Jude Tolar

had 3 paintings accepted into the show. Competition was especially keen this year with 426 en-

tries from 24 states and Spain.

Jack Allred, Lewis Moses, & Judy Laine displayed art at Town and Gown.

Jason Wallace is teaching an Intermediate Photography class at the Multi Arts Center on

Thursday evenings during October. Jason also did a photography presentation for the OKC

Metro Camera Club this month. http://www.metrocameraclub.org/

Hospitality Volunteers ~ October 22, 2012

Brian, Shelley & Bethany Mitchell

Lewis Moses ~ Dale Roark

Mona Wells ~ Sarah Cochnauer ~ LaDeana Burrell

http://www.metrocameraclub.org/

Stillwater Art Guild

http://www.stillwaterartguild.org/

Roxanne Parrow, President

3403 N. Diamond Valley

Stillwater, OK 74075

Displays Around Town If you would like to display your art at these local businesses contact Steve Batten:

svbatten@aol.com

Business Address November December

BancFirst 808 S. Main Lou Moore Hale Available

Bank NA 800 W. 6th Ave. Available Available

Bank NA 1020 N. Boomer Rd Available Available

Doctors’ Lounge Stillwater Medical Center Available Available

Stillwater National Bank 6th & Main Available Available

Stillwater Public Library 12th & Duck Available Available

SNB Drive thru 308 S. Main Available Available

Many of the SAG members are teaching classes at the Multi Arts Center. Please see

their website for details or call Multi Arts at 405-747-8084.

www.multiartscenter.org

As you can see from the Displays Around Town information above,

we have openings available at almost every place of business. Please

consider displaying YOUR art at one of these businesses. All you have

to do to put your name on the list is to contact Steve Batten, then on the first business day of the month that you signed up for, take your

art to that business and tell them you are from the Stillwater Art

Guild. (There are a few special rules for the Doctor’s Lounge and the

Library - contact Steve about these.) On the last business day of the

month remove your art - or sign up for another month there!