Jim Duxbury Demonstration
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February 5, 2011 |
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Jim Duxbury, a member of Carolina Mountain Woodturners, Piedmont Triad Woodturners, North Carolina Woodturners Guild, and honorary life member of North Coast Woodturners, will demonstrate the turning of his traditional kaleidoscope at an all-day demonstration on Saturday, February 5, 2011.
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Jim Duxbury |
His technique is adaptable for hollow vessels such as birdhouses, ornaments, or any staved-type cylindrical pieces.
He will show various designs of kaleidoscopes, cutting of glass mirror, and turning PVC and Plexiglas for object boxes.
Jim has won numerous awards and ribbons with his original kaleidoscope designs.
Although Jim has claimed to be retired since 1996, the abundance of dust from woodturning evolved into the invention of the Resp-O-Rator™ of which he holds two U.S. patents.
He, and his wife Rita, operate Duxterity LLC for the manufacture and marketing of both the Resp-O-Rator™ and his gallery quality wooden objects.
You can visit his website and check out his elegant creations at www.duxterity.com
Jim has woodturnings at the Alamance Art Center, North Carolina Museum of Science, and galleries in North Carolina and Ohio.
Jim has developed a set of kaleidoscope plans and have been constructed by numerous woodturners throughout the country. He makes these kaleidoscopes eight to ten at a time and has sold hundreds of them.
Turning kaleidoscopes makes a great club demonstration. It is a much different kind of turning and uses techniques unlike spindle and bowl turning. The finished product also sells well in galleries and makes a top quality gift item.
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Jim has demonstrated kaleidoscopes at dozens of AAW Woodturning Clubs, Woodworking Clubs, and some Wood Carving Clubs. He demonstrated at the 2007 North Carolina State Woodturning Symposium in Greensboro, North Carolina and in 2008 at the National AAW Symposium in Richmond, Virginia.
An article on Jim was published in the American Woodturner Magazine, Winter 2008, Vol. 23, Page 32. Many woodturners have been inspired by his demonstrations and are now successfully making kaleidoscopes.
Additionally, he has written a number of woodturning related articles which have been published in Woodturning Design Magazine and other wood journals.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, James N. Duxbury (Jim) moved to a rural suburb as a young child where his father, a finish carpenter by trade, built the house Jim resided in until relocating to North Carolina.
Jim had an inquisitive mind, and his interests always turned to mechanical and building projects throughout his youth. He pursued a trade as a sheet metal and HVAC contractor.
Jim now resides in Graham, North Carolina. He turns all sorts of fine turnings from small bottle stoppers to bowls, bud vases, trays, furniture, wooden hats, and, of course, kaleidoscopes.
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| Date: | Saturday, February 5, 2011 | |
| Location: | MRC Inc. 1041 Puuwai Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 |
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| Time: | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | |
| Cost: | $30 (includes lunch) ~ if paid prior to January 15 | |
| $40 (includes lunch) ~ if paid after January 15 | ||
Send checks, payable to Honolulu Woodturners, to: |
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| Andy Cole, Treasurer | ||
| Honolulu Woodturners | ||
| 1534 Bertram Street | ||
| Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 | ||
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Examples of Jim's Kaleidoscopes |
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Updated August 18, 2010
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