Golden Triangle Woodturners announce July meeting with Celtic knot demo
A July 6 Celtic knot demo gave GTW members a way to practice off-axis geometry without cutting through the blank. The president’s gavel-and-block challenge kept the night hands-on.
A multi-axis incised Celtic knot anchored Golden Triangle Woodturners’ July 6 meeting at the Greater Denton Arts Council in Denton, where Bruce and Trish Pratt showed how to build the pattern without cutting through the blank. For turners who already know the basics, the draw was in the mechanics: off-axis turning, careful layout, and a finished form that can become a lidded box with Celtic knot inlay instead of just a decorative exercise.
The meeting was listed for 7:00 PM at 400 E. Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201, the home of the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center. Golden Triangle Woodturners says the chapter meets on the first Monday of each month, and its DentonTurners channel posts demonstrations presented at monthly meetings by a club based in Denton County. That put the July program into a regular rhythm, with live demonstrations feeding directly into shop projects members can actually try between meetings.
Bruce Pratt and Trish Pratt brought more than 20 years of turning experience to the demo. Both are former members of Carolina Mountain Woodturners and current members of DAW and GTW, and Golden Triangle Woodturners notes that their work has appeared in American Woodturner. Their exhibition history stretches through juried shows in Baltimore, Chicago, Virginia, The Woodlands, El Paso, and Albuquerque, a resume that fits a demo built around geometry in form and structure, wood-resin hybrid forms, and surface embellishment.
The July meeting also featured the President’s Challenge, a gavel and block that left the wood, finish, size, and shape up to the turner. That kind of assignment gives the club room for everything from a clean, utilitarian tool to a more sculptural response, and it pairs neatly with the Pratts’ knot work because both ask members to solve a form problem, not just repeat a cut. President Gene Colley, Vice President and Demonstration Coordinator Tana Munuz, and Treasurer Mike Marvin help steer that monthly mix of challenge pieces, forums, and demonstrations. The American Association of Woodturners describes a larger version of the same culture across more than 16,000 members and over 365 local chapters worldwide, with an annual international symposium built around three and a half days of demonstrations, panel discussions, and special events.
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