Our Open Shop Saturdays are a great way to see the Plumier workshop and connect with others through a shared love of craft. You can see what we are working on, learn about complex turning from our staff and volunteers, and learn about a wide range of intersecting interests from fellow guests. Stay for the whole day or come by for an hour or two. If this is your first time at Plumier, you will need at least a couple of hours to take it in.
Come and see for yourself what all the excitement is about!
Saturday, May 9
9AM to 5PM at the Plumier workshop followed by a special guest presentation from Seth Gould on his journey in the metal arts at the Salt Center from 5PM to 6PM.
Member Seth Gould is an extremely talented blacksmith and metalsmith whose work ranges from elegant hand forged tools, to ornamental vessels and lock boxes. Seth studied the traditional art of nuome zogan overlay in Japan, and he incorporates geometric, gold leaf patterns in a striking contrast with his forged iron forms. Check out his Instagram for more of his work.
Saturday, June 13
9AM to 5PM at the Plumier workshop followed by a special presentation by Lauri Vaher on historic ripple moulding machines at the Salt Center from 5PM-6PM.
Lauri Vaher is a woodwork and furniture conservator who does research and lectures at Malmstens, Linköping University in Sweden. He also does work in architecture, sculptural arts, and woodworking of his own. Lauri has particular interests in incorporating historical techniques into contemporary design, and the relationship of mathematics and geometry with art. These interests overlapped when he was introduced to complex turning at Skokloster Castle. He has explored the technique of ripple moulding, which is among the oldest forms of mechanical manipulations that fall into the broader world of complex turning.
