Janine is an artist and educator based out of Corvallis, Oregon. She makes sense of the world through making, especially through the crafts. She was trained as an architect and went on to study furniture design in order to get closer to the materials we work with. Through the support of many mentors and work environments, she now continues to explore the intricate ways we build things and spread material knowledge, and is a professor of woodturning and furniture design at the Wood Science and Engineering department within the Oregon State University’s College of Forestry.
She has a formal educational background in architecture and furniture arts from the Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art and the Rhode Island School of Design respectively. She has garnered a working education from the wonderful woodworking and production industry in Philadelphia, done residencies at various craft institutions including the Museum for Art in Wood, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, and Goggleworks Center for the Arts, and has learned to teach through her work with craft schools all across the country, Bucks County Community College, and the nonprofit organization Tiny WPA. She believes a hands-on approach is crucial in good design, and is excited to share in this as much and as often as she can.
Split Turned Frames
Split turning is the technique of turning something then splitting it apart, creating flat surfaces on your turned pieces. In this demonstration we’ll be making then turning a paper-glued up blank, splitting it in four along the glue seams, and using those four pieces to make the four sides of a picture frame. The demonstration will cover the best ways to split things, design considerations, different kinds of glue, woodworking machine safety, clamping techniques, and much more.
High-end Handles
Woodturned handles can quickly and elegantly elevate any cabinet, drawer, box, or door, and is a small way to make a huge impact on any object, piece of furniture, or even room. The demonstration will cover the best types of handles to turn, methods of efficient production, different construction methods for several different kinds of handles and knobs, design considerations when making your own, and why woodturning is the ultimate handle-creating craft.
