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Merryll Saylan

Merryll Saylan is an American woodturner. She is credited with helping pioneer the popularization of the woodturning field and the application of color in wood art. She is noted as being one of the few women in the craft field, when she first began turning during the 1970s.

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Talk of my Career

Merryll Saylan

How to Develop Forms & Eye

Merryll Saylan

Paint: More than Milk Paint & How to Choose

Merryll Saylan

Featured Demonstrators

  • Cindy Drozda
    • Sphere Box
  • Rabea Gebler
    • Japanese Scraper Demo
    • Japanese Jam Chucks
  • Nathalie Groeneweg
    • Articulated Arms & Joints
    • Pocket Salt/Pepper Shaker
    • Bird Whistle
    • Bent Trembleur
  • Ashley Harwood
    • Push-Cut Bowl Turning
    • Easy design elements with Negative Rake Scrapers
    • Sea Urchin Ornaments
  • Kristin LeVier
    • Adding Sculptural Elements to Your Turnings
    • Bending Wood Without Steam: Introduction to Compressed Hardwood
    • Introduction to Micromotor Power Carving
  • Merryll Saylan
    • Talk of my Career
    • How to Develop Forms & Eye
    • Paint: More than Milk Paint & How to Choose
  • Janine Wang
    • Split Turned Frames
    • High-end Handles
  • Andi Wolfe
    • Turning a Bowl as a Sampler for Surface Enhancement
    • Techniques for Surface Embellishment
    • Beyond the Surface: 3D Carving

Regional Demonstrators

  • Sally Ault
    • Top Box
    • HANDS-ON: Two-Piece Scoop
  • Emily Ford
    • Captive Ring Baby Rattles and Spinning Tops
    • HANDS-ON: Turn a Simple Vase
  • Jolie Karno
    • Making Faster Boxes!
    • HANDS-ON: Make a mallet that actually fits your hand
  • Heather Marusiak
    • Power Beneath the Surface
    • Turn and Burn
  • Tib Shaw
    • Almost Fearless Photography (Smartphone Edition)
    • SPECIAL SESSION: Photo Critique
  • Margaret Stiles
    • Turn a Birdhouse
    • HANDS-ON: Turn a Lighthouse
  • Katie Stofel
    • Kitchen Tools and Techniques
    • HANDS-ON: ABC’s of Woodturning

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