Sam Angelo
Sam Angelo retired in 2011 after forty years in public education. He is the past president of the Yellowstone Woodturners, an AAW Sanctioned Chapter in Billings, Montana. He has published over 1000 YouTube videos on various woodturning topics. Sam has written 20 magazine articles for Woodturning Design, the American Woodturner, and the AAW’s Fundamentals’ online...
Neal Brand
After over 40 years of teaching mathematics at the University of North Texas, I retired. I now have more time to pursue my hobby of turning wood. When making items, I often use mathematics to help design both the item and associated jigs. I sell items at the Denton Community Market most Saturdays from the...
Josh and Beth Buettner
Josh and Beth Buettner are a husband-and-wife woodturning team based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Their work combines traditional woodturning with carving, embellishment, and epoxy to create functional and sculptural forms. Josh, a retired Army veteran, is largely self-taught and has studied under several renowned woodturners. Beth began as a self-taught carver and now focuses on surface...
Leo Louise
Leo Louise (they/them) is a queer and trans artist, wood sculptor, and educator based in Baltimore, MD. They transform found wood into sculptural objects that honor queerness, abundance, and cooperation in nature. Their work often features intricate carved and burned designs and bold colors contrasted with natural wood grain. As a self-taught artist, Leo came...
Mark Kielpinski
Mark was recently awarded Lifetime Member status as a Dakota Woodturner. He has served in a leadership role within the club starting as the treasurer and then serving two terms as President/Vice President of the DWT. It was in the quest to learn how to make wood turned puzzles that got Mark interested in the...
Dave Landers
I have been a hobbyist woodturner for over three decades. My passion lies in crafting pieces that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. I consider myself a craftsman striving to become an artist. Art cannot exist without craft, so each visit to my workshop is a combined journey of creation, expression, and skill advancement. To...
Noah “Noble” Peters
Hi, I’m Noah “Noble” Peters.I am a full time woodturner in Bixby, Oklahoma. I first discovered woodturning when I was 11, and I immediately fell in love. I turned throughout my junior and highschool years. As a senior in highschool in 2020, with the pandemic in full swing, I started turning more frequently. From that...
Chad Schimmel
Chad has been turning for well over 25 years, first learning to turn in Jr High School. In 2013 he left his corporate job to sell his turned art full time, specializing mainly in pen turning and resin casting. He has had his work featured in Pen World Magazine, has had several local print and...
Angela Van Wiltenburg
Angela Van Wiltenburg was born and raised in Wauconda, Illinois. Her interest in woodworking emerged during her first year of high school. After taking a stagecraft class and enjoying the hands-on work, she began creating things on her own and joined the stage crew to build sets. Her uncle, who is a business owner, luthier,...
Mark Wallace
Mark started His woodturning journey in 1985 using his Shopsmith as a lathe. In the beginning, he was primarily self-taught. Sometime during the mid-2000’s he found the Blue Water Area Woodturners and joined. With the comradery and mentoring from the club, his turning skills began to improve. The first demo he gave was at Blue...