Book me today for your next club or group meeting. LIVE and fully interactive remote demonstrations are available now. I currently use no less than 4 cameras, high quality audio, images, video clips when helpful as well as green screen trickery to create unique and fun woodturning classes and demonstrations. I've been a live national and international demonstrator since 2015 and an interactive remote demonstrator since early 2019. All you need is an internet connection and a way to view. Most demonstrations are Zoom based so I can see and hear you or your group in real time.

Here is my current list of demonstration topics...

Demonstration List for Jeff Hornung, 2020

Finishing the Finish:We cover a number of different finishing products and techniques to give you as many finishing options as possible.Everything from penetrating oils to waxes and friction polish to lacquers and polys.

Airbrush: High Desert platter. We discuss the elements of platter turning , color, dye, airbrush equipment, texturing tools, stencil and frisket film use and gilding wax

Airbrush: Leaf stencil on platter. As above except this will show two projects utilizing precut self adhesive stencils. One piece will use the stencil and the other piece will use the “window” that stencil was cut from.

Texture and Dye: Hollowform ornament. Hollowing on the small scale, texturing, dying and using a liming wax to create a finished holiday ornament.

Small Bird House: This is a small hollow ornament and covers chucking options for more than one piece. Precision and technique are key to this project.

Bronze Bowl: Reactive metallic paints are discussed as well as form, chucking options and techniques to create the illusion of a weathered bronze piece.

Square Plate with Bead Foot: Turning a square plate offers some technical challenges that we discuss. We also hold our piece on a finished “bead” that serves as the foot. If done correctly we won’t have to reverse chuck the piece at the end as there shouldn’t be any chucking marks to remove.

Calabash Bowl: We cover the steps needed to create a classic African Calabash style round bottom bowl. Wood selection and chucking options are discussed as well as techniques to create the proper undercut shape inside.

Inlay: Almost anything can be used as an inlay for wood. We discuss powdered metals, crushed stone and a number of other materiel to add decorative embellishment to our work.

Morocco Blue bowl – This is my current signature style and the subject of an instructional DVD.We cover texture, color and liming wax

Hollow ornaments with fancy spindle finials – turning small and hollow.Chucking options for the process.Finial work, tips and tricks.

Sharpening - featuring the Wolverine, Tormek and Pro Edge – We discuss angles, jig setup and how to get the most from your tools

Color Work – Embellishing your turnings with dyes, acrylics and inks!We discuss how to enhance projects with color including the use of dyes and contrasting waxes, gilding creams, reactive metallic paints, gel stains and acrylic dry brush techniques.

Spheres - freehand sphere turning. Jig turned spheres as well.

Hand chased threading – Lidded boxes with hand chased threads.We discuss the used of thread chasing tools and how best to achieve a matched set when making a lidded box.Wood selection, tool tuning and tips for threading successfully are key points in this demo.

Scottish Ring Handled Bowl – Inspired by an ancient Scottish design, this bowl features thin wall turning,rounded bottom and a pair of ring handles low on the form.We cover tool control, chucking methods for rounded bottom pieces, design and carving of the rings plus painting techniques to create the illusion of bronze.

Shou Sugi Ban and color - the ancient Japanese art of scorching wood, Shou Sugi Ban. Not normally applied to turnings but it can really create a stunning look. I cover wood selection, kinds of torches, how to scorch the wood without actually burning it to pieces, best practices for removing the char and adding color to really enhance your work.

Segmented Turning Made Easy - No math required!Well, you can use math but it doesn’t have to start that way. Segment work can be daunting and complicated but with simple software and basic jigs you too can be a segmented Woodturner!We’ll discuss planning, processing, setting up jigs, sanding (or not), gluing, flattening and stacking rings and turning your project!Seriously, if I can do this anyone can!