Tuesday, October 7th, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Tom Bourne is a retired musician and woodworker who has combined these lifelong interests into building marimbas for schools and guitars for himself. Tom studied music in college and taught it at Central Washington University in the 80s, then worked independently for 25 years as Bourne Marimbas, making and selling marimbas to schools nationally and worldwide. A lifelong guitar player, Tom, in retirement, is satisfying the fretter’s obsession with acquiring ever more guitars by building them as the urge dictates! He looks forward to presenting his approach to building guitars and playing his collection for NCWA.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Paul Throne – Blacksmith

In addition to presenting an overview of blacksmithing, Paul will show how to make a chisel
from some old tool steel.

Paul Thorne’s ancestors come from a long line of skilled workmen including a blacksmith, carriage maker, tool and die maker, pattern maker, machinists, locomotive engineers, mechanical engineers and teachers. Paul has been a working blacksmith since 1983 and has worked in the metalworking industries his entire adult life. His architectural and sculptural work is found in fine homes throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has demonstrated in numerous conferences and taught students, apprentices and fellow smiths out of his own shop for many years. You will find his teaching thorough, understandable, patient and enthusiastic. Paul’s passionate life calling is to create beautiful ironwork and pass on this craft to the next generation of blacksmiths.

Due to NCWA’s participation in The Anacortes Arts Festival, there will not be an August meeting.

All members are encouraged to visit the NCWA booth at the corner of 7th Street and R Avenue in Anacortes. We will be located between the Wood Turner’s booth and the Depot Gallery on R Avenue.

Hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day, August 1st through August 3rd.

There will be displays of class projects, member-created items, and even projects for sale. Our Kids Korral will include Build-a-Car and Jack McKee’s wonderful Builder Boards. Additionally, you’ll get a chance to view live demonstrations by our members and a chance to ride the club Shave Horse with a drawknife or a spokeshave! Joan Mann will be demonstrating Scroll Saw Intarsia all three days.

Tuesday, July 1st, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Doug Moore grew up in Yakima and is married with two grown daughters and three grandchildren. He worked as a carpenter’s helper in high school, and the best part of that job was using dynamite for 6 weeks. In 1980, he graduated from the University of Washington in Mechanical Engineering. In his senior year, he took classes in Northwest Native American art and culture. He fell in love with the artwork and has been drawing and collecting Northwest Native art ever since.

In 1978, Doug began his career as an intern at McKinstry, a Seattle-based construction services company. He rose up through the ranks to become president in 2005 and semi-retired in 2021. During his time at McKinstry, the company started twenty-five new offerings, which fueled his interest in entrepreneurship. This led him to work with the Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University and join an angel investor club in Seattle.

When Doug started fly fishing in 2018, he immediately bought a bamboo fly rod. In 2020, Doug attended a bamboo fly rod gathering in Seattle, and this led to an introduction to Tom Fulk, a well-known maker of bamboo fly rods in Anacortes. Tom taught Doug how to build bamboo rods. To learn additional rod building techniques, Doug spent two weeks in Canada in one-on-one instruction.