UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Next SCWA Meeting 

Who: Hap Sakwa

What:   TBD

Where: Rancho Cotate High School Woodshop (map
             5450 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

When:  January 3, 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

From Hap Sakwa.com:

Hap Sakwa (Born December 6, 1950) is an American sculptor and commercial photographer. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was a leader in the modern woodworking movement that revolutionized the craft, elevating it to an art form creating narrative sculptural objects using polychromed woods and found objects. From 1988 until 1993 Sakwa turned another artistic corner producing a series of pop art mosaic and found object sculptures juxtaposing Americana imagery, word play and bright colorful patterns. In 1994 he turned his attention to photography becoming one of the country’s most distinguished jewelry photographers with images featured on the covers and in editorial compositions of leading books and periodicals regarding the art and craft of jewelry.



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2026 Calendar

 Month & date
 Presenter and Venue
Link to PDF of WoodForum
January 13  Artistry in Wood: Makers' Meeting
@ Museum of Sonoma County
2026-01_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
February 3

Hap Sakwa
@ Rancho Cotate High School










 










   









2025 Calendar

 Month & date
 Presenter and Venue
Link to PDF of WoodForum
January 7
 Artistry in Wood: Makers' Evening 
@ Museum of Sonoma County
2025-1_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
February 11 Jason Gallagher - Follow the Fibers: techniques for green woodworking in furniture making.
@ Two Rock School of Woodworking 
2025-2_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
March 4  Michael Quesenbury - surfboards and paddle boards 
Rancho Cotate High School
2025-3 SCWA newsletter.pdf
April 1 Harold Greene - Hand Tools First - 2025-4_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
May 6 Gordon Mandeno - Introduction to SketchUp (via Zoom)
See Recording Here
2025-5_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
May 10

 SCWA Tool and Wood Swap (members only) 10:00 - 12:00
@ Two Rock School of Woodworking

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June 3
Steve Forrest - Black and White: Ebonizing and Bleaching wood -
@ Two Rock School od Woodworking
2025-6 SCWA newsletter.pdf
July 1

David Marks - Finishing for Beginners
@ David's shop in Santa Rosa

2025-7_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
Aug 5 Michael Cullen - His relocation to Western Connecticut, slide show of recent work 
@ Two Rock School of Woodworking
2025-8_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
Sept 2  Kai and Parker Litwin  https://www.litwinproductions.com/
@ Litwin Productions, 460 Eddie Ln, Sebastopol
 2025-9_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
October 7 Merryll Saylan
@ Rancho Cotate High School Shop
2025-10_SCWA_newsletter.pdf
November 11

Annual Membership Meeting

Dugan Essick 
@ Rancho Cotate High School Shop

2025-11_SCWA_newsletter.pdf

December 9

Artistry in Wood, Meeting with the Judges
@ Museum of Sonoma County

2025-12_SCWA_newsletter.pdf



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