Kimberly Winkle - Candle Sticks Workshop #1
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The Matched Pair: Full-Day Candlestick Workshop
We’re delighted to welcome Kimberly Winkle for a full-day, hands-on workshop devoted to designing, turning, and embellishing a matched pair of footed candlesticks. Kim is a nationally recognized turner and surface designer whose inventive use of milk paint, colour, and pattern has inspired makers across North America. Her work is celebrated for its lively forms, playful graphics, and the way she activates a surface through layered colour and mark-making.
This workshop gives participants the opportunity to work through Kim’s complete process - from developing a design and creating a template to turning a matched pair and exploring surface embellishment. The day blends practical turning skills with her energetic “From Drab to Pizzazz” approach to colour and pattern, offering a rare chance to learn directly from an artist whose work exemplifies the creative potential of contemporary woodturning.
Designing the Candlestick & Making the Template
Kim begins by explaining how to design a well-proportioned candlestick and create a template that captures the size, shape, and key transitions of the form. She’ll show how templates support accuracy and repeatability - skills that apply not only to candlesticks but to many other turned objects as well.
Turning the Matched Pair
Participants will turn their footed candlesticks using the template they created. Kim will demonstrate how to follow the template at the lathe, maintain consistent proportions, and produce a matched pair - whether you’re making one, or one hundred and one.
From Drab to Pizzazz: Surface Design & Embellishment
After turning, Kim will introduce a range of surface-design techniques that transform the candlesticks from simple turned forms into lively, expressive pieces. Students will explore milk paint, coloured pencils, and other embellishment tools to bring personality, colour, and uniqueness to their work.
Form & Surface: Basic Design Considerations
Kim will discuss the design considerations that connect form and surface - how proportion, detail, colour, and mark-making work together to create engaging, well-resolved candlesticks. These principles support not only this project but any future work involving turned forms and surface embellishment.
Why You Need to Attend
A hands-on workshop with Kimberly Winkle is a rare opportunity to learn directly from an artist whose work blends confident turning with bold, inventive surface design. Kim’s teaching style is energetic, generous, and deeply practical - she shares not only how she works, but why she makes the decisions she does.
Working alongside fellow turners, you’ll gain skills that extend far beyond candlesticks: designing repeatable forms, using templates effectively, refining details at the lathe, and exploring surface embellishment with confidence. Whether you’re newer to turning or have years of experience, this workshop will expand your toolkit and spark new ideas.
You’ll leave with a matched pair of candlesticks, a deeper understanding of form and surface, and a set of techniques you can apply to countless future projects. Just as importantly, you’ll enjoy a full day of learning, conversation, and creative momentum within our guild community.
Tools & Materials to Bring
Please bring the following tools and supplies for the hands-on workshop:
- Roughing gouge
- Bedan tool and/or parting tool
- Detail/spindle gouge(s) — any sizes you have
- Bowl gouge (3/8" or your preferred size)
- Outside calipers
- Pencil
- Dust mask for sanding
- Closed-toe shoes
- Face shield (highly recommended)
- Turning smock or closed-collar shirt
- Rubber band or hair tie for long hair
- Scissors
Materials and milk paint for the candlesticks will be supplied by the guild.
Category
Demo & Class - Speaker
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