Bowl Turning with Anne After School Spring 2026 (8 weeks, Ages 13-17) at UNC Asheville STEAM Studio – Asheville, NC

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Each after-school session focuses on hands-on projects meant to engage busy hands and expand curious minds. Programming spans from woodshop to welding to computer aided art and design to videography and animation.

Join us for Bowl Turning After School

For girls and gender expansive kids* age 13 – 17

FRIDAYS, 4pm – 6:30pm

February 6 – March 27

@ UNCA STEAM Studio

Ever wonder how a slab of wood turns into a bowl, candlestick, drum sticks, honey dipper, lidded vessel, and other fun and useful wooden objects?

Woodturning takes wood, either dried or green (just cut) and using a machine called a lathe, spins the wood while we apply tools to shape it. We explore different species of wood, learn how to use measuring tools, various kinds of calipers including the golden mean, pencil compass, and others. We learn how to use the drill press and the bandsaw to prep our wood. And we practice using the woodturning tools, called gouges, effectively. Embellish the turned work by using carving, paints, or wood burning (pyrography).

In this session we will begin by learning how to turn a bowl!

Understanding wood properties including grain direction is an important part of turning wood on a lathe. We will turn one bowl from kiln dried wood and one from green wood, exploring the differences in each.

Learning Outcomes:

• Physics of spinning wood
• Geometry of effective gouge use
• 3D design
• Identify parts of the tree useful for woodturning
• Safe use of woodshop equipment

$300 – snacks, tools, and materials included!

Financial Aid is Available! Apply Here Prior to Registration

Accessibility notes

• Students will be exposed to a dusty space with loud machinery.
• Students will be asked to stand upright and focus at a machine for periods of time.

*SkillSet is open to students of all genders

SkillSet offers after-school workshops, summer camps, classes for adult learners, and community outreach programming.

By teaching participants the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math embedded in the objects they create, SkillSet equips the next generation of leaders and problem solvers with the tools to make change and build the future.

Learn more at www.skillset.tools