Buckeye Woodworkers and Woodturners

Written By Dena Koehn

Buckeye Woodworkers and Woodturners was formed in mid-1992 and was accepted as a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners in September 1993. The mission of BWWT is to educate and provide information and guidance to those interested in woodturning and woodworking. Since its formation, BWWT has grown to more than 120 members as of 2023, predominantly from Northeast Ohio.

BWWT strives to advance the craft of woodturning by conducting demonstrations at community events and providing woodturning workshops guided by club members and professional woodturners at regular monthly meetings and many other venues. Regular BWWT meetings are usually held on the second Saturday of each month from 9:00am until noon at the Northwest Family Recreation Center in Akron, Ohio. Visit our club website www.bwwt.us for all the latest information on our club and activities.

In addition to the primary purposes, as stated in Article I, the other purposes of BWWT are to:

  1. Provide a meeting location for members.

  2. Share ideas regarding woodworking including power equipment, safety, building material, techniques and design. To share ideas regarding woodturning including lathes, safety, turning tools, turning materials, turning techniques, and design of turned objects.

  3. Exchange wood and other woodturning and woodworking materials.

  4. Inform members about activities of interest to woodworking and woodturning.

  5. Promote woodworking and woodturning as an art form and a craft and provide mentoring and educated guidance to new woodworkers and wood turners.

Dena Koehn

Dena Koehn grew up in Rose City, a rural town in mid-Michigan, and moved to southern Michigan to attend Adrian College. She graduated in 2005 with a BFA in Studio Art and a BA in English. After school, she worked in marketing and sales. In 2016 Dena started teaching woodworking classes with Luke in a garage, which eventually became the Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute. She has served many roles at the SBWI, including Outreach Coordinator, Shaker Box Instructor, Secretary, Treasurer, Board Member, Bookkeeper, and now Director of Operations. She is also the Event Coordinator and Social Media Director of the Great Lakes Woodworking Festival, an annual event which brings together the best woodworkers from the Great Lakes region.

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