Come play on the lathe! Turning instructor Piper Tamler will teach you how to literally turn a block of wood into a pen ready to sign autographs or write your latest novel.

Whether you are a complete beginner on the lathe or have some experience and want more practice, this is the perfect opportunity to come hang out with other turners and share the joy of woodturning!

No previous experience required. Cost includes materials, space, and instruction.

• Ages: 18+

• Up to 5 makers

• Instructor: Piper Tamler

If you are redeeming credits from a class cancellation, please log in and checkout on our eventbrite page.

ACTUAL COST: $75 YOUR COST: $55*

Everyone belongs at a TMC workshop! To make this dream a reality, we keep our prices as low as possible. And we offer partial and full scholarships so that everyone can experience the fun at TMC. 

If you want more information about a scholarship, please email info@talentmakercity.org. We respect your confidentiality.

And, if you in turn, would like to  help bring someone to a TMC workshop, please make a “pay it forward” donation on TMC’s website! Keep the love going forward.

Meet the instructor, Piper Tamler!

Piper is passionate about building and teaching, and Talent Maker City is the magical place where she gets to do both! Experienced as a contractor, carpenter and natural builder, Piper knows her way around all corners of the shop, but has really found wood to be her material of choice. She has been honing her skills in joinery and fine woodworking, and if she absolutely had to choose her favorite woodworking activity, it would have to be turning bowls on the lathe. She has taught natural building and carpentry workshops in Oregon, Vermont, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, and spends every summer teaching kids to create beautiful, useful things with TMC's partner organization, Girls Build. Piper helped kick off TMC's fire relief program in the fall of 2020, and has been teaching and building with TMC ever since!