Larry Jurgens

Larry Jurgens

by | Mar 10, 2026 | condolences, Misc

Larry Jurgens died on March 9, 2026. He battled heart problems for years, suffering his first heart attack at age 46. He had a great sense of humor about life.  He was ready to join his wife, Kaye, who passed several years prior.
Larry was very active in the Arizona Woodturners Club, creating unique turnings, mentoring and demonstrating.  He was always trying something new.  It was fun to see his latest work.  One of his last pieces was a large soccer ball for his grandson.  He had turned for many, many years and was very knowledgeable – always shared and willing to teach.
Services for Larry will be at Sacred Heart Church in Aberdeen, SD, on Friday, March 13th at 10:30am.  
Dick and I were always amazed at all the turnings in his beautiful homes in both SD and Arizona.  He will be greatly missed.  Our dog, Annie, loved Larry – she is a great judge of character.

 

(click on a picture below for a larger image and slideshow)

Class in Vegas

Larry Tops Fair

Larry Teaching

soccer ball 1

Yarnbowl

Relaxing after a day in the shop

Turning1

shelves

LarryAnnie

Larry airbrush

hallway

Larry engraving

Fire

demo pieces

colored platter

Carving

carving burned

bowl blue

Hummingbird Vase

Sword

Larry demonstrating a tool

Resin Experiment

Resin Experiment

by | Feb 22, 2026 | Misc, Tips & Techniques

Resin experiments happening with members!  Dale Guilford and Michael Luksich experimented with resin and pistachio shells with guidance from Dick Jones.  Dale continued on to make an amazing vase with resin and a burl.
 
Member work

Member work

by | Apr 22, 2025 | Misc, Tips & Techniques

 Larry Jurgens is experimenting again.   South Dakota Ash bowl.  He used a Manpa bit “round shape” on his Micro motor carver to do the embellishments.  He colored with a black alcohol dye over all the outside.  He then used a purple opaque paint over all – not in the holes – kind of like a dry brush.  Then a layer of iridescent blue paint over all – not in the holes like the purple.
The picture doesn’t do it justice – it is more of a teal color, very iridescent looking.  More in the May newsletter.
 

Ostrich in wood?

Ostrich in wood?

by | Feb 19, 2023 | Uncategorized

speed of sound in

water: 1480 m/s

bone:2117.5 m/s

wood:3960 m/s

when a material collides with another material faster than the speed of sound in that material, it tends to splash, because the emu seems to have maintained its shape while the wood was affected, we can surmise the speed was greater than the speed of sound in wood and less than the speed of sound in emus, which I have taken as the speed of sound in bone, as the shape in the wood roughly approximates the skeleton of the bird, this seems like it won’t work, because the SOS is greater in wood than in bone, but if we negate the velocities by turning the emu backwards, then suddenly -2117.8 > -3960.

therefore, we can surmise the emu was slammed backwards into the tree between 2120 m/sand 3960 m/s.

 

Found and submitted by Mike Finger