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A Tale of Two Turners

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I 've been a magazine editor for over 25 years. In all those years. JL ^one the absolute constants 1 can point to is the always amusing relationship between art departments and copy (writing) departments. Artists tend to think a picture is worth a thousand words. Writers like to tli ink pictures are a necessary evil that mostly distract from the brilliant storytelling. And so it goes in our little world. In all these years, 1 can count on one hand the times an artist has insisted that we not cut any of the copy. And I'd have four digits unoccupied.

So you can imagine my surprise when I spoke with my art director the other day. Jeff Jacobson, who has been at my side for all the years we've been bringing you woodworking information, told me he had completed his layout of Betty Scarpino's woodturning department (see page 22). 1 went to have a look. It was, as we say in our business, "pretty gray." I told Jeff I Uiought we needed a little more strategically placed art to balance the copy out. "I would," Jeff responded, "bul I couldn't find any copy to cut." My hearing's slowly going; rock and roll and the whine of power tools: "Say that again," I asked, tentatively. "It's really tight," he insisted. "I don't see how we can cut any copy." Maybe it was my vision failing me. Was it really editor Rob Johnstone standing in front of me?

No, it was Jeff, and he was drawing a line, insisting that we not edit any copy from Betty's article. None. Not one word. (Betty, you can't imagine how high this praise is. This is better than having your work displayed at tiie Renwick Gallery. This is better than all the awards you've won over the years. This is just unheard-of.) Jeff may not survive the Journal's 30th anniversary when word gets out to art departments across the country.

And why ... why was Jeff so adamant? Simple. You see, Jeff started turning about two years ago. He's made some lovely pens and other objects. After reading Betty's article, he said, and I quote. "Betty Scarpino just shaved five years off of my learning curve ... in two pages. We can't... cut... the ... copy!"

Well, we didn't. Read Betty's article and let us hear from you. Do you agree? We're so enjoying her work here that we even asked her to create a simple project for our readers (see page 32). "This woman knows her stuff, and has a real teacher's knack for helping you understand it. All 1 can say is, anyone who can make an art director go to bat for the copy has got something major going on!

WJ turning columnist and "tight-writer" Betty Scarpino

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MARCH/APRIL 2006

Volume 30, Number 2

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