3-Hour Guided Open Studio

Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Time: 6–9pm

Description: Spend the evening on the lathes with fellow turners! Join us for our first ever Turning Night, a guided open studio session open to anyone who’s taken a woodturning workshop with us before—or anyone with experience on a wood lathe at all! Come with a project idea and Matt will guide you through the setup and technique to make it happen. This is the perfect opportunity for anyone with some turning experience to pursue their own project—but in the presence of an experienced woodturning instructor!

The Studio has a small selection of turning blanks for sale, including pen blanks (pen kit available here), spindle blanks, and bowl blanks. However, for a more specific project, students are welcome to bring a wood blank of their own (we recommend Rockler if purchasing in advance).

Join us for a night of woodturning community, guidance, and fun!

Thanks to Turners Anonymous for the use of lathes during this workshop and Matt Iannacci for his expertise and enthusiasm!

Tuition: $45

Materials: The Studio has a small selection of turning blanks for sale, or students can BYOB (blank)!

Location: Contemporary Craft Timmons Studios (5688 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201)

Cancellations and Refunds: Workshop cancellations are decided three business days before the start date. If workshops must be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, the entire class fee will be refunded by check, to your credit card, or Contemporary Craft account for future workshops.

Refund Policy: Student refund requests must be made at least three business days before a class begins. There will be a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given without three-business days notice. Processing of refunds takes approximately three weeks.

If you require accessibility accommodations, please let us know by calling 412.261.7003 and we are happy to assist you.

About the Artist: Matt Iannacci

“I have been woodturning for over 10 years, and doing wood flatwork for more than 7 years. I focus on medium-sized peices (vases, urns, etc., in woodturning, and jewelry boxes and frames in flatwork), usually seeking to combine different wood species to provide color and texture in my pieces. I am also the inventor of the JS3 jig, which is used to set up for compound-angle cuts necessary for splayed-stave woodturning, or boxes with leaning walls.”

Outside of woodworking, Matt is a full-time mechanical engineer, a dad, and a saxophone and flute-player in a jazz band in the North Hills in Pittsburgh.