2023 Turned and Sculpted Wood Exhibit
Murmuration of Stars |
Small Treasures Exhibit 2022
Three of my pyrographic pieces are in Wood Symphony Gallery's current Small Treasures Exhibit, which runs from September 1st through September 30th, 2022. This is the gallery's annual exhibition of what they describe as "small wood wonders," since pieces can not exceed 6" in any direction. The piece featured here in the gallery's ad (Plume) was a collaboration between myself (pyrography and ink) and my brother-in-law Mike, who is a fantastic woodturner.
Mike and I have three collaboration pieces in the exhibition besides Plume. The other two pieces are Cycle and Akkorokamui.
Mike also has three of his own pieces in the exhibition: a maple burl hollow form, a madrone nested set, and another maple burl.
More of our collaborative pieces may be viewed on my artist page, and for more of Mike's pieces, please visit his artist page. Also please take a minute to view all the other wonderful work by the 34
artists that are featured in the current show.
2022 AAW Live Benefit Auction
Sprocket |
Once again, Mike and I had a piece in The American Association of Woodturners benefit auction. AAW held their 36th annual symposium from June 23–26 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I usually get nervous as our piece is being auctioned, but I have to say the auctioneer this year was pretty funny and I was laughing more often than biting my nails. I think he wasn't sure of how Mike and I were related, but when someone yelled out I was Mike's sister-in-law, the auctioneer said well, huh, how many people get along with their sisters-in-law. And then the same person yelled out Mike lives in California and Georgianne lives in New York, to which the auctioneer replied, well, that'll do it!
American Woodturner
Journal of the American Association of Woodturners
February 2022: I'm excited that the The American Association of Woodturners asked to highlight me and Mike on the back cover of the winter edition of their journal, American Woodturner. They sent me several copies to hand out to friends and family.
2021 AAW Live Benefit Auction
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Solar Flare |
On Friday evening, AAW held their live benefit auction. I always get butterflies in my stomach listening to the fast talk and the infamous going once, going twice line.
Mike
& I had two collaborative pieces in the 2021 auction. Mike turned a
piece of cedar into an object I’m not exactly sure how he managed to do
in one piece. I added my pyrographic design after looking at it for a
good long while, thinking about my approach. The piece is 2.5" x 9" x 3.75" and I named it Solar Flare (well,
actually my husband named it since I consider him my wordsmith).
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Sunrise (one side) |
The
other piece was a 4” x 4.75” maple
hollow form, titled Sunrise. I think you
can tell why from the design. The two sides of Sunrise are very different from each other, which was something dictated
by the grain of the bowl.
Small Treasures Exhibit 2020

My collaborative pieces may be viewed on this link, but please take a minute to view all the other wonderful work by the 50 artists—from the United States, Europe, Australia, and South America—that are featured in the show.
2020 AAW Live Benefit Auction
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Reawakening |
The Art of Giving 2019
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Apple Scoop by Rick & Georgianne |
Solar Flares
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Solar Flare |
The first time Mike sent one of these pieces to me, I stared at it for quite a while, put it away, brought it out to stare at it some more, put it away, brought it out ... I needed to find a way to bring the two disparate parts together into one of unity. Mike said it's incredibly difficult to shape the bowl in the middle of the board. It's all of a piece, not two separate pieces glued together, so he needs to shape this perfect bowl that seemingly floats in the middle of a large plane. It takes some patience and care for him to get it perfect. For me, though, it was an odd juxtaposition of shapes that left me questioning why you would want a bowl in the center of this expanse of flatness.
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Solar Flare #2 |
AAW Premier Wood Auction
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Mojave will be in the AAW auction on night one, July 12th |
June 27, 2019: One of mine and Mike’s collaborative pieces, Mojave, will be in the AAW (American Association of Woodturners) Premier Wood Auction taking place on July 12, 2019. It is taking place during the AAW’s 33rd Annual Woodturning Symposium being held in Raleigh, North Carolina. The symposium runs July 11–14, 2019. Bid on any of the pieces you like, or just enjoy the experience of seeing some wonderful woodturned art.
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Mojave, top view |
Mike and I have been in the AAW's auction for several years now and it's always fun, interesting, and nerve-racking when our pieces take their turn on the auction block.
If you happen to make your way to the event itself, down in Raleigh, NC, Mike will be giving three demos on making hollow forms, and will be one of several reviewing critics at the symposium with whom you can get a critique of your work, preregistration required.
Turned and Burned
Mike and Georgianne Jackofsky: A Two-Person Exhibition
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Rocky Point, maple burl |
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Patera, olive wood |
Small Treasures Exhibit 2018
An Exhibition of Small Wood Wonders
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Edge of the World, Buckeye Burl, bottom view |
The three collaboration pieces that have been included are Edge of the World, Underworld, and Sunstorm.
One of our pieces is also featured in a new book titled Masters of Contemporary Wood Art, which was published in September 2018.