woodezine - Volume III - Issue V - May 2005

Turning Tidbits
Sponsored by Oneway

The Wood Turning Center recently expanded its galleries, resource library and Museum Store in the Old City gallery district.

The expanded Museum Store now carries the largest selection of wood art in a tri-county area. Pieces includeDewey Garret's dramatic colored palm wood vessels, George Peterson's large functional and sculptural textured serving bowls, and Connie Roberts' carved folk-art whistle figures. Also available are Joshua Salesin's precious ebony hand-sized cups, and handmade jewelry by Judith Anne Ditmer and Jarrah & Mallee. The library and archives house over 25,000 unique books, artists' slides and files for use by scholars, filmmakers, artists, collectors, and the general public.

 

Wood Turning Center Expands

The Wood Turning Center is an international not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to educating, promoting, and preserving wood and lathe turned art. The Center organizes traveling exhibitions, publishes books and Turning Points, a quarterly journal; sponsors lectures, symposia, and hands-on classes, hosts an international residency program, and maintains a permanent international collection.

For more info, visit the Center online at http://www.woodturningcenter.org

Turning Treat
An exhibition of work by leading woodturning artists from across North America opened at the Messler Gallery on the campus of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine on Friday, April 22nd.

Cindy Drozda's Salmon Gum Burl Vessel.
Photo by Tim Benko.

  Curated by Damariscotta woodturner Jacques Vesery, the exhibition travels to Rockport from the National Headquarters of the American Association of Woodturners in St. Paul, Minnesota, where it first appeared. "I invited artists from 18 states and 3 Canadian provinces to create an eclectic, exciting and passionate exhibit of cutting edge work," says Vesery.
A Nation of Enchanted Form represents turned wood art and sculpture spanning the continent with exquisite vessels by Stephen Gleasner and Mark Gardner; turned sculptural forms by Lyle Jamieson and Mark Sfirri; the interpretive work of Binh Pho and John Macnab; and delicately turned baskets - ranging in size up to 7" in height - by Christian Burchard.  

J. Paul Fennell's Floral Abstraction.
Photo by R. Barrkma

Michael Lee's Nalu Ammonite.
Photo by Hugo DeVries

  "Jacques was the ideal curator for this show. Being an internationally acclaimed turner himself, he knows the field inside out," said Peter Korn, Executive Director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. ŇAlso, the timing is perfect, because we open our new Woodturning Studio this June to offer an extended schedule of turning workshops."
Several Center faculty are among the exhibitors: Matthew Hill, Michael Hosaluk and Betty Scarpino, along with Midcoast turners Vesery and Gleasner. Other featured exhibitors include Derek Bencomo, Dixie Biggs, Trent Bosch, Marilyn Campbell, Cindy Drozda, Gorst duPlessis, David Ellsworth, Harvey Fein, J. Paul Fennell, Todd Hoyer, William Hunter, John Jordan, Steven Kennard, Dale Larson, Mike Lee, Bill Luce, JoHannes Michelsen, Michael Mocho, William Moore, David Nittman, Bob Rosand, David Sengel, Curt Theobald and Michael Werner.  

Stephen Gleasner's Enchanted Brook

Steven Kennard's Intrigue.
Photo by Steven Kennard

 

The public was invited to the opening reception. Located at 25 Mill Street in Rockport, the Center is a non-profit school which offers courses in furniture making and related arts such as carving and woodturning.

For more information about the school or the exhibition, please call 207-594-5611 or send an e-mail