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am a woodturning artist. Woodturning is the shaping of wood on a
wood lathe. Most people assume that woodturners make table legs
and wooden bowls. The field of woodturning includes all sorts of
utilitarian items and has expanded into the fine art category. I am known for my wooden turned Hand Mirrors but I make a little of everything. I have made bowls, platters, Christmas ornaments, boxes, wine stoppers, sewing kits, tool handles, hollow vessels and much more. If it can be turned on the lathe I have probably made it in the last 15 years. I've restored chairs, made replacement parts for antique dolls and rebuilt wooden lamps. I am the Tips editor for American Woodturner and have had several articles in American Woodturner, More Woodturning and Woodturner (a British Publication). I have taught classes at Arrowmont School and the Appalachian Center for Crafts. I have been a demonstrator at the Tenneessee Association annual symposium the Southern States Symposium and the American Association of Woodturners annual symposium. I have demonstrated for clubs from Cincinnati to Birmingham. |
John
Lucas
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