09/08- It has been 4 years since my last posting so there is a lot of new and good stuff to report. I have taken some space in the same building my brothers and I have our business and built a second studio, along with an office and display area. I intend to spend more time turning in the city as I gradually retire from my day job. As for ideas, I have enough to keep me occupied for at least 2 years. I modified my lathe, yet again, so that I now have more freedom to create. If you check out the “Three Stories” folder it becomes obvious. In addition to round pieces that are sections of a sphere, I can now also make multi-faceted and elliptical forms. When I open up the wood, I decide what to do. I have pretty much mastered the technical aspects of the new configuration, so now I can concentrate on the aesthetic.
The gallery that represents my work, delMano, gave me a solo exhibition in 06. (See the folder.) I am honored to have been included in a book published this year; “New Masters of Woodturning,” by Terry Martin and Kevin Wallace. It contains really interesting profiles on 31 artists from around the world. I am now in the permenent collections of 3 museums, MAD in NY, Figgie Art Museum in Davenport, IA. and Carnegie Art Museum in Pittsburgh. I have agreed to teach a class in woodturning in May, 09 at the Peter’s Valley Craft Center, in NJ. My first experience as a teacher!
Fiona and I will be doing more traveling in the coming years so there will be more travel folders. And as always she has been my greatest supporter and a joy.