I started turning wood on a lathe while living in Maine in 2002. One winter while it was howling outside and the snow was coming down in buckets I decided I had watched enough of the tube. The next day I looked on the internet for a small wood lathe. I purchased it and the rest is history. That spring I ended up with around 50 wooden bowls of all sizes. The neighbor came to visit and said what in the world you gonna do with all the bowls, I bet the tourists would like them. That's not exactly what she said but close. Anyway that summer my wife and I did 15 art and craft shows and at the end of the summer, we were Craftshowedout. I made a new word. The following summer I was accepted into several Art Galleries and even showed a piece of art at the Boston Gallery of arts at their request. Not bad for a self-starter. Today I turn several forms of art on the lathe. Writing pens, hollow vessels, vases, pepper & salt mills, bottle stoppers, natural edge bowls. I have return buyers and collectors that purchase my work. So I figure I must be doing something right. Also, I have also started several people up in their own business as woodturners. This wasn't my choice but the conversation started out, could you teach me how to turn I only want to do it so I can give some handmade gifts. Oh well, such is life as a woodturner. By the way, how did you make that? The answer, very carefully and with the intent you won't copy it. Thanks for your ear. If you purchase my work enjoy
