Andy’s artworks have gained him world-wide recognition. First, with his modern vessel style and second with his dynamic sculptural series. He has demonstrated his artwork in many woodturning clubs in the North-East region and has exhibited nationally.
MtW: Robbie Graham Interview
Woodturner and Sculptor Robbie Graham.
"I moved to Perth, Western Australia from Auckland, NZ, in 1978 as a fitter turner. Started woodturning in 1982, registered a business ("AnyTurn") in 1983, doing mostly production work, turning verandah posts to drawer knobs. Started experimenting in art woodturning in 1994. Decided to move back to N.Z in 1995 to open an art gallery."
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Franz Keilhofer Interview:
Self-determined life in the rhythm of nature
Franz Josef Keilhofer is a real original: He lives and works in harmony with nature, is a boy from the Berchtesgadener Land and lives in the family farmhouse from 1710 at the foot of the Watzmann. Keilhofer is a woodworker – above all. Here he talks about his special relationship with wood and what nature teaches us. He takes us into the foggy undergrowth, explains why the felled oak tree is stored in the ground, that the yew tree on the workbench gives off the smell of dark chocolate and why each individual piece of wood always requires its very own type of processing. Franz Josef Keilhofer's world seems to consist only of trees and wood and yet it teaches the whole existence. A book about finding the right tree and recognizing the right life -
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
MtW: David O Neill
I manufacture and sell high quality wood turned items, I have the ability to supply any trade or individual with any wood turning or woodturning’s they require.
I am happy to work on a one off item, or a production run of multiple woodturning’s
I use traditional wood turning methods handed down through the years, I also have the use of my hydraulic copy lathe for multiple or batch woodturnings when required.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
MtW: Roger Bennet
Roger Bennett is an Irish woodturner who makes distinctive coloured bowls and vessels. These are gracefully shaped, often surprisingly thin, and many of them are inlaid with hundreds of silver dots arranged in constellation-like clusters or formal geometric patterns.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Elizabeth Weber Interview:
Hi, my name is Elizabeth and Icosa Woodworks is a one-woman shop run by me in Seattle, WA.
I have always loved wooden objects, and I look for ways to add vibrancy and movement to the things I create. I like to use color and shapes in all of my products, which includes bowls, earrings, spoons, and furniture.
I have always loved wooden objects, and I look for ways to add vibrancy and movement to the things I create. I like to use color and shapes in all of my products, which includes bowls, earrings, spoons, and furniture.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Andy Chen Interview:
I have been turning wood since 1992. For me, woodturning is to enhance the beauty of the nature. However, as pretty as most wood, stunning beauty such as that in a burl is hard to come by. In addition, when one hollows out a burl, >95% of the natural beauty ends up in the trash as shavings or dust. Therefore, my preferred style of turning is segmented in which I cut wood into small pieces and glue them together to a rough form.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Jimmy Clewes Interview
Jimmy is not your ordinary woodturner. Upon a first meeting one would think of him as a renegade, a free thinker and not within the stereotypical image of a woodturner. His charming British style, unending wit, creative mind and magnetic personality are only some of the attributes that make him popular in the woodturning demonstration circuit.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
MtW Andy DiPietro Interview
Artist Bio
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
John Lane Interview:
John Lane is a woodturner from Alaska. Johns skills are clearly visible in his utilitarian pieces and also in his amazing art pieces. Be sure to check out Johns herd of moose!
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
MtW Terry Scott
Being a born and bred New Zealander I have been exposed from birth to the awesome beauty of mother nature that all Kiwis freely enjoy. The amazing changing landscapes of this country and the diverse range of timbers available continue to inspire my woodturning. Such an environment fosters my innate passion and life long commitment to all things wood. In recent years my work has evolved and my creations can now be viewed in terms of wood art. I am honoured to have many such pieces residing in notable collections world wide.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Pat & Karen Miller
Wood Artists
For as long as we’ve been together Karen and I have shared a bit of a twist in how we see things. It's part of what drew us to each other I suspect. We seem to feed off each other’s perspectives in a way where one and one adds up to more than two. We have years of pictures in files with names like “shadows”, “clouds”, “things that look like other things”, “weird stuff”, “jump”. We seldom say anything that goes over the head of the other but often goes over those around us. Both of us have an innate need to make things which led us to dabble a bit in wood art in 2010 and the dabbling quickly engulfed us as a passion. We’ve earned our living, raised our kid, formed some opinions, paid our taxes and added candles to our cakes but haven’t really grown old. We are rather easily inspired and try not to look past the obvious. Our work may include the labor of one of us or both but the heart, soul and result of all our work is a true collaborative effort.
Our intention is to enjoy the journey. We hope you will also.
--pat and karen miller
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
David Bell Interview:
David Bell is a wood turner who has been involved in woodworking for nearly 40 years. The craft of woodworking and its lustre began in the basement of a stone farm house on the outside the picturesque village of Elora, Ontario. David’s interest in working with wood was inspired by his grandfather. Thus began a continuing fascination with all things wood.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Chris Fisher Interview:
Christopher Fisher RPT is known as the Blind Woodturner and is currently the UK’s only completely blind professional and accredited Woodturner.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Gary Lowe Interview:
Originally from the Glasgow area in Scotland, I now live in the beautiful area of Moray, Northern Scotland. Surrounded by Mountains on one side and the coast on the other. Nestled on the edge of the Spey Valley we are spoilt with stunning scenery and wildlife, not to mention the 50 + whisky distilleries in the local area.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Malcolm Tibbets Interview:
I assembled my first two pieces of wood together at age five in my granddad’s workshop. He certainly passed on his love for woodworking; I’ve been a lifelong worker of wood ever since. In the mid 90’s, after building many furniture pieces, literally filling a house with handmade furniture, and after acquiring a shop full of tools, my woodworking journey took me to the wonderful world of segmented woodturning – a truly unique art form.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Nick Agar Interview:
Nick Agar is a world-renowned, award-winning, sculptural woodworking artist. He has a well-earned reputation for producing highly individual, beautifully crafted works of art.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Ronald Kanne Interview:
Ronald Kanne is a woodturning artist and teach from the Netherlands.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
John Beaver Interview:
Artist Statement
After spending over 25 years in Hollywood filming television commercials, John began experimenting with a lathe he had inherited. Having always lived near the ocean, he was inspired to bring the motion and rhythm of the waves to a round object. The exploration of that concept led to the “wavy” design which is still the signature element of his work today.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |
Donna Zils Banfield Interview:
It started with refinishing old furniture that I inherited from my grandfather. Despite working full-time until age 96 as a furniture finisher, he just slapped coats of paint on his own furniture. I could tell each decade by the color of the paint that I removed. One piece, an Armoire, had up to six coats of paint. I easily finessed a heat gun to strip away each layer of paint. A lawyer by day, I found myself rushing home from the office just to spend a few hours each night to work with the wood. Once there, my pace slowed as I worked patiently and methodically.
| Duration: | 1 month |
| Price: | €5.00 |