Carl Durance
(Creative Magic Design) | | Wiarton, Ontario, Canada |
About Carl Growing up on a large poultry farm in Ontario, working with his hands came naturally to Carl, instilling values of strong work ethic and respect for all things natural. His creative instinct and desire for challenge led to the position of Associate Director of a leading-edge computer software research and development group at the University of Waterloo.
Carl now focuses that creative energy and desire to learn to ever-increasing artistic endeavours. He is accomplished in different art forms, using clay, glass, metal, stone, and wood, including lampworked/flameworked glass, pottery, stained and fused glass, bird carving, glass enamelling on metal, jewellery, and wood turning. Carl lives in a tranquil country setting hemmed between Colpoys Bay to the North and the Niagara Escarpment to the South.
Carl started turning wood in the mid 1980s. He is currently a member of the Grey-Bruce Woodturners Guild in Kincardine, Simcoe Woodturners Guild in Barrie, Thames Valley Woodturners Guild in London, American Association of Woodturners, Segmented Woodturners, and Ornamental Turning International. Through a combination of instructional training and self-taught (trial & error), Carl continues to develop and refine his technique.
Carl concentrates on domestic hardwoods, including maple, cherry, birch, butternut, and walnut. He enjoys using exotics on occasion. He likes to incorporate surface embellishments, such as textured, air-brushed, gilded, or woodburned accents, on a turned piece.
Carl shows his work and teaches a variety of workshops at the Southampton Art Centre in Southampton, Intersections Wood Collaborative (formerly Stephen Hogbin's Intersections Wood Gallery & Studio) in Owen Sound, and, Owen Sound Artists Cooperative in Owen Sound, and is a regular presenter at other guilds and public events.
For more information on Carl's work, you can contact Carl at lazy.bee@bmts.com. |
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 | Ornate Lidded Box 2 3/8" diameter by 7 5/8" tall
Ornate lidded box with finial and pedestal, made from curly maple staves, ebony, and black-dyed pear veneer. © Carl Durance |
Maple Staved Vase 5 ¼" diameter by 11" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 maple staves, accents of thick mahogany veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (5 layers), box elder burl top, ebony lip and base, 186 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Fibonacci Flare with a Cap Lidded vase using a bowl-from-a-board construction; lamination of cherry, maple, walnut topped with walnut wafer; sanded/polished to 1500 grit; tung oil finish; 7 ¼" diameter by 7 ¼" tall.
Represented Simcoe Woodturners Guild (Barrie, ON) at AAW's 25th Anniversary symposium "Turning 25 - A Celebration" exhibit.© Carl Durance |
European Beech Stave Vase 4 ¾" diameter by 10 ½" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 European beech staves, accents of thick blue-dyed veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (5 layers), box elder burl top, black walnut lip and base, 186 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Chip-Carved Bowl 4 1/2" diameter x 4 1/8" tall
Small pedestal bowl turned from basswood with outside embellished with a chip-carved design. © Carl Durance |
Collection of Kaleidoscopes A variety of kaleidoscopes including egg scopes, mini oil wand scopes, oil wand scope, oil cell scope, teleidoscope, and full-sized oil cell scopes. © Carl Durance |  |
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