Carl Durance
(Creative Magic Design) | | Wiarton, Ontario, Canada |
About Carl Carl works in many media including wood (turned, 3D sculpture), glass (flameworked/lampworked, fused), clay (stoneware and porcelin pottery), and precious metal (jewelry).
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 woods, including maple, cherry, birch, butternut, and walnut. He enjoys using exotics on occasion. He likes to incorporate surface embellishments, such as air-brushed, gilded, or woodburned accents, on a turned piece.
Carl shows his work and teaches a variety of classes at the Southampton Art Centre in Southampton and Stephen Hogbin's Intersections Wood Gallery & Studio 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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 | Looking Dizzy 12" diameter by 7" tall
Dizzy (or vortex) bowl, 20+ wood species, domestics and exotics, approximately 900 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Black Walnut Stave Vase 5" diameter by 10½" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 black walnut staves, accents of thick pink-dyed veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (7 layers), hard maple burl top, curly maple lip and base, 251 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Birdhouse Ornament Collection 1 ¾" diameter by 9 ½"-10" tall
Hanging birdhouse Christmas ornament collection using a variety of woods, including maple, black cherry, black walnut, mahogany, and a variety of coloured veneers, rub-on-poly finish. © Carl Durance |
Bravery Bead Boxes A collection of Bravery Bead Boxes donated to Toronto Sick Kids Hospital to contain Bravery Beads for children in special cases. Boxes measure approximately 7" diameter and 6" in height. Made of various woods. Polymerized tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Inside-Out Ornament Collection 1 1/8" diameter by 8"-8 1/2" tall
Hanging inside-out Christmas ornament collection using a variety of woods, including maple, black cherry, black walnut, red oak, nogal, and sapele, polymerized tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Hollow Form Vase 4" diameter by 12" tall
Tall slender spalted birch hollow-form vase, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
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