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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 | 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 |
Tree .... © 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 |
We're-in-this-together Pen Maple Leaf pen with "We're in this together" engraved pen clip, 132 individual pieces of wood forming a segmented swirl; Maple, Pau Amarello, Purpleheart, Roasted Maple, and black-dyed veneer.Donated to Southampton Arts Centre local food bank fundraiser. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Cryptex 2½ inches diameter by 6¼ inches
Cryptex prototype, as seen the Davinci Code movie, with woodburned lettering. Passcode is LULALU, after Lulu the cat, to unlock secret compartment. Components made from elm branch wood, finished with tung oil. © Carl Durance |
Spinning-Top Lidded Boxes A collection of Spinning-Top Lidded Boxes turned from hard maple, coloured with permanent markers, and finished with tung oil. Boxes are approximately 2¼" diameter and 4½" tall. Functional spinning tops form the lids of the boxes. Boxes may be inverted to provide a platform upon which to spin the top. An ultimate addition to the desk of the busy executive! © Carl Durance |  |
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