OBJECTIVE

MASTER STUDIO WOODTURNER

Become a full time studio woodturner as a second career after I retire from IBM.  Produce one of a kind turned, carved, and painted wood vessels.  Give demonstrations, lectures, and workshops for turning groups, universities and craft schools. Become well known for delivering top quality, innovative work on time.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FOCUS OF MY WORK

• 2002: New Woodturner. Purchase Delta 1642 Lathe
• 2003: Turning Green, Standard and Natural Edge Bowls
• 2004: Natural Edge Bowls, Medium Vases, Turned Sculpture
• 2005: Natural Edge Bowls, Turned Sculpture, Purchased VB36 Lathe
• 2006: Small Vases, Turned Sculpture, Natural Edge Bowls
• 2007: Small Vases, Two Part Hollow Forms
• 2008: Small Vases, Whimsical Turnings
• 2009: Small & Medium Vases, Southwest Vases

DEMOS GIVEN

• 2004: Natural Edge Bowls, Kaaterskill Woodturners Club, Hurley NY
• 2006: Vacuum Chucks, Kaaterskill Woodturners Club, Hurley NY
• 2006: Small Hollow Forms & Vases, Nutmeg Woodturner's League, Brookfield CT
• 2008: Vacuum Chucks, Nutmeg Woodturner's League, Brookfield CT
• 2009: Painting on the Lathe, Nutmeg Woodturner’s League & Kaaterskill Woodturners Club
• 2009: Small Hollow Forms & Vases, Vacuum Chucks, Totally Turning 2009 Symposium, Saratoga Springs, NY

CLASSES TAUGHT

• 2006: Mastering The Detail Gouge, 2 days, In My Studio
• 2007: Mastering The Detail Gouge, 2 days, In My Studio
• 2007: The Ellsworth Signature Gouge, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

• 2008: The Journey of Discovery, Jun 15 – Aug 3, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
• 2009: Nutmeg Woodturner’s League 20^th Anniversary Exhibition, Aug 16 – Sept 26, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery

EDUCATION

BS, Electrical Engineering / Computer Science, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY College of Engineering. 1983

HANDS ON CLASSES TAKEN

• 2002: David Ellsworth, Open Bowls & Hollow Forms, 3 days, Ellsworth School of Wood Turning, PA
• 2005: Binh Pho, Surface Design for Woodturning, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
• 2005: Michael Hosaluk, Advanced Turning Clinic, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
• 2006: David Ellsworth, Woodturning Master Class, 5 days, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen CO
• 2006: Michael Brolly, Turning Beyond The Bowl, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
• 2007: Graeme Priddle, Turn Up and Have Fun, 2 days, Johannes Michelsen School of Wood Turning, Manchester-Center, VT
• 2008: Terry Tynan, Metal Spinning, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
• 2008: Terry Tynan, Intermediate Metal Spinning, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
• 2009: Michael Mocho, Sculptural Techniques for Small Turnings, 2 days, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT

SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED

• 2003: Totally Turning, Albany NY, Attended sessions by Binh Pho, Alan Lacer, Ken Dubay, Keith Tompkins, Paul Petrie
• 2004: Totally Turning, Albany NY, Attended sessions by Clay Foster, Michael Hosaluk, Bonnie Klein, Peter Exton, Dennis Fuge
• 2005: Totally Turning, Albany NY, Attended sessions by Andi Wolfe, Stuart Batty, Linda Salter, Nick Cook, Bruce Hoover
• 2006: Totally Turning, Albany NY, Attended sessions by Cindy Drozda, David Nittmann, Malcolm Tibbetts
• 2007: Totally Turning, Albany NY, Attended sessions by Kip Christensen, Alan Lancer, Andre Martel, Brain McEvoy
• 2009: Totally Turning, Saratoga Springs NY, Demonstrator and Attended sessions by Jimmy Clews, Rolly Munro
• 2007: AAW National, Portland OR, Attended sessions by Trent Bosch, Melvyn Firmager, Alain Mailland, Molly Winton
• 2008: AAW National, Richmond VA, Attended sessions by Nick Agar, Benoit Averly, Michael Mocho, Mark St Leger, Al Stirt, Jacques Veserye, Malcolm Zander
• 2007: Yankee Woodturning, Middletown CT, Attended sessions by Jean-Francois Escoulen, Graeme Priddle, Johannes Michelsen, Jimmy Clewes

SEMINARS ATTENDED

• 2006: Stuart Mortimer, Hollow and Twisted Forms, Kaaterskill Woodturners

PUBLICATIONS

• 2007: Custom Centering Cones, American Woodturner, The Journal of the American Association of Woodturners, Winter 2007

ASSOCIATIONS

• American Association of Woodturners, 2002 to Present
• Nutmeg Woodturner ‘s League, 2003 to Present
• Kaaterskill Woodturners, 2005 to Present, Founding Member.

HOBBIES

• Digital Designer, IBM Poughkeepsie, 1983 to present, Main Frame computers, Level 2 Cache Logic Design, Micro Code Programming, New system power on and debug specialist
• Gardening
• Travel: US National Parks, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal