| CARL FORD |
3 Danspence Road
Poughkeepsie NY 12603
Phone: (845) 462-4074
Email: [email protected] |
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| OBJECTIVE |
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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.
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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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
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
CLASSES TAUGHT
- 2006: Mastering The Detail Gouge, 2 days, In My Studio
- 2007: Mastering The Detail Gouge, 2 days, In My Studio
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| EDUCATION |
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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
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
- 2007:AAW National, Portland OR, Attended sessions by Trent Bosch, Melvyn Firmager, Alain Mailland, Molly Winton
- 2007:Yankee Woodturing, Middletown CT, Attended sessions by Jean-Francois Escoulen, Graeme Priddle, Johannes Michelsen, Jimmy Clewes
SEMINARS ATTENDED
- 2006: Stuart Mortimer, Hollow and Twisted Forms, Kaatskill Woodturners
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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- 2007: Custom Centering Cones, American Woodturner, The Journal of the American Association of Woodturners, Winter 2007
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| ASSOCIATIONS |
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- American Association of Woodturners, 2002 to Present
- Nutmeg Woodturner ‘s League, 2003 to Present
- Kaatskill Woodturners, 2005 to Present, Founding Member.
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| HOBBIES |
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- 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, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal
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