Links to Woodturning Sites and Other Resources for Woodturners

(This site is always under construction -- If you know of interesting woodworking websites, please send the URL to Andi Wolfe )

Index to Links:

Online Resources

Websites featuring galleries (05/02/04). Some of these links are for other media such as clay, ceramics, and glass. Woodturners can learn a lot from how other artists approach the sculptured and round forms we share in woodturning.
Online woodturning journals and resource sites (03/23/04).
Tips for turners published on other websites; project plans (03/23/04)
Interviews with turners
Online catalogs (01/19/04)
Innovations for turners (01/19/04)
Sources for wood (03/22/04)
Woodworking magazines and journals(01/19/04)
Links posted from other clubs and web pages (01/19/04)

Ohio Artisans and Woodworking Shops

Andi Wolfe, Upper Arlington, OH.
Blair Davis, Worthington, OH
Dave Peebles, Lyons, OH.
Lowell Converse, Beaver Creek, OH.
The American Woodshop - hosted by Scott Phillips.
The Beall Tool Company - The Beall buffing system, collets, and ornamental lathe attachment.

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COW Members Project Corner

Central Ohio Woodturners:

Ron Coleman

Blair Davis - See also Blair's and Cynthia's collaborative works of turnings with polymer clay inlay at Dreams of Nepal and Seminole pattern inlay.

Scott Hogsten

Andi Wolfe

Woodturning Gallery, December 1999

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Woodturners Organizations

The following websites have newsletters, galleries, or other useful information for turners.

North America:

The American Association of Woodturners
The Woodturning Center
Collectors of Wood Art - not a turning organization, but certainly related.
Triangle Woodturners of North Carolina
Cascade Woodturners (Oregon)
Arizona Woodturners

Other Ohio Woodturning Club Websites:

Ohio Valley Woodturners Guild
North Coast Woodturners

Africa:

Western Cape Woodturners Association
Association of Woodturners of South Africa

Australia:

The Peninsula Woodturners Guild

New Zealand:

New Zealand Woodturners- National Association of Woodturners of New Zealand.

UK:

Irish Woodturners Guild

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Schools, Symposia and Workshops featuring Woodturning

AAW Symposia
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Craft Supplies USA workshops
David Ellsworth Woodturning School
John C. Campbell Folk School
Øland studio
Utah Symposium

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Online Galleries Featuring Woodturning

Major Collections:

The Woodturning Center
AAW On-line Galleries - includes the Instant Galleries from the symposia for 1997 onward plus juried exhibitions sponsored by AAW.
The del Mano Gallery - featuring David Ellsworth, Christian Burchard, Michelle Holzapfel, William Hunter, Mark Lindquist, and an international collection of turned wood and small treasures. A reall feast for the eyes and spirit.
Turning wood into art - the Jane and Arthur Mason Collection - online exhibit from the Mint Museum of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The American Art Company - Tacoma, WA - features internationally renowned woodturners, including Hayley Smith, Jacques Vesery, Betty Scarpino and more.
Hana Coast Gallery - Cultural Art Gallery of Hawaii featuring the turnings of Todd Campbell, J. Kelly Dunn, Ron Kent, Edward Perreria, and Gary Stevens.

Individual Artists:

North America:

2002 AAW Symposium photo album compiled by Andi Wolfe.

United States:

Trent Bosch
Christian Burchard
Nick Cook
Frank Cummings
Cindy Drozda
David Ellsworth
Clay Foster
Bill Grumbine
Michael Hampel
John Jordan
Kestrel Creek Gallery
Lyle Jamieson.
Max Krimmel Alabaster Vessels
Lindquist Studios
Bill Luce
Mike Mahoney
Johannes Michelson
David Nittmann
Craig Nutt
Gary Stevens
Tony Manella
Pat Matranga
Kevin Neelley
Ruth Niles
Lissi Øland
Claudio Stalling
Andi Wolfe

Canada:

Art Liestman
Stephen Hogbin
Niel Stoutenburg
Michael Hosaluk
Trent Watts
Leon Lacoursiere
Herman de Vries
Brahm Friedlander

Peru:

Eduardo Sarmiento Hall

United Kingdom:

Dennis Hales
Gregory Moreton
Mark Hancock
Julie Heryet
Phil Irons
Mike Swain (includes Creative Woodturners' Showcase).
Robin Wood

France:

Jean Françoise Escoulen
Alain Mailland

Australia:

Peter Lowe

New Zealand:

Soren Berger
Rex Haslip
Graeme Priddle

South Africa:

Mike Kaplan
Dennis Laidler
Grant Marshall
Woodturning in Johannesburg

Greece:

Nikos Saragas

Gallery Pages and Websites featuring nonwood media

Warm Glass Website - this is a resource used by Ron Coleman for his mixed media artwork. Some of his artwork is posted on the gallery pages of this site.
Masuo Ojima Ceramics - (Note from Andi: I saw three of his platters featured in the USA Clay exhibit at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC. His work is very inspirational, and I wish I could capture that feeling in my own woodturnings. I'd need a big, big lathe and a new basement to fit it!).
The Renwick Gallery - the Renwick Gallery is part of the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum. They have featured exhibits, usually a single medium, on the first floor and a rotation of the permanent collection and Corcoran's art galleries on the second floor. There are several online exhibits available from their website.

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Online Woodturning Journals and Resource Sites

AAW online forum
Turningwood.com
Woodcentral
Woodezine
Woodturning Online
Woodturning Plus
Woodturners' Resource Website

Techniques and Information on Woodturning:

Flip Top plans alá Scott Hogsten's demonstration.

An Unfortunate Incident - a report from Bill Grumbine about what can happen when turning goes very, very wrong (involving a powerful lathe, a big piece of wood, and a bit of overconfidence on the part of our unfortunate turner). All's well that ends well -- you'll enjoy this story.

Fingernail Grind using the Wolverine Jig from Dallas Area Woodturners website.

The Longworth Chuck - an adjustable way to reverse mount bowls.

Medieval and Renaissance Lathes.

Photographing your work - article by Bill Grumbine.

Square Turning - an article by Steve Worcester for AAW Dec '98 Journal article.

Woodturning with Grandpa Spragg - Informative articles on Tagua Nuts, Miniatures, Lace Bobbins, Sewing Kits (including pin cushions fashioned after Victorian designs), and Ivory.

Toxic Woods List.

Projects by Rex Haslip, including a lidde box, weedpot, barley twist, and post bottle.

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Interviews with Turners:

Interview with David Ellsworth from Dallas Area Woodturners website.
Interview with Lyle Jamieson from the Crafts Report online.

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Online Catalogs

Craft Supplies USA
The Cutting Edge
Jean Françoise Escoulen tools
KMS Tools and Equipment
MSC Industrial Supply
Øland Tools
Rockler
Shopsmith, Inc.
Treeline
Woodcraft (national website)
Woodsmith Store

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Innovations for turners:

The Beall Tool Company - The Beall buffing system, collet chucks, and ornamental lathe attachment.
G & M Distributors - Wood copy lathes & duplicators from VEGA and Hapfo.

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Sources for Wood

Bow River Craft Woods

Burlwood Online - Scio, OR; Big Leaf Maple, Myrtlewood, Redwood, and other figured woods.

California Walnut Designs - Grass Valley, CA; figured woods.

Choice Woods

D & D Wood Supply - Claro Walnut, English Walnut, Cottonwood Burl, Myrtle, Redwood.

Exotic Lumber.

Full Cycle Woodworks, Inc. (Smartwood Certified family operation in Tennessee. The Smartwood label indicates that this is a fully sustainable logging operation based on sound environmental practices. Specializes in hardwoods from eastern deciduous forest biome.)

Gilmer Wood Compnay - Portland, OR -- gotta see the selection to believe it! (note from Andi -- the service is terrific! I was able to get a full desciption of the boards they had to select from, and everyone was super nice during the entire transaction.)

MapleLeaf Hardwoods.

Manzanita Decorative Wood. Specializes in westcoast of North America woods (Manzanita and Buckeye) and Australian woods.

Northwest Wood - Tacoma, WA.

Righteous Woods. A wide selection of domestic and exotic woods.

Tropical Exotic Hardwoods of Latin America. This site has pictures of the available turning blanks -- usually from several angles.

Willis Lumber (Located in Washington Court House, Ohio -- the club does group purchases of lumber from this company.)

Woodfinder - this is a database for sources of lumber and veeners. You type in the name of wood you want, click the search bar, and it comes back with the suppliers listed in the database.

Hibdon Hardwood (has information on different species of trees and some interesting information about logging practices in Belize, sustainable resource management, and the socioeconomic pressures of countries with tropical rainforests).

The Burl Source.

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