Carl Durance
(Creative Magic Design) | | Wiarton, Ontario, Canada |
About Carl Growing up on a large poultry farm in Ontario, working with his hands came naturally to Carl, instilling values of strong work ethic and respect for all things natural. His creative instinct and desire for challenge led to the position of Associate Director of a leading-edge computer software research and development group at the University of Waterloo.
Carl now focuses that creative energy and desire to learn to ever-increasing artistic endeavours. He is accomplished in different art forms, using clay, glass, metal, stone, and wood, including lampworked/flameworked glass, pottery, stained and fused glass, bird carving, glass enamelling on metal, jewellery, and wood turning. Carl lives in a tranquil country setting hemmed between Colpoys Bay to the North and the Niagara Escarpment to the South.
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 hardwoods, including maple, cherry, birch, butternut, and walnut. He enjoys using exotics on occasion. He likes to incorporate surface embellishments, such as textured, air-brushed, gilded, or woodburned accents, on a turned piece.
Carl shows his work and teaches a variety of workshops at the Southampton Art Centre in Southampton, Intersections Wood Collaborative (formerly Stephen Hogbin's Intersections Wood Gallery & Studio) in Owen Sound, and, Owen Sound Artists Cooperative 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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 | European Beech Stave Vase 4 ¾" diameter by 10 ½" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 European beech staves, accents of thick blue-dyed veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (5 layers), box elder burl top, black walnut lip and base, 186 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Chip-Carved Platter 7 1/2" diameter x 1 1/8" tall
Platter (low-profile bowl) turned from butternut wood with inside bottom embellished with a chip-carved rosette design. © 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 |
Collection of Scalloped Pens A collection of scalloped pens using various domestic and exotic woods and veneers with Cigar and Ultra Cigar pen kits. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Sycamore Staved Vase 4 ½" diameter by 8 ½" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 sycamore staves, accents of thick cherry veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (5 layers), hard maple burl top, walnut lip and base, 186 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Eye of the Tornado 13" diameter by 7" tall
Dizzy (or vortex) bowl, 20+ wood species, domestics and exotics, over 1450 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
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