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November 17th, 2025


Member since 1999

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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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Firewood Bowl

Firewood Bowl

5" diameter x 2 1/4" tall

Small saucer-shaped bowl turned from a piece of firewood of unknown species.

© Carl Durance


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

European Beech Stave Vase

Chip-Carved Bowl

Chip-Carved Bowl

4 1/2" diameter x 4 1/8" tall

Small pedestal bowl turned from basswood with outside embellished with a chip-carved design.

© 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

Collection of Kaleidoscopes

Bravery Bead Boxes

Bravery Bead Boxes

A collection of Bravery Bead Boxes donated to Toronto Sick Kids Hospital to contain Bravery Beads for children in special cases. Boxes measure approximately 7" diameter and 6" in height. Made of various woods. Polymerized tung oil finish.

© Carl Durance


Kaleidoscope

2 1/4" diameter x 11" tall

Kaleidoscope made with laminated sides, end-piece rotates. Has oil-filled object cell.

© Carl Durance

Kaleidoscope
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