Houten Objecten van Rik Mars |
Other artists working with wood |
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Lady turner from the north of the Netherlands exhibiting bowls, vases, ornamentation and twist tops, like the CD-top on the picture, which she invented.
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Woodturners in the West of The Netherlands. so many members, so many techniques.
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Very skilled Henny van den Akker creates all kinds of objects, turned or unturned , made of wood or other materials. His knowledge of materials lead him to totally new things that surprise over and over again.
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Marcel van Berkel brings strong contrasts into his work. Woodturning shows to be much more than turning alone.
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Mike Scott attaches more importance to shape as to material. By combining turning and other woodworking techniques and especially by using brushing, bleaching and/or sand blasting for surface finishing, he creates objects of unworldly beauty.
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Fascinated by big: a top nobody can spin, een club nobody can handle ...
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Nice designing; newly discovered shapes; surprising additions.
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A large international organisation of wood turners. On their site countless links and several exhibitions of wooden objects, turned and carved. As example in the picture an object of Stephen Hughes from Aspendale Gardens, Australia: "The Pleaser"
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Lots of members in this assosiation who turn beautiful work. A website with lots of links and web exhibitions.
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At the Centrum Hout everything about wood, the use of wood, architecture, training, etc. Many links can be found on this site too.
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The assosiation unites forresters, mills and woodworkers. Increased use if wood from the region, evironmently friendly, sustainable wood finishing and attention voor craftmanship are the purpose.
The 'Oen dag hout' is a yearly event on wood with participants from several countries.
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A list with denominations of timber in English, Dutch, German and French, as well as the botanical names. Also links to objects are given.
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some sculptures and woodcarvings I collected from over the world.
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