Utah Woodturning Symposium: Presenters

Benoît Averly, France, Benoît won the French national contest for young craft artists " Concours Jeunes Createurs" and is also the recipient of the "Prix Départemental de la SEMA", a prestigious award in France. Benoît is known for turning boxes with the skew chisel.

Allan Batty, England, has a lifetime of woodturning experience. His work as a production turner as well as turning many one of a kind pieces make Allan's demonstrations a unique experience showing speed, skill, and wit.

Tracy Owen, England, specializes in bowls and hollow forms often incorporating texture using carving or sandblasting. Color is sometimes added to enhance his work. He demonstrates regularly throughout the UK and writes articles for 'Woodturning' magazine.

Gary Rance, England, is an internationally known woodturner, teacher and demonstrator, recognized for his production and gallery work.One of the few apprentice trained woodturners, he has been turning professionally since 1975. Designer of the round skew, box scraper and easy beader tools, he also produced a Gary Rance Woodturning Techniques DVD in 2006.

Joey Richardson, England, finds her excitement and fulfillment comes from creating unique pieces, beyond wood turning, each telling their own story, having their own heart - all are created with passion. Extra diversity is added to the turned forms using piercing, carving, and airbrushing colors to bring them alive.

Les Thorne, England, has been a full time production turner for 10 years. He lives in the south of England turning everything from furniture components and stair cases to one-off sculptural pieces. His teaching always puts the emphasis on a good technique of tooling and finishing; once that is mastered, anything is possible.

Rex Burningham, Utah, specializes in large natural-edge platters often incorporating inlays of crushed stone. Rex also has experience with a variety of craft items. He is co-producer of the new video series "WoodTurning Projects with Rex and Kip" and co-author of the book "Turning Pens and Pencils".

Lee Carter, Colorado, Fort Collins, CO. Has served as a Technology Education classroom teacher, state supervisor and teacher educator. He has participated in a wide variety of woodturning symposiums at local, regional, national, and international levels. Lee has been involved with woodturning education for over 30 years. Lee specializes in small wood and stone turning.

Nelson Cassinger, Nevada, specializes in exotic woods creating color and form with his unique turnings of vessels containing as many as 3500 segmented pieces. His template that he developed takes the guesswork out of cutting and fitting the pieces to make the rings for his vessels.

Paul Chilton, Utah, is a production turner who's interest in woodworking as a young boy evolved into his love of woodturning. Although Paul processes bowl and platter blanks for other turners, his appreciation for hand turned pieces has led him to specialize in uniquely designed peppermills. While he enjoys allaspects of the trade, turning peppermills, bowls and platters has become a passion.

Kip Christensen, Utah, is a well known turner and teacher who has published two books and several articles, and whose work has been shown in numerous books and exhibitions. He has co-produced six instructional videos for woodturners. Kip is known for his lidded containers and has pioneered the use of antler for artistic turning.

Kelly Dunn, Hawaii, is a full time turner who specializes in woods grown on the Big Island of Hawaii. His signature work is translucent Norfolk pine and one off hollow vessels. He also does production bowl and sphere turning. He teaches clean tool work in both end and side grain timbers. His work is in many fine galleries in Hawaii and in major collections around the world.

Gary Gardner, Georgia, Gary has studied with many internationally known woodturners. He teaches woodturning at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. as well as at his own studio in Morganton, Ga. He frequently demonstrates at various clubs and symposia. His works are in private collections all over the world.

Keith Gotschall, Colorado, has been involved in wood working since 1980, winning many awards for his furniture, sculpture and woodturning. He is currently living and working in Salida Colorado. His style runs from the strictly functional to the truly wacky.

Anthony Harris, Kansas, is a full time turner and demonstrator who has turned for forty years. He is best known for hand-chased threading, containers, exotic materials, and adventurous demonstrations.

Kurt Hertzog, New York, He started woodturning with pens and while he has branched out turning a bit of everything he still enjoys returning to pens. A frequent demonstrator and instructor on many facets of woodturning, he particularly enjoys teaching sharpening, workholding, and advanced penmaking. He is a member and officer in several AAW chapters.

Bill Jackman, Utah, is a turner who specializes in unique handmade writing instruments and other small turnings. His preferred material is wood, but occasionally will also work with various manmade materials. He attempts to bring out the unique and natural beauty of each piece whether working with rare exotics or more common domestic woods.

Bonnie Klein, Washington, has been involved with woodturning since the early 1980's. Bonnie has produced 5 DVD's and in 2005 wrote a woodturning project book. She has demonstrated and taught workshops in many countries as well as all over the USA. In 2003 she was awarded an AAW Honorary Lifetime Member in recognition of her contributions to woodturning.

Alan Leland, North Carolina, He teaches at the John C. Campbell Folk School and the North Carolina State University Craft Center. Alan demonstrates and conducts workshops at many chapters of the AAW, and in his own studio located in Durham, NC. He has been a demonstrator at state and national symposiums and is actively involved in several woodturning clubs.

Bill Luce, Washington, is a studio woodturner internationally recognized as an influential pure form turner. His passion is the study of the power of simple vessel form, in particular his signature closed round bottomed bowls. Bill's work constantly pushes the envelope, and includes a focus on the use of challenging woods such as Douglas fir.

Jon Magill, Washington, has focused on the niche of ornamental turning for ten years; predominately producing threaded boxes with ornamentation. His recent articles and published lathe plans are enabling more turners to try the fascinating realm of ornamental turning.

Mike Mahoney, Utah, splits his time creating functional salad bowls for American Crafts galleries and creating technically turned nested bowls, burial urns and lidded containers. Mike has taught woodturning around the globe and is an author of many woodturning articles.

David Marks, California, is recognized internationally as a master craftsman of fine furniture, turner, sculptor and host of his television show "Woodworks" on DIY Network. He has won numerous awards for his woodworking, including two NICHE Awards in 2001.

Dale Nish, Utah, is well known for his books Creative Woodturning, Artistic Woodturning, and Master Woodturners. He has demonstrated throughout the United States, England, Norway, and New Zealand working with some of the foremost craftsmen in the world.

Chris Pytlik, Utah, specializes in turning hollow forms with a signature dye stain and multi coat lacquering process resulting in a blown glass or glazed effect. Chris sells his work through juried art festivals and discriminating art galleries and collectors.

Tania Radda, Arizona, has earned an M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) in wood, most of her art starts on the lathe and expands from there. She is well known for her whimsical plant like pieces and for integrating Compwood in her work. She has taught woodworking as an art form for the last 8 years.

Dick Sing, Illinois, has written nine books on woodturning, articles for Wood Magazine and The American Woodturner. Dick was also the featured turner on the DVD Magazine Woodworking at Home. His travels have taken him across the United States as far as Alaska and also to Australia, England and Norway. What a way to turn.

Doc Thode, Colorado,

Don Ward, Texas, Having always loved pens, especially fountain pens, Don was quite excited in 1999 when he discovered that he could make pens on his wood lathe. After turning his first pen he was hooked. Don became an accomplished pen maker and continues to strive to make his artwork through pens unique and beautiful.

Molly Winton, Washington, was introduced to the importance of form and design through exploration in pottery. This formed the foundation of the embellishment she adds to her turnings, be it branding, pyrography, coloring, texturing or carving. Molly's turnings have rapidly become collector favorites. Her turnings have also made it on the covers of many national publications.