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 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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 | Birds Eye Maple Stave Vase 5 ¾" diameter by 10 ½" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 birds eye maple staves, accents of thick mahogany veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (7 layers), hard maple burl top, imbuya lip and base, 251 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Segmented Bowl 10 ¼" diameter by 4 3/8" tall
Segmented bowl using cherry, maple, nogal, red oak, and walnut with centre medallion of yellow cedar burl, generating a swirl pattern, 7 layers of 16 segment rings, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Dizzy Again 13" diameter by 6½" tall
Dizzy (or vortex) bowl, 20+ wood species, domestics and exotics, approximately 900 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Kaili's Surprise BFAB (bowl-from-a-board) Vase; laminated curly maple/black walnut square stalk; 6 concentic rings; 7" tall and 9 ½" diameter with 7/16" wall thickness; finished with polymerized tung oil. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Higher & Higher Trembleurs (left to right) hard maple stem includes 2 captive rings, walnut base & hollowed globe, total height 15"; holly stem includes 3 captive rings, walnut base & hollowed globes, total height 19", minimum diameter of 5/32"; tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |
Rainbow of Pens Rainbow of Pens is a collection based on the "Easy Grip" or "Comfort" pen kit for a local organization. Primarily figured hard maple with a variety of natural and dyed wood inserts trimmed with black-dyed veneer. © Carl Durance |  |
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