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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 | Cherry Staved Vase 4 ½" diameter by 9 ¼" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 black cherry staves, accents of thick cherry 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 |
Birdhouse Ornament Collection 1 ¾" diameter by 9 ½"-10" tall
Hanging birdhouse Christmas ornament collection using a variety of woods, including maple, black walnut, mahogany, canarywood, honey locust, nogal, pau amarello, padauk and a variety of coloured veneers, rub-on-poly finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Ornate Vase Collection (left to right) birds-eye maple & ebony; apple & bloodwood; mahogany, walnut & bloodwood; ash & walnut, maple, mahogany, walnut & bloodwood, plus various veneers; tung oil finish; each about 6"tall and 2" diameter; © Carl Durance |
A Ring Of Tulips Segmented bracelet for Kaili's birthday; 12 segment rings; 288 individual pieces; tulipwood, ebony, maple veneer, black-dyed pear veneer; polished to 2000 grit and waxed finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Feeling Dizzy 12 ½" diameter by 7" tall
Dizzy (or vortex) bowl, 20+ wood species, domestics and exotics, over 1700 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 |  |
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