AFTER FIVE CREATIONS

About 10 years ago, I felt it would be fun to work with wood and turning it on a lathe intrigued me. The resulting lathe purchase and collecting of wood from local trees that had fallen or been cut down, started me on a creative path. The wood was far too beautiful to use as firewood or fill a landfill. So, my wood turning interest turned into a reality... Friends gave me logs from newly cut trees on their property, and I found many different types of trees that people had taken down during landscaping work on their property. They were happy to have someone pick up the logs and take them away. A wood inventory of maple, cherry, walnut, apple, sumac and others started building up in my storage shed... For the last 10 years, after my 9-5 job, I squeezed in turning time whenever I could-especially during our cold winters here in Ontario, Canada.

Primary location: Meaford Canada