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 classes at the Southampton Art Centre in Southampton and Stephen Hogbin's Intersections Wood Gallery & Studio 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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 | Crossing Paths Segmented vase; crossing zig-zag feature ring; 12 segment rings; 400 individual pieces; curly maple upper and lower, and honey locust mid-section, with red-dyed and maple veneer accents; tung oil finish; 8 ½" tall by 6 ½" diameter. © Carl Durance |
Kaleidoscope Collection (left to right) walnut & maple; spalted maple & walnut; walnut & cherry; curly maple & walnut; curly maple & walnut; mahogany & walnut with Celtic knot; plus various veneers; first/front surface mirror, rotating oil object cell; tung oil finish; ranging from 10" to 14" length. © 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 |
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 |
Birds Eye Maple Stave Vase 5¾" diameter by 10½" 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 |  |
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