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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 | Pinnacle On Cloud Nine Lidded vase; 9-piece segmented rings of birds’ eye maple and black walnut, with black walnut, maple, and black cherry veneers and a figured black cherry finial; sanded/polished to 1500 grit; tung oil finish; 5 ¾" diameter by 5 ¾" tall.
Represented Grey Bruce Woodturners Guild (Kincardine, ON) at AAW's 25th Anniversary symposium "Turning 25 - A Celebration" exhibit.© 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 |  |
 | A Touch Of Celtic A collection of Celtic knot wood turnings; walnut bracelets, maple bottle stopper, & holly pen; plus various veneers; tung oil finish; on pen, friction polish and wax finish; each incorporating a Celtic knot. © Carl Durance |
Fluted Goblet Goblet turned from hard maple with a captive ring on the stem; finished with tung oil; stands 8" high and 2" diameter with 1/16th" wall thickness. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Whirl Wind 14" diameter by 8" tall
Dizzy (or vortex) bowl, 20+ wood species, domestics and exotics, approximately 900 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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