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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 | 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 |
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 |  |
 | Curly Maple Staved Vase 4 ½" diameter by 9 ¾" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 curly maple staves, hard maple burl cap, imbuya lip and base, accents of thick mahogany veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (5 layers), 186 pieces, tung oil finish. © 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 |  |
 | Collection of Spoons A collection of spoons with turned handles and carved scoops. Left-to-Right, Birch, Basswood, Ash, Apple, Birch, and bottom, Butternut. Average 12 1/2" length. Tung oil finish. © 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 |  |
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