For the past fourteen years, Simon Levy has been making one of a kind lathe-turned wood vessels and objects that invite the viewer to come come closer, explore and enjoy.

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Super Nova, boxelder, engraving, pyrography, pigment
16″ H x 16″ W x 2″ D

Lost & Found, boxelder, pyrography, carving
10 1/2″ H x 4 3/4″ W x 4 3/4″ D

Prior to this, Levy was an art director in the recording industry for twenty years.  Now he spends days in his own studio in Tennessee, first turning the vessels in his woodworking shop, then moving the vessels to his art studio where he applies pyrography (wood burning), low-relief engraving, pigments and drawings to the work.  The details are stunning.

Whiskers, boxelder, engraving, pyrography, pigment, natural bristle
13″ H x 8 3/4″ W x 7 1/2 ” D

Omo, Boxelder, Oak, metal, pyrography
8 3/8″ H x 8 3/4″ W x 5 1/2″ D

“Trees are kindred spirits, we are commonly connected by the universal essence of Nature. My work is a tactile and visual expression created in wood, it represents a deeply personal sense of respect, rhythm and resolve.” Simon Levy

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Bud Latven has been working with wood since 1972, when he first learned how to make cabinets and furniture. In the early 1980′s he made the shift from furniture maker to lathe-turned artist, and when work by this self-taught artist landed on the cover of Fine Woodworking magazine in 1985 his career was catapulted to a national level. Today Latven continues to push the envelope with his evolving interpretation of the turned vessel.

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Bocote Torsion, Bocote, 18 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ x 18 1/2″

Dancing Impact 3, Cocobolo, Tiger Maple, 21″ x 26″

Hyperboloid 3, Canary Wood, Massacar Ebony, 24″ x 19″

Hyperboloid 3, alternate view

While the full portfolio is on his website, the images are almost too small and don’t do the work justice. A better way to view Latven’s work is at delMano Gallery.
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Canadian Jim Lorriman turns wood using a concentric ring lamination technique which allows him to reuse old wood in a way that isn’t available to other woodturners. The former cabinet maker turns vases, bowls and plates from reclaimed dock wood, discarded window frames, timbers from old factories and barns, even grandma’s old front door.

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[private_archives]I’m intrigued by the idea of taking a piece of wood that has sentimental value and turning it into an heirloom that can be enjoyed and honored for generations.

Lorriman, a 2009 Niche Award Finalist, is a self-taught artist whose practice of featuring the flaws in a piece of wood echoes the wisdom we find in Eastern cultures.

I have a deep respect for the forest as an entity and its individual trees. The forest provides for me and I only take what is offered. I try to show wood in new ways to spark curiosity and possibly even get people to think. Through the trees I am connected to the past. They are connected through me to the future.

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