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We met at a local restaurant and hit it off pretty well. Going around the table from L to R: me, Dave Stephenson, Dennis Marshall, Mike Kaplan, and Grant Marshall. The next several photos are works by Mike Kaplan and Grant Marshall.
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This bowl is in my private collection. It's made from milkwood. I love the shape and heft of this rugged bowl. The scorching really accents the piece. It's one of the larger pieces in my woodturning collection - about 8 inches in diameter.
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This piece is also by Mike Kaplan. It's made from Assagaii (I have no idea if I spelled that correctly). This was done as part of a challenge for their national woodturning congress. Participants were to make something from a cube of wood no larger than 6" on a side.
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This lovely piece is by Grant Marshall, and is also in my private collection. It's made from imbuya and is turned on three axes. Grant added a metal ring and sail. It's one of my absolute favorites. I wish Grant would make some more of these so I could have them in my collection, too.
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Grant has also made a series of tall oak vases. This one is similar to one in my collection, but belongs to another collector of wood art. I had it as part of an exhibit I organized on South African woodturning. (More about that below).
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The exhibit I organized was presented at the 2003 AAW symposium in Pasadena California. I had invited about a dozen South African Woodturners to participate, including Butch Smuts, who came over for the event and to meet some of the gallery owners. I introduced him to Ray Leier from del Mano gallery, and that relationship has worked out well on both sides.
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Dennis Laidler from Cape Town participated in the exhibit, and this piece was a gift to me from him for the work I put into organizing everything.
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Izak Cronje, also from Cape Town, had several pieces in the exhibit, including this beautiful bowl made from pink ivory. This one is in my collection. I keep it away from strong light and it is still very pink. Pink ivory will fade to brown with time and exposure to light.
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This is another piece done by Dennis Laidler. It was snapped up by a collector right away. It's made from Kaaia (??? Dennis - correct my identification here, please) and red ivory. (Dennis commented on the correct name of the wood, which is Kiaat - thanks, Dennis).
2 comments:
Hi Andi, the wood is Kiaat. I'll confirm the scientific name later. I think it is Pterocarpus angolensis. In Rhodesia it was called Mukwa.
Thanks, Dennis! I hope the congress is going well, and that everyone is having a good time.
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