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The Blakely Burl Tree Project
ARTWORKS / PROJECTS
Artist: David Ellsworth
Material: Blakely Burl Tree Burl
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see finished piece
David Ellsworth from Bucks
County, PA and Boulder, CO is recognized
as one of the premier wood turners in the the world.
Below, examples of work made by David Ellsworth.
The
BBT Museum
Piece will be made in a similar spirit to ones shown below.
David makes exquisitely turned impossibly thin walled wood vessels
and will do the same with
the piece(s) he is given from the BBT.
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Turned vessel "Pots" in various woods by David Ellsworth
David Ellsworth (right) and Mark Lindquist (left) in
Hartford, CT
at the 2010 AAW Woodturning Symposium.
Photo: John Kelsey
DAVID
ELLSWORTH - LINE ASCENDING
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David Ellsworth,
Line Ascending, 2011, Blakely Burl Tree
H: 63 in W: 12 in D: 16 in (Photo: John Kelsey)
David Ellsworth,
Line Ascending (Detail), 2011, Blakely Burl Tree
H: 63 in W: 12 in D: 16 in (Photo: John Kelsey)
Artist's
Statement:
There are times when one's material generates an idea, when
circumstances beyond one's control present themselves, when
process must be reconsidered, even reinvented. When these
three elements clash, as they did with this piece, one can not
hesitate in pursuit of a new direction. I had been considering
greater height in my work when this unturnable, but wonderful
hunk of pecan burl came to me. One successful piece does not a
series make, so I am now searching for more unturnable
materials with which to expand the idea into a more complete
body of work.
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ABOUT THE
ARTIST
David
Ellsworth
Over the past thirty years, David Ellsworth has become known as one
of the premier designers of turned wooden vessel forms. His work is
included in the permanent collections of thirty museums and numerous
private collections.
He is a Fellow of the American Craft Council, is a former Trustee of
the American Craft Council, and has received fellowship awards from
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council for
the Arts, and the PEW Fellowship for the Arts. He is the recipient
of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Association of
Woodturners and the Collectors of Wood Art, and he runs his own
private school of woodturning at his home and studio in Buck’s
County.
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Proposal:
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