Turned Bowls & Decorating Techniques 1M25
Age Group:
Adults
Learn the basics of lathe turning a wooden bowl during this 4-day Summer Intensive. Students will learn how to turn a block of wood into a bowl as well as multiple techniques to decorate surfaces. Join us to learn how to dye, paint, texture and/or burn your bowl's surface to turn it into a decorated piece of art.
Ken Lindgren
Ken Lindgren makes functional and abstract objects from trees that have fallen due to death, disease, storm or construction. A member of the American Association of Woodturners, he has taught wood turning at Fuller Craft Museum, the New England Woodturning Symposium and elsewhere. He sells his turned bowls and other works of wood art throughout New England. He has won sculpture awards at North River Arts Society Festival of the Arts and Bridgton Maine’s Art in the Park. His professional career was as a chemical engineer.
“My pieces are all handcrafted to show the beauty that results when people and nature are in harmony. Teaching is a way for me to ‘pay it backwards,’ to do for students what my teachers did for me when I was a student.”
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Specialty:
Wood Turning
Materials to bring to class:
All materials will be provided in class. $75 material fee is payable to instructor during class.