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David shares a moment with Lehigh Valley Woodturners president, Jim Byrne.
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Vice President George Geissler helps with the setup.
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David addresses the crowd.
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David's slide show was titled: A lifetime of dedication in developing the vessel form through woodturning
by David Ellsworth, Master Woodturner. (www.ellsworthstudios.com)
David's presentation was on
the history of his work from1958 to the present. This included a discussion of design and design influences
in his life.
Bio: Ellsworth's first experience with the lathe was in a woodshop class in 1958.
He continued to turn through high school, then spent three years in the military and eight years in college
studying architecture, drawing and
sculpture, receiving a masters degrees in sculpture from the University
of Colorado in 1973. He started the woodworking program at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass,
Colorado in 1974, and the following year opened his first private woodturning studio in Boulder, Colorado.
It was during the mid-1970's that David designed a series of bent turning tools and the methods required
for making the thin-walled hollow forms of which he is known worldwide. His first article titled, "Hollow
Turning" appeared in the May/June 1979 issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine.
David is the founding
member of the American Association of Woodturners, of which he was president from 1986-1991, and its
first Honorary Lifetime Member.
He has written over fifty articles on subjects related to woodturning
and operates the Ellsworth School of Woodturning at his home and studio in Buck's County, Pennsylvania.
His works have been included in the permanent collections of twenty museums, including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum of Craft and Design in
Charlotte, North Carolina. He has received fellowship grants from the National Endowment of Arts, the
Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, and the PEW Foundation, and was recently honored as a Fellow of
the American Craft Council.
Thanks David, for an excellent presentation.
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