I began woodworking 33 years ago building and designing furniture and kitchen cabinets. I discovered woodturning in 2007 and I was hooked. I loved the challenge of taking a chunk of wood and creating a beautiful piece of art, but also loved the ability to create something that was not only functional but pleasing to the eye. The artistic freedom to create something with woodturning, I feel is greater than any other art medium. All trees are different and present different challenges to the woodturner. I carefully select the wood that I turn based on color, grain structure and strength to enhance the individual vessel that will be turned from it.
I am member of the American Association of Woodturners and have also been on the board of my local woodturning group for several years. I attend national and state woodturning symposiums and demonstrations around the country to continually hone my artistic and woodturning skills. I have also been a demonstrator at several woodturning clubs around the state hoping to pass on the skills, ideas and tips that I have learned from other woodturners.
I also do commissions that will create that unique vessel to fill the customer’s wishes. I can also create a vessel that is made from wood supplied by the customer. There could be that special tree that had to be taken down or a piece of wood from a special place that holds a memory of a loved one that you would like to preserve.
All vessels are hand created by me and are from wood that was headed for the landfill or a fireplace and all of the shavings generated from the turning are also recycled into mulch. Most urns I create have a threaded finial or cap to seal the contents.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments about my current works or about creating something special for you.
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Kent Harriss