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Ellsworth on Woodturning: How a Master Creates Bowls, Pots, and Vessels

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9781565233775
ISBN: 1565233778
Label: Fox Chapel Publishing
Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Studio: Fox Chapel Publishing


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• The Art of Turned Bowls: Designing Spectacular Bowls with a World-Class Turner
• New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries of Wood Art
• Tops: Making the Universal Toy
• The New Turning Wood with Richard Raffan (Fine Woodworking DVD Workshop)
• Woodturning Full Circle


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Summary: The Master speaks
Comment: David Ellsworth's hollow vessels are magic in your hands. This book is truly a book from a master. An understanding of the Ellsworth method can do nothing but improve your turning experience. The cover of the book shows the hole worked through to create the vessel. David's approach is straight forward with no gimmicks or special apparatus to create his stunning turned pieces. If you do hollow forms this is the example of the best. Recommended.
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Summary: A great read for anyone interested in woodturning, or in gaining insights into the mind of a master artist.
Comment: David Ellsworth's new book on Woodturning is, on one level, a concise introduction to his art. It covers everything that he teaches in his intensive three-day seminars taught at his home and in his week-long classes offered at leading schools of arts and crafts. He offers insights on wood selection and object design. He explains what tools he uses -- and how to make them -- and the techniques with which he applies those tools to the wood. With beautiful photographs and his own sketches, Ellsworth demonstrates how to create the three basic forms: open bowls, natural-edge bowls, and hollow vessels. He literally takes the reader from the sawing of a log to the sanding and finishing of a final product. On that level alone, his book would be a great success, one that anyone interested in woodturning should read.

But the book offers much more. Ellsworth is, after all, a master of his art. He invented many of the tools and developed many of the techniques that are used today by woodturners around the world. He as much as anyone has been responsible for the recognition that woodturning is more than a craft that produces useful objects. He has greatly contributed to the public appreciation that woodturning is an art and that its practitioners can produce works of beauty, revealing the special qualities of wood in shapes and forms with visual and tactile delight, often incorporating references to classic ceramic or glass forms. Along the way, he has challenged the conventional notions that woodturnings need to be functional, or that forms need to be monumental to be appreciated as art. In very personal ways, in this book, Ellsworth shares his sense of awe at the qualities of wood, and his appreciation for the work of other woodturners. For example, the sketches in the book are all by Ellsworth's own hand. They are very personal and, to this reader at least, each sketch says as much about the author as it does about the subject of the sketch.

So on a second level, the book reveals much about the mind of a gifted master of his art. He shares his deep appreciation of the qualities and varieties of wood, especially its ability to change as green wood dries and matures. He demonstrates the importance of using tools in their most efficient and effective manners. Ellsworth's appreciation for efficient use of tools also extends to the human body. For him it is important that the body be used in ways that minimize the wear and tear and maximize the opportunities for success in woodturning. For Ellsworth, the body of the artist should move in an almost dance-like way as the tools move through their arcs on the wood. It is only through such smooth and efficient movement that smooth and graceful lines can be created. On this level, the book reminds of George Nakashima's "The Soul of a Tree."

Finally, Ellsworth is not only a talented artist, he is also a caring and gifted teacher with a delightful sense of humor. In his brief concluding appendix, he sets forth his approach to teaching, revealing much about the artist as a person who takes joy in sharing his insights with others. And in his glossary we see his humor -- a buyer is someone with the means to purchase a turned wooden object; a collector is someone with the means to purchase a second object.

In summary, Ellsworth's book is a great read for anyone interested in woodturning, or in gaining insights into the mind of a master artist.
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Summary: Ellsworth on Woodturning
Comment: This is a useful and practical compilation of a master woodturner's experience and technique over many years and shared in a way from which aspiring and other experienced turners can benefit.

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