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Doug Lowman
Primary Medium Fiber/Textile
Secondary MediumGlass
Description of Work I am a lace and press-in caner of chairs and rockers. In addition, I weave chairs and stools with flat reed and rush. I also weave and am learning the art of stained glass.
Chapter Northeast
Company/Business AppRidge Weavers
Artist Statement
Currently an artist working in seat weaving using cane, rush and flat reed as well as stain glass and textile weaving, Doug Lowman started his academic and employment life in considerably different venues. For more than 50 years he has been involved in the structural characterization of small molecules and industrially interesting polymers using high-resolution solution-state and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy techniques. Doug worked for Eastman Kodak Company initially, then Eastman Chemical Company, both in Kingsport, TN, for 30 years in production and the research laboratories as an NMR spectroscopist from 1979 to 2009. Since retirement from Eastman in 2009, he has been a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN, focusing on structural analysis of fungal cell wall carbohydrates, including mannans and glucans.
Prior to coming to Eastman, Doug received his BS degree from Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, in 1970, his MS degree from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, in 1972, and his PhD from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, in 1977 followed by a post-doctoral position at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. All four positions and degrees were in chemistry. In 2004, he co-founded AppRidge International, LLC, to provide technical out-sourced support to industrial leaders for chemical analyses. Doug used his technical talents to propose a winning solution to an Innocentive Challenge on new approaches for transseptal puncture in 2010. He has served as a peer reviewer for several technical journals as well as a peer review panelist for a DOE-sponsored technology program hosted through the Institute for Regulatory Science, Columbia, MD. In addition, Doug has organized or co-organized symposia for the American Chemical Society and the Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry. He is the author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and over 40 technical presentations.
As a caner, Doug exhibited chairs and demonstrated chair caning in several venues in North Carolina, Ohio, Arkansas and Tennessee. In North Carolina, he exhibited and demonstrated at the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF) and Blue Ridge Fiber Festival. In Tennessee, Doug participated in the National Carousel Fine Craft Show, Sycamore Shoals Fiber Fair, Fine Art in the Park Show, Tennessee Craft Northeast Chapter Fine Craft Show, Tennessee Craft Week Tennessee Visitor’s Center exhibition, ArtCurious Holiday Craft Fair, Exchange Place Spring Garden and Fall Festival Fairs, Summer Craft 2017, Handmade Here Tennessee Craft Exhibit, Overmountain Weavers Guild Fiber Exhibition, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Virtual Exhibition and Instructor’s Exhibition. He also demonstrated and exhibited in Ohio and Arkansas at the SeatWeavers’ Guild Chair Caning Roadshows and their Annual Gathering Chair Exhibitions. Rewards for his efforts include Best of Show at the Summer Craft 2017 Exhibit and an Honorable Mention in 2018 at the Handmade Here Tennessee Craft Exhibit, both at the Reece Museum, ETSU, for a walnut Victorian rocker with the seat and back both caned in the single daisy chain pattern. Doug has taught chair caning since 2015 at the Exchange Place (Kingsport, TN), Jonesborough Senior Center (Jonesborough, TN), Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN) and Washington College Academy (Limestone, TN). He is a member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc (currently its President), Tennessee Craft-Northeast Chapter, Overmountain Weaver’s Guild and Handweavers Guild of America.
Currently an artist working in seat weaving using cane, rush and flat reed as well as stain glass and textile weaving, Doug Lowman started his academic and employment life in considerably different venues. For more than 50 years he has been involved in the structural characterization of small molecules and industrially interesting polymers using high-resolution solution-state and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy techniques. Doug worked for Eastman Kodak Company initially, then Eastman Chemical Company, both in Kingsport, TN, for 30 years in production and the research laboratories as an NMR spectroscopist from 1979 to 2009. Since retirement from Eastman in 2009, he has been a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN, focusing on structural analysis of fungal cell wall carbohydrates, including mannans and glucans.
Prior to coming to Eastman, Doug received his BS degree from Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, in 1970, his MS degree from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, in 1972, and his PhD from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, in 1977 followed by a post-doctoral position at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. All four positions and degrees were in chemistry. In 2004, he co-founded AppRidge International, LLC, to provide technical out-sourced support to industrial leaders for chemical analyses. Doug used his technical talents to propose a winning solution to an Innocentive Challenge on new approaches for transseptal puncture in 2010. He has served as a peer reviewer for several technical journals as well as a peer review panelist for a DOE-sponsored technology program hosted through the Institute for Regulatory Science, Columbia, MD. In addition, Doug has organized or co-organized symposia for the American Chemical Society and the Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry. He is the author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and over 40 technical presentations.
As a caner, Doug exhibited chairs and demonstrated chair caning in several venues in North Carolina, Ohio, Arkansas and Tennessee. In North Carolina, he exhibited and demonstrated at the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF) and Blue Ridge Fiber Festival. In Tennessee, Doug participated in the National Carousel Fine Craft Show, Sycamore Shoals Fiber Fair, Fine Art in the Park Show, Tennessee Craft Northeast Chapter Fine Craft Show, Tennessee Craft Week Tennessee Visitor’s Center exhibition, ArtCurious Holiday Craft Fair, Exchange Place Spring Garden and Fall Festival Fairs, Summer Craft 2017, Handmade Here Tennessee Craft Exhibit, Overmountain Weavers Guild Fiber Exhibition, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Virtual Exhibition and Instructor’s Exhibition. He also demonstrated and exhibited in Ohio and Arkansas at the SeatWeavers’ Guild Chair Caning Roadshows and their Annual Gathering Chair Exhibitions. Rewards for his efforts include Best of Show at the Summer Craft 2017 Exhibit and an Honorable Mention in 2018 at the Handmade Here Tennessee Craft Exhibit, both at the Reece Museum, ETSU, for a walnut Victorian rocker with the seat and back both caned in the single daisy chain pattern. Doug has taught chair caning since 2015 at the Exchange Place (Kingsport, TN), Jonesborough Senior Center (Jonesborough, TN), Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN) and Washington College Academy (Limestone, TN). He is a member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc (currently its President), Tennessee Craft-Northeast Chapter, Overmountain Weaver’s Guild and Handweavers Guild of America.
Artist Details
- Craft Teaching
- Seat weaving, chair caning
- Demonstrates Craft/Artwork
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