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Les Horne
Primary Medium Wood
Description of Work Woodturner
Chapter Midstate
Company/Business Turtle Creek Woodshop
Artist Statement
I find incredible joy in the process of taking a piece of timber (some of which is cut from my farm) and turning it into something beautiful. There's something powerful and intoxicating about watching grain patterns and figure emerge from a piece of stock, knowing that it took many years (sometimes hundreds) to form, and that I'm the first human being to see it - and that I get the incredible privilege of passing it on to the collector and connoisseur to use and appreciate for many years. I put a special emphasis on "traditional" techniques, and learn and employ them whenever I can. Other than the electric lathe (a traditional foot-powered lathe would be cool! but not practical), my wooden plates and bowls are made very similarly to the way this sort of thing would have been made historically. I very rarely, if ever, use modern finishes - most of my stuff is finished only with beeswax (sometimes from my own bees), or carnauba wax. Even some of my turning tools are self-made. I believe this makes a "better" product, as it forces me to learn and refine a real skill, and take special care in making of the piece.
I find incredible joy in the process of taking a piece of timber (some of which is cut from my farm) and turning it into something beautiful. There's something powerful and intoxicating about watching grain patterns and figure emerge from a piece of stock, knowing that it took many years (sometimes hundreds) to form, and that I'm the first human being to see it - and that I get the incredible privilege of passing it on to the collector and connoisseur to use and appreciate for many years. I put a special emphasis on "traditional" techniques, and learn and employ them whenever I can. Other than the electric lathe (a traditional foot-powered lathe would be cool! but not practical), my wooden plates and bowls are made very similarly to the way this sort of thing would have been made historically. I very rarely, if ever, use modern finishes - most of my stuff is finished only with beeswax (sometimes from my own bees), or carnauba wax. Even some of my turning tools are self-made. I believe this makes a "better" product, as it forces me to learn and refine a real skill, and take special care in making of the piece.
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