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Painting by Doreen Hardiman

Ross Elliot

 

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I retired and moved to Navan in 1995 and, as a new retiree, I started looking for  activities to fill my new-found time. My wife bought me a Taig Wood Lathe from  Lee Valley and I progressed through a variety of pen and pencil kits. I joined  the Valley Wood Turners who meet monthly at Louis Riel High School. This group  offers training courses, guest speakers and a variety of competitions. I hit a  high when I won the Novice First Prize for Hollow Forms at  the Ottawa Wood Show!! I followed up with Firsts in the intermediate and Senior  Hollow Forms in later Wood Shows. I was hooked!! I progressed in my toys (oops  tools) with the addition of 3 more lathes.
 
I sold some of my work through a  gallery for a couple of years, but more recently, I am expanding my skills on a  variety of functional pieces - bowls, pepper mills, pens - and artistic pieces -  hollow forms, vases, and wall hangings. I search for exotic woods from around  the world and strive to show them off in a spectacular way for my pleasure and  occasionally as gifts for others.

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MANZANITA  ROOT BURL from the California/Nevada border area. Photos will be posted as Ross progresses in wood turning this 8" x 10" gem into a Spectacular Hollow Form
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These 2 pieces are not finished yet. The gnarly one is maple .. the other is cedar. I try to hollow burls to show about 1/3 natural surface, 1/3 finished surface and 1/3  holes showing the character of the wood inside and out. Several more pieces of the same style are in progress.
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    • Bernadette Alcock
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    • Liz & Francois Fournier
    • Janis Fulton
    • Doreen Hardiman
    • Mike Leblanc
    • Douglas MacDonald, Sculptor
    • Kerstin Peters
    • Brian Phillips
    • Lana Pisetska
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    • Janet Tulloch
    • Anne Warburton
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