After retirement from a very successful career as a medical professional, Ernie now spends time enjoying his second love of wood turning. He uses a standard wood lathe to make wooden bowls and boxes, but his work is known for the exquisite design work on the lids created by an ornament rose engine lathe.
Dave Williams creates segmented wood turnings. He uses multiple, foreign and domestic hardwoods to create exquisite turned bowls, vessels, and collectable objects of art. Dave also enjoys creating simple, yet sophisticated wooden boxes, perfect for housing your collectables.
Robert C. Perry has been a Central Coast artist since 1984. His elegant, wood turned pots feature premium, hand selected woods that include Fruitless Pear, Manzanita Burl, Cocobolo, English Walnut, Black Walnut, Catalina Ironwood, Macassar Ebony, Gabon Ebony, Portuguese Laurel Cherry and more. These distinctively crafted, Southwest and Asian style creations are accented with a fusion of stunning materials that include marble, brass, silver and other materials for a dramatic finish.
Victor DiNovi comes from a family of artists and artisans, musicians and masons, chefs and poets. Exposed to the process of artistic creation as a small child, he feels that the act of creation is as important as the object created! Victor creates handmade one-of-a-kind, gracefully refined pieces of furniture reminiscent of old world design combined with mid-century modern. Each piece is made from domestic and/or imported hardwoods, and becomes a ravishing, sculptural art form, while also providing function.
Andy Needles uses local reclaimed woods to create facinating serving platters/charcuterie boards. Each piece is made from a variety of woods, including California Sycamore, Black Locust, Olive Wood, Acacia, or Fire Salvaged Oak. He then incorporates various combinations of epoxy inlayed semi precious stones, including Lapis, Sodalite, Big Sur Marble, Chrysocolla, and more. These functional woodcraft items are treated with a food safe finish, and are an eye catching addition to any festive event.
As a fisheries scientist by profession, Tom spent 31 years monitoring, conducting and directing salmon and trout research for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. He started carving wood shortly after retirement in 2005. Drawing on experience as a biologist, Tom began to create stylized wildlife sculptures. He currently works exclusively with a variety of hardwoods carved with power tools. Specializing in carving trout, Tom enjoys carving other fishes, birds and mammals. The more dramatic the wood, the better.