Decorating Turned Wood: The Maker's Eye
A second career has turned into an aesthetically intriguing journey for a married couple in the north of Scotland. Trading on the success of Michael's first book (Turning Green Wood, 2001), the authors zero in on ways to transform the plain woods of sycamore and beech into strikingly handsome vessels. Little is explained here; instead, the narrative centers on the development of ideas and, then, on a dozen different concepts. Much inspiration is pulled from nature; once-simple bowls become abstract shapes of shells and birds. Others are colored with a variety of media, textured with carving tools, and decorated with unusual techniques like pyrography and sandblasting. Liz O'Donnell's elegant illustrations of all things natural act as wonderful companions to the starkness of the wood. Not a do-it-yourselfer's tome.Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved