Cindy Drozda
Cindy Drozda, Erie Colorado, has worked with wood professionally since her first “real” job at age 19, at a player piano factory, where she taught herself on the job. The need to make a pair of chairs brought her to woodturning, but it was pictures of bowls, vessels, and boxes in the back of Dale...
Rabea Gebler
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Rabea is no longer able to join us in person. However, we are excited to present a few of her demos virtually and therefore have the unique opportunity to see inside her Japanese workshop. More information to come. Bio: Rabea Gebler / born 1997 / Germany / based in Yamanaka Onsen,...
Nathalie Groeneweg
The daughter of Dutch farmers, Nathalie Groeneweg grew up on a farm in the Loiret region with her four brothers. At the age of 11, music and the guitar crossed her path. She grew up and went to England to train as a violin maker at Newark and Sherwood College, then in various French workshops....
Ashley Harwood
Ashley Harwood knew all along that she wanted to make a living working with her hands. She tried all kinds of creative media including painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture. She focused on sculpture and installation art in college, exploring glassblowing outside of her schooling. In 2009, after taking a bowl turning class with her...
Kristin LeVier
Artist Kristin LeVier is a former molecular biologist who creates work at the intersection of art, nature and science to remind us of our connection to the breathtaking spectacle of the natural world. Her organic carved and bent wood sculpture embodies an ethereal sense of motion. She spoke about her work in a TEDx talk...
Merryll Saylan
Merryll Saylan is an American woodturner. She is credited with helping pioneer the popularization of the woodturning field and the application of color in wood art. She is noted as being one of the few women in the craft field, when she first began turning during the 1970s. Demonstration topic descriptions coming soon...
Janine Wang
Janine is an artist and educator based out of Corvallis, Oregon. She makes sense of the world through making, especially through the crafts. She was trained as an architect and went on to study furniture design in order to get closer to the materials we work with. Through the support of many mentors and work...
Andi Wolfe
andiwolfe.com Andi Wolfe, an evolutionary biologist, dedicated her career to delving into the intricate tapestry of plant diversity, finding inspiration in the natural world's minutiae when viewed through a lens of high magnification. While her professional journey traversed the realms of biological exploration, her passion for artistic expression found an outlet through woodcraft. Following her...