Dennis Hippen
Wood: turned wood bowls
Email: hipwood1@gmail.com
Statement:
I really enjoy creating /working with wood. I have restored furniture for many years; that adds many
more years of useful life, which is very satisfying to me and results in many happy clients. I purchased
my first wood lathe six years ago and I am hooked! The medium is domestic local hardwood from dead or
felled trees. Tools used start with the chainsaw to cut logs into blanks for turning on a wood lathe.
Not sure that sweat is a tool, but there is lot of it! Grains/colors/bark inclusions/pest homes are
just a few of the mysteries you find. Next, I mount the wood on the lathe to turn into a bowl or vase
or whatever. Shaping the wood is done with very sharp gouges/scrapers/skews/etc. Then it is sanded and
the chosen finish is applied.
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