:: About Me ::
Patrick McDaniel
Woodturnings
:: About My Work ::
Creating bowls and vessels is a rewarding and time-consuming process. I perform all the work from start to finish. The pieces begin from found trees felled by storms, construction sites, and road clearing. The work is from northern hardwoods such as cherry, ash, maple, and walnut. All pieces are from one block of wood.
All of my turnings are twice turned. The first time, the piece is left thick to slowly dry, then it is turned again, sanded and polished and a finish is added. With minimal care these bowls and vessels should last for generations!
My one of a kind pieces reflect a blending of thirty years of woodworking skill in various endeavors such as furniture, sculpture, and carving. I enjoy the challenge of woodturning.
There has always been a strong bond between wood and myself. Trees and all the enrichment in our lives they provide are so important to me. I try to give to such a strong medium as wood the respect it deserves. In my work, whether in a jagged bark edge bowl, a vertical form, or a simply designed functional bowl, I hope this respect is evident.
With this expressive art form I hope that I may find a way to relate to others and have them enjoy the simplicity of line and solid beauty of wood.
-Patrick
I am a self taught woodturner having learned to turn in the
living room of a crowded duplex in North Carolina in 1986.
I have been a woodworker for over thirty five years from
building houses to trim carpentry to wood carving to
furniture and finally woodturning. I learned to carve studying
in Bavaria in 1972 and worked in antique furniture restoration in London in1974.
I currently have four lathes including an Oliver 25C pattern makers lathe. I enjoy restoring old machinery.
I attended Michigan State University and served in the Army during the Vietnam Conflict.
Wood is my vocation, but my family is most important to me. My wife, Eira is a science teacher and my son Sam is a future biomedical engineer. I enjoy travelling and seeing the country at all the wonderful art shows across the nation.
