Shaping Wood: Exploring Techniques for Hand and Machine

Douglas Finkel has been a woodworking artist and teacher for over thirty years. His work can be found in numerous collections including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Georgia Museum of Art, and the Center for Art in Wood. Doug ran the middle school woodworking program at St. Paul’s School in MD, and served as adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been a resident artist with the Windgate International Turning Exchange, organized by the Center for Art in Wood. His woodworking includes furniture, turning, carving, traditional green woodworking, and wooden flutes.

Robert F. Lyon received his BA in Studio Art from The College of New Jersey in Trenton and then an MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He has taught ceramics, glass and sculpture at the School of Art at Louisiana State University before being named Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of South Carolina where in 2002 he rejoined the faculty to teach sculpture. Robert has been the recipient of many awards and grants, including a N.E.A. Visual Artists Fellowship, a Fellowship from the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art and a Project Grant from the Southeastern College Art Conference. Lyon has been an artist-in-residence at Artpark & Sculpture Space, Inc. in NY, The Banff Center in Canada, the Kohler Company in WI, and the International Turning Exchange in PA. His work has been featured at the Center for Art in Wood, Momentum Gallery, Vero Beach Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art and the Columbia Museum of Art. In 2015 Robert Lyon retired from his university teaching position and is now a Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of South Carolina and full-time studio artist.