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Updated September 22, 2007

Growing up in southwestern Ontario, Garry liked to explore the local Carolinian hardwood forests that were still quite extensive. 
He developed a lifelong passion for trees and has devoted the last thirteen years to the full-time creation of wood-art.

            He lives in Ottawa where he has retired from a career at the National Research Council.  
There, he studied nuclear decay and developed methods and equipment for the accurate measurement of radioactivity.  
The innovative skills he acquired and honed, he now applies to artistic woodturning.

His artistic creativity is expressed in techniques he has developed in his studio, such as dyeing, carving,
WoodSong Woodlace, wood and metal inlays, fluting and the incorporation of stone.

Garry is a member of the American Association of Woodturners and his work has been featured on TV,
on the internet, and on the June 2002, March 2003, and September  2007, covers of Lee Valley tool catalogues. 
He holds a number of awards, including several firsts in the master’s category at the Ottawa Wood show. 
 His work is held by collectors, both private and institutional, throughout the USA and Canada.

            Garry says:           

            "I delight in the smooth feel of the wood in my hands, and find excitement each time I look inside a piece of this varied and beautiful material.

            With wood artistry, nature is the true artist; I just do the gift-wrapping!" 

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611 Lidded apple bowl with chestnut inlay and finial.     6.5” diam.	658 Walnut, open vase with bark rim.     10” high
523 Tropical Storm Cocobolo hollow form with spiral cuts. This piece gives the illusion of movement as you pass. 6” high	565 Mount Fuji  Slippery elm with holly inlays.    7” high
627 Camatillo, fluted vessel with brass accents.   6” diam.	621 Walnut/birdseye maple, pedestal bowl.   10” diam.    This bowl has a Woodsong woodlace treatment.
631 Walnut, fluted vase with brass accents.    8” high	605 Manitoba maple bowl with padauk inserts at rim.  8” diam.    Padauk, woodlace, potpourri lid with finial.
666 Gathering Spirits   From the anthropomorphic series, this sculpture is of bleached maple in a dyed, maple burl.  13” high	662 Embracing Sails  Redwood burl sculpture, set in an ebony block.    12” high

For a glimpse of Garry sharing some of his techniques be sure to click on Tips / Techniques under the Technical tab.