Residency Blog

Our final collector's home visit was at Fleur Bresler's. It was another feast for the eyes as Fleur welcomed us into her lovely abode of art in beautiful spaces. There were so many incredible pieces of art to look at. They ran the gamut from tapestries, to wood, to...

Next location on our collector's home's tour was Gigi and Ben Huberman's. Their elegant home was filled with a wonderful collection of contemporary glass, wood, ceramics, paintings, photography, and multimedia artworks.

Deena and Jerry Kaplan are not only collectors but were gracious hosts of the female ITE fellows during our Washington/Maryland tour. Their extensive collection of fine art was relished by the fellows on a daily basis, and by guests invited to dinner during our...

The fellows were introduced to another fascinating and extensive collection of wood art pieces in the home of Marc and Diane Grainer.  Marc shared lots of historical information about the pieces in their collection as well as the arts and craft movement which got...

The fellows were welcomed to the Washington, D.C./Maryland area with a lovely pot luck dinner at the home of Phil Brown and Barbara Wolanin. Dinner guests included wood turners, collectors, a writer, and MCW members. Attendees were Jerry and Deena Kaplan, Tim and...

The fellows headed into Washington, D.C. for a day of sightseeing, discussion, and study at the numerous museums that Washington has to offer. The group walked in together and then formed groups depending on their interests. Rex has already set his sites on other...

The fellows were welcomed into the Washington, D.C. area wood collectors' homes for 4 days of art, interesting conversation and all things wood. All shared a common thread of their love of art, woodturning and turned wood objects. Phil Brown and Barbara Wolanin...

Tina LeCoffe suggested a fun idea to me to make a time-lapse video to see what happens to the resource tables during the Echo Lake Symposium. I liked the idea and set-up my video camera for a 3-hour time frame on the first day of the symposium. Would've left it...

The 17th Annual Echo Lake Auction was an overwhelming success earning $17,000 - $2,000 more than last year's auction - thanks to contributions from the ITE fellows and 57 turners and wood artists from around the country and different parts of the world. Pictured...

The resource room at Echo Lake is filled with hundreds of assorted treasures from various wood turners' shops. Odd scraps and beautiful turned extras fill the tables. Most bare clues to their originations from specific woods or styles of turning. The tables -...