I have lived in Dade City all my life. I took my first woodturning class at the John C Campbell Folk school in the summer of 2014. I started a serious dedication to the craft in the fall of 2018. Every piece I turn shows that it is handmade, not perfect.

I have two main sources of wood. I prefer local woods, like black cherry and red maple when they are available. I also get woods from North Carolina.

You may see three words put in front of these wood types. Splatted means the wood was partially rotted, ambrosia means the tree was attacked by a beetle

and wormy means that some type of boring insect was eating on the wood in the decaying process. All woods are clear of bugs when I turn them. Food grade bowls are finished with a mixture of walnut oil, bees wax and 100% carnauba wax. All are plant based. Nonfood items are generally finished

with water-based polyurethane.