Bartram's Mirror

Fair Market Value: $1,000

Dimensions: 22" x 14" x 2"

Catalpa wood

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Don Miller

Bartram's Mirror was made in 2014 for The Center for Art In Wood's exhibition Bartram's Boxes Remix. The piece, a collaboration with furniture conservator Christopher Storb, was included in an installation in the Bartram House, Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia.

Don Miller is a Philadelphia based woodworker, instrument maker and educator. He holds a BA in German from the University of Kansas and an MFA in 3D Design from The University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an Associate Professor in the Craft and Material Studies program at The University of the Arts and inhabits his own workshop in Germantown, PA. His work questions natural material, functional form and historical technology.

Aerial Landscape

Lexan and wood box with porcelain landscape

Fair Market Value: $4,200

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 5" x 9" x 9"

Porcelain in wood

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Paula and Robert Winokur

Porcelain is a material usually thought of as delicate, fragile and transparent. Considered the primary clay from which all other clays are derived, it comes from the earth as pure white, strong and durable. Fired it can resemble both snow and ice, depending on surface texture and treatment. Porcelain attracted me because of these qualities, rather than it's transparency. I have chosen to work with this clay because it has allowed me to explore issues in the landscape without making literal interpretations.

My work has been influenced by information gathered at various "sites", places in the natural environment that I have responded to visually. The earth itself particularly cliffs, ledges, crevices, and canyons: the effects of wind, earthquakes, glaciers and natural phenomenon such as geological "shifts" and "faults" interest me.

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Turned Bowl

*Purchaser Agreement: Upon deaccessioning, purchaser must agree to gift this work to The Center for Art in Wood in memory of Ron Kent.

Fair Market Value: $2,200

Dimensions: 7" x 12" Diameter

Norfolk Pine

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Ron Kent

Ronald E. Kent (1931-2018) was an American woodturner who was, as the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website puts it, "best known as a turner of remarkably thin, translucent bowls made from Norfolk Island pine, a wood indigenous to Hawaii, where he live[d]. His graceful forms are complemented by the purposeful selection of logs that include knots, textures, and contrasts; when light shines through, the intrinsic beauty of the patterned wood is revealed." Kent's works are in numerous permanent collections, including those of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (New York City), the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), the Mint
Museum (Charlotte, N.C.), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), and the White House (Washington, D.C.).

Helen Drutt

Helen W. Drutt English (Helen Drutt) was Founder/Director of her eponymous gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1973-2002), which was among the first galleries in the United States to make a commitment to the modern and contemporary craft movement. In 1973, she developed the first syllabus for a college-level course in the history of the field. Drutt has published numerous essays; organized exhibitions, i.e. Poetics of Clay, Brooching It Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madelaine K. Albright, and Challenging the Chatelaine!; and curated American studio jewelry for the Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza, Italy (2016-18). She has built a permanent collection of contemporary crafts for The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, and she is currently building a collection for the National Museum of Sweden. The Helen Williams Drutt Collection of international studio jewelry has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally, and in 2002, 800 works entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Drutt has received numerous awards and three honorary degrees, from the University of the Arts, Moore College of Art, and Alfred University.

Cherry Mira Chair by George Nakashima

Fair Market Value: $3,500

Dimensions: 19" x 18"x 27"- 17"

Stained cherry wood

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George Nakashima

George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905 to Japanese parents who had immigrated to the United States. Educated and trained as an architect, Nakashima received his Master's degree in Architecture from M.I.T. in 1930. After the Pearl Harbor bombing, Nakashima and his family, like many other Americans of Japanese descent, were placed in an concentration camp in Idaho. Here he meet a Nisei woodworker and learned the art of Japanese woodworking. Because of sponsorship by his previous employer, Antonin Raymond, George Nakashima and his family were able to leave the camp and move to Pennsylvania. In 1944, he set up his workshop on the Nakashima homestead in New Hope, PA. He maintained and expanded his facilities in New Hope until his death in 1990.

Moderne Gallery

Founder of Moderne Gallery, Robert Aibel's abiding interest in visual communication and education as well as an exceptional eye for quality and "the unusual" have built his reputation as a dealer and as a resource to other 20th century experts and to the press. His scholarly approach to the field has established him as an authority, particularly in French Art Deco, the American Studio Craft Movement, Wharton Esherick and George Nakashima. He is the author of several publications on art and communication - and on the work of George Nakashima and Wharton Esherick. He produced and directed several award-winning documentary films from 1972 - 1986. Aibel received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D in Aesthetic Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. He was on the faculty at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania from 1974 to 1992.

New Oracle Bowl

Fair Market Value: $750

Dimensions: 15.5" x 2"

Carved maple wood

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Siegfried Schreiber

German artist Siegfried Schreiber was a master wood turner and particularly enjoyed kinetics. He was born in 1928. Many of the pieces he made rocked, spun or turned at the slightest touch. He preferred clear and quilted maple and pear wood. During the summer of 2007 he participated in The Center for Art In Wood's Windgate ITE International Residency Program. Siegfried Schreiber passed away May 18, 2015. His legacy is preserved in the CAW's Museum Collection.

The Center for Art In Wood

Since its inception in 1986, The Center for Art in Wood, formerly the Wood Turning Center, has been widely recognized by artists, collectors, scholars and the public as one of the most valuable resources for the education, preservation and promotion of the field of art made from wood.

Moose Head

Faux trophy head made from found materials

Fair Market Value: $680

Artist will receive 50% of winning bid

Dimensions: 28" x 24" x 10"

Apple wood and various repurposed bicycle parts

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Bob Ingram

For me it's less about making a statement and way more about being in a state of mind, body, and soul! Being a maker is a way of life, a lifestyle that keeps me on my toes moving and shaking through my daily grind and nightly rest/wrestling matches constantly turning over ideas, processes, tools, materials, client needs, worldly responsibilities, and/or what ever creeps and/or weeps into my subconscious.

As making things has been a lifetime of passion for me, I'm constantly thrilled by what lurks around the corner. I welcome all to help me and join in on this journey of discovery and renewal, please if you're willing, stop me in my tracks, to rant and rave, chill and chat, muse and reflect, ponder and wonder, or whatever and whenever. It takes two to tango!

Round Wood Cutting Board with Handle

Fair Market Value: $195

Dimensions: 15 3/4" x 20 1/2" x 1"

Oxidized walnut wood

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Edgewood Made

Edgewood Made exists within the intersection of nature and manufacturing. Understanding the space in which these entities coexist is at the foundation of what drives our design. We utilize nature as our inspiration and manufacturing as our medium - following the rules that both set in place, but never allowing for one take over the other. We create goods for every aspect of life in the home. We believe that well-made objects should be a part of our everyday lives, and that these objects should intrigue and draw in the user more and more with each use. Our forms and proportions reference nature and its hidden geometries that dictate how natural structures grow and form shape. Behind our products is a drive to not only bring manufacturing back to America, but also make sure that it is of the highest quality.

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Carved wooden vessel

Fair Market Value: $750

Dimensions: 6" x 7" x 7"

Carved wood

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Jean-François Delorme

Jean-François Delorme learned the trade of wood turning, and went on to work as a turner with a focus on production. From 1990, after training with diverse artists, he also began to exhibit individual items in ceramics and glass. The French Association of Wood-Turning Art (AFTAB) encouraged him to stop working on wood turning production to focus on the creation of individual items too. Since then, he has explored the possibilities created by repeating the same bowl in two or three materials to see the contrast in materials, textures and lighting.

The Center for Art In Wood

The Center for Art in Wood grew out of a series of symposia and exhibitions held between 1976 and 1986. The organizers of these events were the LeCoff brothers, Albert and Alan, and Palmer Sharpless, a woodworker and teacher at the George School, who are credited with helping to spur the "field" of wood turning.

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Fair Market Value: $750

Dimensions: 4" x 20"

Ebony and amaranth wood

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Broder Burow

Broder Burow is a German-based artist who was included in The Center for Art in Wood's 1988 touring International Turned Objects Show.

The Center for Art In Wood

The Center for Art in Wood grew out of a series of symposia and exhibitions held between 1976 and 1986. The organizers of these events were the LeCoff brothers, Albert and Alan, and Palmer Sharpless, a woodworker and teacher at the George School, who are credited with helping to spur the "field" of wood turning.