These are links to galleries and shops where you can find my work.  Also included are links to other turners I admire and to organizations and clubs that contribute greatly to the development of woodturning.

Galleries/Shops The Guild Shop  This is a fantastic shop in the heart  of downtown Toronto (118 Cumberland St.). This is in the center of the fashionable shopping district of Yorkville.  It features superb work from members of the Ontario Arts Council as well as Inuit art. It has a special place in the hearts of Torontonians, who have been patronizing it since 1932. The selection of items made from wood includes works of some of the biggest names in Canadian arts and crafts.  Cornerstone  Cornerstone is located in a beautiful historic stone building in the heart  Kingston's tourist area (255 Ontario St.), close to great shopping and restaurants and the waterfront .  It is "the place" to find the best of arts and crafts in Kingston.  It features the work of more than 150 artisans from all over Canada and has an extensive section of works from great wood turners. Turners Terry Scott and Gordon Pembridge Terry Scott and Gordon Pembridge are two fabulous wood turners from New Zealand. Terry is famous for his rectangular "winged" bowls and vessels that undulate like Manta Rays, or morph into teapots. He also does an incredible range of texturing and colouring. Gordon's bowls are pierced -- but he has taken this to a new level and added a wonderful pallet of colour. The bowls turn into ferns or underwater fauna with sea currents flowing through. Malcolm Tibbetts The most incredible segmented turnings I have ever seen. Malcolm is also author of a fantastic book on how to make things like he does. Bill Luce Bill Luce explores the "quiet power of understated form". He strives for unity and harmony in his pieces, and produces incredibly beautiful work. Marilyn Campbell Marilyn is a Canadian woodturner who is on the razor's edge of advanced turning and design.  She takes a turned bowl, cuts it up, reassembles it, adds fiberglass panels, carvings and colour.  And she ends up with spectacular pieces of beautifully designed sculpture.  Have a look at her "Luck be a Lady" and "Monte Carlo" pieces on her website. Art Liestman This Canadian turner has become famous internationally for his wonderful surface enhancment. Check out his Puzzling Illusion vessels. Also look at his incredible new sculptural forms, such as "Dancing Pair". Jennifer Shirley  When you are so attracted to a turning that you can't stop picking it up, you know the maker has really succeeded. I have one of Jennifer's Wish Bowls, and that is what happened to me.  Besides the Wish Bowls, Jennifer makes a wide variety of items, including beautifully decorated regular bowls, hollow forms , miniatures. and her "sojourners".  She has a wonderful eye for design. Garry Bowes Garry produces incredible sculptural pieces, that really capture motion and feeling. He also produces wonderfully carved and decorated vases and bowls, showing an astounding amount of imagination and skill. He has also perfected a technique to produce what he calls "woodlace", delicately pierced pieces using a die grinder and special jigs. Alan Carter  Alan is another woodturner who produces incredible sculptural turnings.  They are elegant, refined and have a wonderful ceremonial feel.   He is also a fantastic furniture maker.   Carole Valentine Carole specializes in vases, but also does bowls and platters. She has a fantastic eye for form. Organizations The American Association of Woodturners This is the largest association of woodturners in the world, with chapters not only in the United States, but also in Canada and other countries. There is a wealth of resources available through this site. The association holds a symposium every year that is a "must" pilgrimage for every woodturner. The Wood Turning Centre A Philadelphia-based not-for-profit arts institution, gallery and resource center, dedicated to the art and craft of lathe-turned objects Valley Woodturners This is the wood turning club in the Ottawa Valley and is my home club. Supplies Thompson Lathe Tools Doug Thompson is currently making the best tools for wood turning, bar none. I now use them exclusively. He uses the same steel that Gerry Glaser used. (Gerry is famous in wood turning circles, not only for developing tools, but also for making the best tools available. He has now retired.) Doug uses the same steel that Gerry used -- V10. It is very hard, so it holds an edge longer than any other turning tools, yet is resilient, so it does not chip or break. It is also easy to sharpen. Doug has also improved the tools beyond what Gerry was able to do, because he cryo treats them. The freezing (down to almost -300 degrees) changes the molecular structure and makes them even better for wood turning. Even better is the price. Doug has kept the price very reasonable. In fact, his tools often cost roughly half what the less effective tools on the market cost. So there is no excuse any more for working with poor tools. Ruth Niles Ruth Niles produces wonderful bottle stopper bases of  stainless steel.   Because they are solid stainless steel they will never pit from the acids in red wine or vinegars.  Both the seals and the stainless steel are approved by the FDA as being food safe. The stoppers seal the bottle well with three rubber seals.  The rubber seals are different sizes so they seal almost any wine bottle well.  The stoppers also sit well down in the bottle so the wood is featured in the final stopper, not the steel, as happens with many of the stoppers on the market.   Lionel Bedard - Belgreen Wood  Lionel is the Canadian representative for the Ruth Niles bottle stoppers.  He also has a constantly changing supply of both domestic and exotic woods for sale, including Maple and Cherry burls.  He sells the Tompkins Gage'T  bowl gauge which is the best I have ever found for measuring the thickness of bowl walls. As well, he has Ashley Isles and other turning tools and a great assortment supplies like sandpaper and log end sealer.   Lionel is a wood turner (and a very good one) -- so he knows your needs.