Demonstration

I will have photos of the turning process displayed and will answer turning related questions. The demonstration will focus on the process of dyeing and patterning of the pieces.

Helga Winter – Turned & Painted Wood

1124 Van Ness Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360-385-3722
helgawinter@cablespeed.com
Helga's web site: http://olympicartists.org/winter/

By appointment during rest of year


I enjoy the rhythm of turning, the sensuousness and aliveness of the wood. When I look at my evolution as a turner i see three states: the Bowl, the Vessel, and Color. The Bowl correlated with my own need to have a purpose, a reason to exist. During my bowl-turning era I turned only the trunk wood of the tree. When I began turning vessels and goblets I worked with roots and branches, incorporating greater awareness of the light and dark in my existence. The Vessel refers to the possibility of existence for its own sake, and the state of emptiness.

For me, Color is a deeper expression of Self. I use color to continue the dance with wood, and experience it and myself in different ways. Color is a means of reminding myself, and the viewer, of the constant change within.  The vessel, when given a new appearance or a new face through dying its surface, allows a quiet conversation to take place. Who am I really? How does my appearance, my attitude affect my inner being? Do they enhance the Self, or cover it up?

Through these processes I strive to show the pureness of the wood. My pieces are a metaphor for the essence of Being.

Directions 

Follow Sims Way into town to second traffic light at Kearney Street; take left. Take right onto Lawrence Street and then left onto Tyler Street (which is the blinking light at Aldrich’s Grocery Store). Take left onto F Street for just ½ block and then immediate left onto Van Ness Street. The studio is at 1124 Van Ness Street, which is the 2nd house on the right.