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Good Turn October
2002 More than 2,000 years ago, an anonymous Egyptian craftsman figured out how to set a block of wood spinning and then turn it into something useful. While technology has transformed the lathe that does the actual turning from a human-powered bow to a motor-driven precision tool, the point of the endeavor has remained, for most of history, decidedly utilitarian. In recent years, however, this venerable craft has made a transition from hobby to high art. "Wood Turning in North America Since 1930," an exhibition that runs from September 10 through December 1 at the Yale Art Gallery, documents the transformation. "It's no longer just about balusters and salad bowls," says Albert LeCoff, executive director of the Philadelphia-based Wood Turning Center. LeCoff, along with
Pat Kane, curator of American Decorative Arts; Edward S. Cooke Jr.,
the Charles F. Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts;
and Glenn Adamson '01PhD, among others, have assembled 134 objects
that chronicle the way the craft has changed. "Wood turning," says
Kane, "has entered another realm."
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Alumni Magazine, PO Box 1905, New Haven, CT 06509-1905. USA.
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