Live at the Renwick

Watch artists demonstrate the use of a lathe, the tool on which wood is turned, in the exhibition galleries of Wood Turning since 1930.

Lathe demonstrations take place from noon to 3:00 P.M. on May 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22 and 29, June 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26 and 30 and July 3 and 10.

Wood Turning is on view through July 14, 2002 at the Renwick Gallery at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, across from the White House. For information, call (202) 357-2531.

If you cannot visit Washington, D.C., then meet a woodturner in our online video! Stoney Lamar, a sculptor from western North Carolina, works at his lathe and finds inspiration. When he turns wood, he sees the spinning motion of the artwork, which he tries to translate into the static form using elegant lines such as circles and arcs. Lamar's beautiful, timeless works are shown in the context of other pieces from the American wood turning movement.

Pictured: Artist Stoney Lamar at his lathe. Photograph from the video The Art of Craft: Wood.