Collection: Stephen Sanders

Wood

Mount Ulla, NC | Provisional Artist 2026

I work with wood and turn it on a lathe into different shapes.  Half of my work is turned green from freshly cut logs that I have bought or been given.  The other half is turned from dry, highly figured planks and cut-offs that I have purchased and collected for 50 years.  I primarily use an Elsworth (fingernail) gouge to turn blocks of wood into pleasant shapes.  Shape matters. My goal as an artist is not to ruin a beautiful piece of wood by turning it into an ugly object.