Classes taken at Appalachian Center for Craft:

  • Clay Foster--- The Turned and Decorated Wood Bowl 2001

  • Todd Hoyer--- Wood and its Relationship to the Turned Object 2002

  • Lyle Jamieson--- Turning Start to Finish the Easy Way 2003

  • Al Stirt--- Turning Bowls and Platters: Form, Pattern,Texture and Color 2004

  • Graeme Priddle---Turn Up and Have Fun 2006

  • John Jordon---Turning Carved, Textured Vessels 2007

  • Clay Foster---The Art of Containment 2009

  • John Jordon---The Carved, Textured Vessel 2011

  • Dixie Biggs---Need Some Relief 2013

  • John Jordon and Clay Foster---Master Level Woodturning 2014

  • Dixie Biggs---Relief Carving 2015

Classes taken at John C. Campbell Folk School:

  • Kirk Deheer---Advanced Woodturning 2018

  • Trent Bosch---Turning Vessels with Embellishment 2019

Classes taken at Arrowmont School of Arts:

  • Michael Gibson---Turned Teapots 2018

  • Jacques Vesery---Master Woodturning Workshop 2019

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Awards:

  • Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Kentucky; Sculpture/Woodcarving, 1st place, 2005

  • Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Kentucky; Sculpture/Woodcarving, 1st place, 2nd place and two Honorable Mentions, 2007

  • Tennessee Association of Woodturners, Peoples Choice Award, 1st place, 2015

  • Tennessee Association of Woodturners, Peoples Choice Award, 2nd place, 2016

  • Chimneyville Craft Festival, Jackson, Mississippi; Woodworking, 1st place, 2017

  • Tennessee Association of Woodturners, Best in Show, 2018

Member of:

  • American Association of Woodturners

  • Magnolia Woodturners (President 2015-2017)

  • Pearl River Woodcarvers

  • Fellow member of the Craftsmen Guild of Mississippi

  • Kentucky Crafts Marketing Organization

Classes Taught:

  • Creative Relief Carving for J.C. Campbell Folk School , March 2020

  • Demonstration for Alabama Woodturners Guild (Tuscaloosa, Al.)   January 2020

  • Creative Relief Carving classes at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019

  • Creative Carving class for Hunt County Woodturners, February 2019

  • Creative Carving class for Midsouth Woodturners Guild, June 2019

  • Beginning Wood Turning class at Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi 2018

  • Creative Relief Carving class for Atlanta Area Clubs, October 2018

  • Woodcarving class at the Appalachian Center for Crafts, June 2017

  • Assisted Dixie Biggs (Instructor) Woodturning class at John C. Campbell Folk School, October 2016