Rosemary Wright - woodturner

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Career Profile

The highlight of my woodturning career is winning the Tony Boase Award at the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain biennial international woodturning seminar 2007 with the sycamore and ebony split leaf platter pictured above.

Winning the Silver Award in the Open category of the Tools 2004 competition sponsored by Axminster Power Tools and Woodturning Magazine (shown above) gave me the confidence to apply for selection by the Crafts Council for the Chelsea Crafts Fair in 2005, for which I was accepted. I was then given my first solo exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh in 2006 and was also selected for Origin in 2006.  My work is held in a number of private collections around the world, including the Daniel Collection - www.thedanielcollection.co.uk . I started woodturning by accident at my local arts centre in 1994, thinking that I had enrolled in a furniture making evening class, but, before the end of that first session, I was hooked. Within six weeks I had my own lathe (a Record DML24) set up in my garage, a few tools and loads of enthusiasm. Having originally trained as a biochemist, I worked  in plant research until job dissatisfaction and illness caused me to change direction.  So in 1997 I decided to become a full-time woodturner in partnership with Chris Mottram-Wooster, trading as Out of the Woods. I have many ideas to explore and find the creative process more fresh and exciting than ever.

Artworks-MK Studio Workshops,  Barford,  Galley Hill,  Milton Keynes.  MK11 1PE T: 01908 263666   F: 01908 674174  E: outofthewoods@rosemarywright.co.uk