"I have a fascination with merging the organic and the industrial, the natural and the machine-made. That's what sparks my passion for woodturning."
What's New
Yale University Art Gallery Acquisition
The largest of the "Cosmic Burst" pattern bowl series was acquired by Yale University Art Gallery in July 2011. The rose-engined turned bowl measures nearly 10 inches diameter and was created from a single piece of endgrain Osage Orange heartwood. Visit Yale University Art Gallery website
AAW Anniversary Book Feature
Salesin's work is featured in a new book, Woodturning Today, a Dramatic Evolution, celebrating the American Association of Woodturners 25th Anniversary.
OTI Master's Cup Award
The biannual Ornamental Turners International symposium was held in San Jose this past September. Salesin received the Master's Cup award for his Pagoda Box, which features five separate boxes from the combination of 21 different parts, all hand turned using an ornamental lathe and rose engine lathe. See photos on the gallery page.
Joshua Salesin creates fine contemporary craft through original, engaging and beautiful turned wood objects.
Using lathes, tools and techniques from the 1800s, he exquisitely details individually crafted hand-made objects.
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