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During the past thirty years, the field of woodturning has grown immensely—in numbers and in its creative range. Today, wood-turned art resides in the finest galleries while its reputation as a craft sits on the loftiest perch. At the forefront of this creative movement was David Ellsworth, a wood-art pioneer who revolutionized woodturning and helped elevate the craft into a legitimate art form by creating thin-walled hollow vessels that were as light as eggshells.

“David Ellsworth’s investigations and innovations of technique, of material, and of concept—the channeling of ideas through the medium—have laid the foundation of the studio woodturning movement on which future craftspeople will build and broaden.”

– Jo Lauria & Steven Fenton, Craft In America

“It would be hard to imagine a woodturner who would not benefit in some way from this carefully written book by one of the great masters of modern woodturning.”

– The Australian Woodworker Magazine

“Ellsworth reveals the secrets behind his signature style and offers sound advice. The section on stretching and posture, where he addresses muscle strain or back injury during wood turning, is worthy of major praise. Highly recommended…”

– Library Journal