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MARILYN CAMPBELL

Marilyn Campbell taught herself to turn from a book and found working on the lathe offered numerous creative possibilities, within the limits imposed by the machine. Her highly original combination of wood and epoxy, both as a binding agent and a sculptural medium, allows her to create unique vessels that defy the limits of the traditional wooden form. In her work, it is not always easy to tell what is wood and what is plastic, nor is it easy to detect the lathe’s circular argument in the final form.

I see the vessels as representing those grand social events set back in an era when elegance and style were the cultural ideal. I want the viewer to think of fine dinner parties, tuxes and tails, top hats and formal gowns.

Artist Profile

Marilyn earned a degree in anthropology but when, with her future husband, she built a 36–foot sailboat to see the world, she launched herself to a career in woodturning in 1980; self-taught, she was inspired by Stephen Hogbin and Binh Pho.

Studio location: Kincardine, Canada

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Full Regalia, 2006, holly, epoxy, cherry, purpleheart, paint; 9 ¾" high × 9 ½" long × 3" wide. Campbell says, “Full Regalia, being very formal and somewhat austere, echoes the pomp and pageantry of a royal parade.”

Come Here Often? 2007, holly, epoxy, paint, curly maple, purpleheart, dye; 9" high × 7 ¾" long × 2 ½" wide. Campbell says, “Come Here Often? brings to mind a slightly inebriated gent in formal attire trying that age-old line.”

Celebration, 2006, holly, epoxy, cherry, purpleheart, paint; 8 ½" high × 8 ½" long × 2 ¾" wide. “In keeping with my theme of high-society decadence, I wanted to give this piece a mood of music and motion,” Campbell says. “A celebration of life’s good times.”

Persuasion, 2006, holly, epoxy, cherry, purpleheart, epoxy, fiberglass, paint; 7 ⅝" high × 8" long × 2 ½" wide.