Bill Luce
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b.1952, Stuttgart, Germany
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006-08 Turned Wood–Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 7 Visions: Wood as Fiber, Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Far From The Tree, Traveling Exhibit, Messler Gallery, ME
Turning Green, AAW Traveling Exhibit, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Japanese Bowls – A Western Perspective, St. Paul, MN
7th Contemporary Sculptural Wood Invitational, Tacoma, WA
Open & Closed: Wood and Ceramics Exhibition, AAW, St. Paul, MN
2006 Woodturning on the Edge, Pritchard Gallery, Moscow, ID
2005 6th Contemporary Sculptural Wood Invitational, Tacoma, WA
Art Beneath the Bark–A Celebration of Woodturning,
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
A Nation of Enchanted Form; Woodturning Artists across North America, American
Association of Woodturners Gallery, St. Paul, MN; Messler Gallery, ME
2004 Beneath the Bark: 25 years of Woodturning, BYU Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2003 Turning Around the World, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Wood Art 2003, Northwest Fine Woodworking Gallery, Seattle WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 Master of Harmonies, Kevin Wallace, Woodturning
Japanese Bowls: A Western Perspective, AAW
Turning Green, AAW
American Art Collector, Alcove Books
American Woodturner (front cover),AAW Summer
2006 Bill Luce: Redefining Minimalism, American Woodturner, December
Woodturning On the Edge, Pritchard Gallery
2004 500 Wood Bowls, Lark Publications
American Art Collector, Alcove Books
Beneath the Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning,BYU Museum of Art
2003 American Woodturner, June, "The Clean Lines of Bill Luce"
Woodworker West, May-June, "Some Thoughts on Process of Design"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My main focus is the exploration of the quiet power of understated form. To this end, most of my work has a deceptively simple shape–minimalism through refinement. Many of my pieces have no separate foot. They rest in balance on a rounded lower portion. In this way the form seems more pure, with no interruption from rim to rim (visual or tactile.)
While I take great care and effort to utilize the grain and patterns of the wood itself to relate thoughtfully to the form of the piece, it is the form itself that excites me.
I often create series of similar work to explore and study nuances of form and tactile balance that interest and excite me. Part of the real power of a piece, when it is successful, is the unity and harmony of the visual form and the tactile quality of the turning. Such a creation gives quiet joy every time it is experienced, with the shape and balance speaking softly yet firmly.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006-08 Turned Wood–Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 7 Visions: Wood as Fiber, Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Far From The Tree, Traveling Exhibit, Messler Gallery, ME
Turning Green, AAW Traveling Exhibit, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Japanese Bowls – A Western Perspective, St. Paul, MN
7th Contemporary Sculptural Wood Invitational, Tacoma, WA
Open & Closed: Wood and Ceramics Exhibition, AAW, St. Paul, MN
2006 Woodturning on the Edge, Pritchard Gallery, Moscow, ID
2005 6th Contemporary Sculptural Wood Invitational, Tacoma, WA
Art Beneath the Bark–A Celebration of Woodturning,
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
A Nation of Enchanted Form; Woodturning Artists across North America, American
Association of Woodturners Gallery, St. Paul, MN; Messler Gallery, ME
2004 Beneath the Bark: 25 years of Woodturning, BYU Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2003 Turning Around the World, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Wood Art 2003, Northwest Fine Woodworking Gallery, Seattle WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 Master of Harmonies, Kevin Wallace, Woodturning
Japanese Bowls: A Western Perspective, AAW
Turning Green, AAW
American Art Collector, Alcove Books
American Woodturner (front cover),AAW Summer
2006 Bill Luce: Redefining Minimalism, American Woodturner, December
Woodturning On the Edge, Pritchard Gallery
2004 500 Wood Bowls, Lark Publications
American Art Collector, Alcove Books
Beneath the Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning,BYU Museum of Art
2003 American Woodturner, June, "The Clean Lines of Bill Luce"
Woodworker West, May-June, "Some Thoughts on Process of Design"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My main focus is the exploration of the quiet power of understated form. To this end, most of my work has a deceptively simple shape–minimalism through refinement. Many of my pieces have no separate foot. They rest in balance on a rounded lower portion. In this way the form seems more pure, with no interruption from rim to rim (visual or tactile.)
While I take great care and effort to utilize the grain and patterns of the wood itself to relate thoughtfully to the form of the piece, it is the form itself that excites me.
I often create series of similar work to explore and study nuances of form and tactile balance that interest and excite me. Part of the real power of a piece, when it is successful, is the unity and harmony of the visual form and the tactile quality of the turning. Such a creation gives quiet joy every time it is experienced, with the shape and balance speaking softly yet firmly.