Jack de Vos
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b. 1942, Enschede Holland
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Miaoli Wood Sculpture Museum, Taiwan
Armadale Redevelopment Authority Collection
City of Armadale Collection
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007-08 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Pacific Connections, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY and Chicago, IL
2000-07 Out of the Woods, Perth, Western Australia
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Miaoli Wood Sculpture Exchange Exhibition, Taiwan Scintillating, Armadale City Hall,
Armadale, Perth, Western Australia
2004-06 Minnawarra Art Awards, Armadale, Perth, Western Australia
2004 Woodart, Turning Around the World 2004, Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Splinter, Craftwest, Perth, Western Australia
2000-05 Australian Woodturning Exhibition
2000-04 Out of the Woods Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia
2000-02 NSW Forest Woodcraft Awards
2000 Rare, Centre Piece Gallery, Fremantle, Australia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 Woodturning, #144, January
2004 500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books
Woodturning, #134, April
2003 Australian Wood Review #41, December
Scoop #23, autumn
2002 Woodturning #112, June
2001 Australian Woodworker, February
2000 Australian Woodworker, Nov-Dec
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jack deVos spent his early working life as a carpenter in the cottage building industry. In 1968 he purchased a citrus orchard in Pinjarra. Ten years later, in 1978, he moved to Keysbrook 50 km south of Perth where he planted a stonefruit orchard. In 1982, whilst waiting for the trees to mature and give him an income, he grew tomatoes and took up woodturning to supplement his earnings.
As deVos became deeper involved in woodturning it started to dominate his life more and more and in 1993 he sold his orchard and took up woodturning full time.
Today woodturning is still a passion with him and he is constantly developing new techniques, designs and ideas, which he readily shares through his popular demonstrations, teaching sessions and seminars both locally and overseas.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I have an acute awareness that the wood, and the trees it comes from, as well as the talent one has to craft fine pieces, are God given. In my artistic pieces I aim to reflect my appreciation for the majestic beauty of God’s creation, as a result most of my artistic pieces are inspired by nature.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Miaoli Wood Sculpture Museum, Taiwan
Armadale Redevelopment Authority Collection
City of Armadale Collection
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007-08 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Pacific Connections, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY and Chicago, IL
2000-07 Out of the Woods, Perth, Western Australia
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Miaoli Wood Sculpture Exchange Exhibition, Taiwan Scintillating, Armadale City Hall,
Armadale, Perth, Western Australia
2004-06 Minnawarra Art Awards, Armadale, Perth, Western Australia
2004 Woodart, Turning Around the World 2004, Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Splinter, Craftwest, Perth, Western Australia
2000-05 Australian Woodturning Exhibition
2000-04 Out of the Woods Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia
2000-02 NSW Forest Woodcraft Awards
2000 Rare, Centre Piece Gallery, Fremantle, Australia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 Woodturning, #144, January
2004 500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books
Woodturning, #134, April
2003 Australian Wood Review #41, December
Scoop #23, autumn
2002 Woodturning #112, June
2001 Australian Woodworker, February
2000 Australian Woodworker, Nov-Dec
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jack deVos spent his early working life as a carpenter in the cottage building industry. In 1968 he purchased a citrus orchard in Pinjarra. Ten years later, in 1978, he moved to Keysbrook 50 km south of Perth where he planted a stonefruit orchard. In 1982, whilst waiting for the trees to mature and give him an income, he grew tomatoes and took up woodturning to supplement his earnings.
As deVos became deeper involved in woodturning it started to dominate his life more and more and in 1993 he sold his orchard and took up woodturning full time.
Today woodturning is still a passion with him and he is constantly developing new techniques, designs and ideas, which he readily shares through his popular demonstrations, teaching sessions and seminars both locally and overseas.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I have an acute awareness that the wood, and the trees it comes from, as well as the talent one has to craft fine pieces, are God given. In my artistic pieces I aim to reflect my appreciation for the majestic beauty of God’s creation, as a result most of my artistic pieces are inspired by nature.