While Jim has learned woodturning from respected local and international artists, he is mostly self taught.
He devotes full time to turning, demonstration and teaching. Jim is the wood turning instructor for the MT Diablo Unified School District's wood turning program where he teaches several semester-length turning courses. Jim also coaches wood turning at the high school level in the Acalanes School District and offers one-day courses at Woodcraft of Dublin.
Jim's turning passion is polychromatic segmented wood turning, platters, and hollow vessels.
Jim is a member of the Bay Area Woodturners Association, Diablo Woodworkers, The American Craft Council, The American Association of Woodturners, and the Martinez Art Association. |
Miniature Segmented Vessels |
