TERRY SCOTT – PROFILE
I began turning six years ago as a hobbyist turner after going to a piece of land to cut some firewood. I came across a stern elderly gentleman loading my Puriri tree earmarked for firewood onto a truck. After inquiring what he thought he was doing with my tree, he replied, “Firewood be damned! This makes excellent turning timber.” I ended up going along to the next guild meeting and so my love and addiction to woodturning evolved.
The standard, utilitarian pieces I conventionally made became tiresome and lacked challenges and thus I started experimenting with texture and color on artistic forms. The question “Is that made from wood?” is often posed due to the predominant use of techniques that disguise the wood�s natural appearance. Large, out of balance pieces are a specialty as I enjoy stretching the boundaries of my turning skill. Recent innovations include a range of thin walled, pierced and carved pieces, which are adorned by twists and spires.
TERRY’S ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE
Taranakai WoodCraft Festival 2007
1st Traditional Woodturning
2nd Traditional Woodturning
Merit Artistic Woodturning
Waimate WoodCraft Expo 2007
1st Traditional Woodturning
2nd Artistic Woodturning
Franklin Arts Festival 2007
2nd Miniatures / lidded boxes
Royal Easter Show 2007
3rd Hollow forms Vases
3rd Small bowls
Merit Plates and platters
Thames Society of the Arts
2007 Summer Exhibition Best of show Woodcraft
Highly commended Woodcraft
Tree Works /Creative Wood /Spring 2006
Best of Best Overall winner
Northland Kauri Festival
Unearthed Beauty Competition Sept 2006
Highly Recommended
The National Wood skills Festival Kawerau 20062nd Traditional Woodturning
Highly Recommended Traditional Woodturning
Highly Recommended Woodturning Open Artistic
The Royal Easter show 2006
Best Overall Woodturner
1st Bowls over 250mm
1st Plain Bowls
1st Plates/ Platters
1st Lidded Boxes
2nd Lidded Boxes
2nd Bowls over 250mm
3rd Bowls over 250mm
3rd Hollow Forms Vases
The Autumn Home show /The working with wood show 2006
Best of Show
1st Woodturning open
The Thames Society of the Arts Woodcraft competition 2006
Ist Woodcraft open
2nd= Woodcraft open
Woodcraft Highly Commended
The National Wood skills Festival Kawerau 2005
Tasman Mill 50 years Pinus Radiata award highly commended
Woodturning open Traditional Highly Commended
Franklin Arts June 2005
1st Decorated bowls and platters
1st Bowls
1st miniature
1st lidded boxes
Merit hollow forms
Taranakai Woodcraft Festival may 2005
1st conventional woodturning
Timber and Working with Wood show April 2005
Best of Show
1st Woodturning open
Royal Easter show 2005
Best Overall Woodturner.
1st Hollow forms/vases
1st Lidded boxes
1st Sculptural/Abstract
2nd Miscellaneous
2nd Large bowls
2nd plain bowls
2nd = Platters/plates
2nd = Domestic ware ornaments
Merit Large bowls
TURNZ. Putaruru 2004
Merit Award. Pine Award
Merit Award. Decorated Bowls
Merit Award. Hollow Forms
Merit Award. Undecorated Bowls or Platters
Franklin Arts Festival 2004
Best Of show
Royal Easter show 2004
Best of show
1st lidded boxes
1st Sculptural/Abstract
2nd hollow forms /Vases
Merit platters
Franklin Arts Festival 2003
Best Of show
1st Hollow forms
1st Miniature
2nd Decorated bowls /Platters
2nd Bowls
Merit Lidded boxes
The Royal Easter Show 2003
2nd Lidded Boxes
2nd Plates and Platters
2nd Sculptural/Abstract
3rd Hollow forms vases
Merit Small bowls under 250mm
2002: Royal Easter Show
2nd best of Show
1st Sculptural and Abstract
1st lidded boxes
2nd Lidded boxes
3rd Lidded boxes
2nd Miscellaneous
2nd Plates and platters
2002: Franklin Arts
1st lidded box
2nd Miniature
2nd bowls
2nd Hollow form
2nd Decorated bowl or Platter
National wood skills Kawerau 2002
2nd Natural edged bowl
Turnz Putaruru National woodturning competition 2002
“First time winner”
Vivian Timber award
Merit “Platter”
2001: National Woodskill’s Kawerau .
Highly commended: “Engineered wood”
2001 :Franklin Arts Festival
1st “Decorated bowl or Platter”
1st “Lidded box”
2nd “bowls”
2001: Royal Easter Show
1st “Bowls over 250mm”
Merit “Plates and Platters”
Commissions
- Bruce Pulman Events Centre: 2002″ The mists of time “
- The New Zealand Olive Growers Association 2002
- “Prime olive oil award trophy” Cornwall Park Trust 2002
- “The birds” Made from One Tree Hill Monterey Pine.
- Exhibited at the Cornwall park visitors CentreThe Ring 2005: Displayed at Harcourt holiday park upper Hutt .Were a Scene from the Lord of the rings was filmed, made from an oak tree used in the set in the giants feeding of the furnace.
- Vodaphone Wellington Lions RFC Japan Tour Trophy 2006
- Country Garden China .Office Entry display 2007
Events attended have included:
- The “Down under turn around” 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- “Collaboration of the arts” 2001 and 2003
- Participation 2001, 2002, 2003
- The Down under Collaboration Newcastle 2005
- Many other workshops and symposiums
Guest Demonstrator;
- Demonstrator at The Utah Woodturning Symposium 2004 BYU University Usa Utah
- Demonstrator at Turnfest Brisbane Australia 2007
- Demonstrator at The Utah Woodturning Symposium 2007
Exhibiting Galleries
- Koru Gallery Wellington ,Auckland
- Textures Gallery Parnell Auckland: Primavera gallery San Francisco Santa Fe USA:
- Rare Creations Gallery Nelson
- Morgan Gallery Parnell Auckland