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ART LIESTMAN
By day, Art Liestman is a Professor in Computing
Science at Simon Fraser University. After
hours, his attention turns to wood.
Art’s woodturning career began when he needed some turned parts for
an experimental musical instrument that he was building – a
programmable automated xylophone made entirely of wood. The
lathe seemed to be just the tool to make the hammers that would fall
on the xylophone’s keys. After making the instrument, he
continued to explore turning and quickly became hooked.
ACTIVE DEMONSTRATOR
Art was a founder and the first president of the
Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild, an AAW chapter serving the area
around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an active
demonstrator for clubs in the region and has recently completed four
demonstrations in Ontario. This summer, he will be one of the
demonstrators at the AAW Symposium in Pasadena, California.
THE EQUIPMENT
Art’s lathe is an
Omega Stubby 750. He uses numerous power carving and pyrography
tools, plus various inks and dyes to enhance the surfaces of his
turned pieces. The pieces are often turned from wet wood, usually
local big leaf maple or cherry. He uses small amounts of
exotic woods (such as ebony) for for accents. Most of his
recent work involves hollow forms.
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