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Biography
Jack was born in Holland in 1942.
His parents migrated to Western Australia in 1952 and settled in the Perth area.
He spent his early working life as a carpenter in the cottage building industry.
In 1968 he purchased a citrus orchard.
Ten years later 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 Jack 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.
He is respected for his hollow forms and artistic turning, and supplies them to galleries, local, interstate and overseas.
Jack has an acute awareness that the wood, and the trees it comes from,
as well as the talent and ability one has to craft fine pieces, are God given.
In his artistic pieces he aims to reflect his appreciation for the majestic beauty of creation.
Most of his artistic pieces are inspired by nature.
Selected Collections
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Miaoli Wood Sculpture Museum (Taiwan)
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Armadale Redevelopment Authority Collection
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City of Armadale Collection
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Parliament House Perth WA
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Selected Exhibitions
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2008 | Turned & Sculptured Wood | del Mano Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
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2008 | Turned Wood-Small Treasures | del Mano Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
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2007 | Pacific Connections | del Mano Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
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| Sculpture, Objects | Functional Art Exposition |
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| Turned Wood-Small Treasures | del Mano Gallery | Los Angles, CA
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2006 | Turned & Sculptured Wood | del Mano Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
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| Minnawarra Art Awards | | Perth, Western Australia
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2005 | Miaoli Wood Sculpture Exchange Exhibition | | Taiwan
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| "Scintillating" | Armadale City Hall | Perth, Western Australia
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2005 | Minnawarra Art Awards | Armadale City Hall | Perth, Western Australia
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2004 | "Woodart, Turning around the World 2004" | Wood Turning Centre | Philadelphia, USA
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2004 | Minnawarra Art Awards | Armadale City Hall | Perth, Western Australia
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2000-07 | Out of the Woods Exhibition | |
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2003 | "Splinter" | Craftwest | Perth, Western Australia
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2000-06 | Australian Woodturning Exhibition | |
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2000-02 | NSW Forest Woodcraft Awards | |
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2000 | "Rare" | Centre Piece Gallery | Fremantle, Western Australia
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Award-Winning Exhibitions
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2006 | Minnawarra Art Awards | Acquisition Award
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2005 | Australian Woodturning Exhibition | 1st Vase, 2nd Best Acacia
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2005 | Minnawarra Art Awards | Acquisition Award, Highly Commended Award
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2004 | Out of the Woods Exhibition | 1st Woodturning, 1st Small Treasures
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2004 | Australian Woodturning Exhibition | 1st Best Eucalypt, 2nd & 3rd Best of Show,
1st Vase, 1st Hollow Form, 1st Artistic Woodturning
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2002 | NSW Forest Woodcraft Awards | 1st Artistic Woodturning
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2002 | Out of the Woods Exhibition | 1st Woodturning, 1st Artistic Woodturning
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2002 | Australian Woodturning Exhibition | 1st & 3rd Best of Show
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2001 | NSW Forest Woodcraft Awards | 1st Best of Show, 1st Artistic Woodturning
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2001 | Out of the Woods Exhibition | 1st Woodturning, 1st Artistic Woodturning, 1st Small Treasures
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2001 | Australian Woodturning Exhibition | 1st Best of Show, 1st Hollow form
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2000 | National Woodturning Exhibition | 2nd & 3rd Best of Show, 1st Best Eucalypt, 1st Hollow form
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Publicity Received
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American Woodturner, Summer 2007
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Woodturning #144, Jan 2005, page 12
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"500Bowls", page 211,233, published by Lark Books 2004
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Woodturning #134, April 2004, page 50
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Australian Wood Review #41, Dec 2003, page 84
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Scoop #23, Autumn 2003, page 73
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Woodturning #112, June 2002, page 33
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Australian Woodworker, Feb 2001, page 48
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Australian Woodworker, Nov-Dec 2000, page 52
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Australian Wood Review #29, Dec 2000, page 96
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last updated 19 Nov 2008
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