Woodturning Reference Books & Exhibit Catalogs Recommended by John Jordan Updated June 2006 Reference: “Professionally Thinking,” page 15 of Summer 2006 issue
500 Wood Bowls; Leier, Peters, Wallace; Lark Books; 2004; ISBN 1-57990-483-1 Scratching the Surface; Hosaluk, Michael; Guild Publishing; 2002; ISBN 1893164152 Contemporary Turned Wood; Leier, Peters, Wallace; Hand Books Press; 1999; ISBN 0-9658248-8-8 The Art of The Lathe-Award Winning Design; Patrick Spielman; Sterling; 1996; ISBN 0-8069-4272-X International Lathe Turned Objects Challenge IV; Wood Turning Center; 1991; ISBN 0-9624385-3-7 Out of the Woods-Turned Wood by American Craftsmen; Fine Arts Museum of the South; US Information Agency; 1992; International Lathe Turned Objects Challenge V; Wood Turning Center; 1994; ISBN 0-9624385-7-X White House Collection of American Craft; Michael Monroe; White House Historical Association; Harry N Abrams; 1995; ISBN 0-8109-4035-3 Growth Through Sharing; AAW Publication; 1996 Moving Beyond Tradition: A Turned- Wood Invitational; The Arkansas Arts Center; Decorative Arts Museum; 1997; ISBN 1-884240-15-1 Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection Oakland Museum; University of Washington Press; 1997; ISBN 1-882140-13-3 Wonders in Wood: The Art of the Woodturner; Association of Woodturners of Great Britain; University of Warwick; Great Britain; 1998; ISBN 0-9533817-0-6 Living With Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts; The Arkansas Art Center in association with Bradley Publishing 1999; ISBN 0-940716-06-2 Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection; Mint Museum of Craft + Design in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; 2000; ISBN 0-8109-4483-9 The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection; The Detroit Institute of the Arts; Detroit, MI; 2000; ISBN 0-7892-0680-3 Nature Takes a Turn; Woodturnings Inspired by the Natural World; The American Association of Woodturners and The Minnesota Museum of American Art; St. Paul, MN; 2001 Challenge VI – Roots: Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects; Wood Turning Center; Philadelphia, PA 2001; ISBN 0-9624385-6-1 Wood Art Today; Dona Meilach; Schiffer Design Book; 2003 The Wood Turning Center is a good source for some of these publications, as well as others. www.woodturningcenter.org