[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Robert Asselmeier Waterloo, IL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: rasselarts.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: I focus on the connections of art in nature through sustainable resourcing of fallen trees.  My work retains the beautiful energy of the trees from which they are created. No living...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Jay and Sherry Phillips Chesterfield, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.jsturnings.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Short Bio: Jay and Sherry Phillips grew up in the St. Louis area, were high school sweethearts who lived across the street from each other and now live in Chesterfield,...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Ricardo Marganon Miami, FL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.etsy.com/shop/parrotlandcarvings [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: Handmade weather resistant wooden carvings such as parrots, toucans, flamingos, owls, eagles, cardinals, monkeys and more[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Steve & Valerie Doerr Joplin, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.thewoodendoerr.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]BIO: Steve and Valerie Doerr have been creating wood turned art for over 18 years.  As artists, our primary goal is to discover and reveal the beautiful grains and colors...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Donald Markham Russiaville, IN [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: I look for local and exotic hardwood that has character, unusual grain patterns and color variation and assemble multiple wood species together to create unique functional artwork to be used everyday.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][social_icons type="square_social" icon="fa-facebook"...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] John Lipe Carbondale, IL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]BIO: Each of my pieces begins with a tree in the forests of Southern Illinois.  This tree is harvested by a small, local sawyer who mills it into lumber, which is then sold to an...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Ronald Vieceli Carbondale, IL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.studiovieceli.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]BIO: Ronald Vieceli has been working with salvaged steel and local hardwoods in southern Illinois for several years. He is fascinated with the shapes and textures to be found in the discarded...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Mike Lawson Chillicothe, IL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: My passion is unlocking the beauty in local wood, sourced through friends and neighbors. I try to enhance the wood's natural beauty.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Larry Shafer Lawton, OK [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: I am a woodturner that combines exotic and domestic wood to create beautiful segmented grecian vessels, bowls and symmetric structures that can be displayed anywhere art can be loved and appreciated.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Matt Faupel St. Louis, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.missourinatureart.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]BIO: For years, I've been slowly training my mind to be able to select the best pieces of wood for the best purpose, almost as if the wood is telling what...