NotsoDull!
Turned Wood Art
Site last updated:  April 2nd, 2013

Where to see my work:
Click on underlined title links for more information


My Studio in Edmonds
Call 206-920-0707 for an appointment

The Gallery At Towne Center
Lake Forest Park, WA

The Schack Art Center
1507 Wall Street in Everett, WA

See my fountain pens at Art Spot
408 Main St. Edmonds, WA
Rick Davenport, Wood Artist
The wood talks to me.
No kidding.
A raw piece of wood tells me its potential - how to rough cut it and prepare it for our
adventure on the lathe.
As the wood spins I hear the pleasant sound of the bowl gouge making a proper cut.
Sometimes it whines or grumbles , telling me the cut is wrong or there is dangerous fault in the
wood.
Occasionally, it roars as it flies to pieces.  (yes, I wear a mask)
And lastly, the finished piece screams with beauty, depth and proper form.
Ah!

There is a lot more that goes into creating turned wood art.
But it is my personal relationship with each piece of wood that makes it
special.

Thanks for visiting my website.
Please visit me at my shows, or contact me for an appointment.
Then you can touch, fondle and smell(!) my art work.

Rick Davenport
Artist, Artisan, Craftsman, WingNut


Always remember,
"Life shouldn't be dull!"
Works selected for
Juried Competitions
Spalted Birch Burl
2011 Lake Chelan Arts Festival - 2nd place Artisan Works
Buckeye Burl
2010 Edmonds Arts Festival
2010 Lake Chelan Arts Festival
Nested Black Locust Burl
2009 Edmonds Arts Festival
Red Cedar Burl
2008 Edmonds Arts Festival
2012 Shows
University Street Fair, the Big Arts Festival in Edmonds, Live
Arts! Bothell, West Seattle Summer Fest, Proctor Arts Festival,
Lake Chelan Fine Arts Festival, Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival,
Edmonds Artists Studio Tour, Edmonds Museum Summer
Market, Ballard Farmers Market, Tidefest in Gig Harbor,
Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk

2011 Shows and Exhibitions
Apple Blossom Festival Art Fair, University District Street Fair,
Big Arts Festival held in Edmonds, Live Arts Bothell,
Richland Art in the Park, Maryhill Museum Art Festival,
Lake Chelan Fine Arts Festival, The Edmonds Art Studio Tour,
The Edmonds Museum Summer Market,
Women's University Club Holiday Show,
Trilogy Holiday Artist's Boutique, Tidefest at Gig Harbor,
Chimacum Holiday Art Show, Featured Artist at the Wooden
Spoon, Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk

2010 Shows and Exhibitions:
The Edmonds Museum Summer Market,
University Street Fair, Big Arts Festival held in Edmonds
Best of Magnuson Park, Art of the Garden @ Monte Cristo,
Lake Chelan Arts Festival, Edmonds Artists Studio Tour,
Women's University Club Holiday Show,
Holiday Fair at Trilogy, Best of the Northwest @ Pier 91,
Puget Sound Artists' Gift Show, Tidefest Art Festival,
Chimacum Holiday Arts Show, Arts Council of Snohomish
County Holiday Show @ Monte Cristo

2009 Shows and Exhibitions
Big Arts Festival held in Edmonds, The Anacortes Arts
Festival, The Edmonds Artist's Studio Tour, The Edmonds
Unitarian NW Holiday Artists Show, The NW Holiday Arts
Show at the RAC, The Puget Sound Artists Gift Show, The
Edmonds Summer Market, Semantics Gallery, The Gallery at
Towne Center
Some Salad Bowls and Corkscrew/Stoppers
Natural Edge Maple Burl
2012 Edmonds Arts Festival
2012 Lake Chelan Arts Festival
Page Links
Norfolk Island Pine
less than 1/16th inch thick
Mossy Maple Burl
Submitted to the Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Competition
Judgement due in May