Artist Harry Wicks, turns wood into art. In his photo essay, Wicks shows us how he works, step-by-step. After you see how he works, go check out other pieces of this artist’s beautiful turned-wood art in The Woven Tale Press, Vol. IV # 2. You will be amazed!
And see his video on his art here.
![Artist Harry Wicks with chain saw blank.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1-A-chainsawing-blank-212x300.jpg)
![Artist Harry Wicks sketches the work that he will make from the wood blank.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2-line-dwg-final-297x300.jpg)
![The finished wood vase (hollow form) artist Harry Wicks created.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3.-maple-HF-255x300.jpg)
![Wood lathe face plate attachment.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/4attaching-faceplate-200x300.jpg)
![Artist Harry Wicks has set up the wood block for turning.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/5-Blankreadytoturn-300x181.jpg)
![Artist shaping the exterior of a large piece of wood using a heavy duty gouge.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/6-shaping-ext-300x279.jpg)
![When the artist is satisfied with the wood's exterior form, the art piece is reversed on the lathe and the interior is carefully shaped following the exterior wall profile.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/7-turningn-int-300x208.jpg)
![Since high-quality workmanship demands razor-sharp cutting tools, a heavy turning session mandates frequent trips to the grinding wheel to restore the cutting edge.](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/8-grinding-gouge-x-200x300.jpg)