Artwork for Peter Dixon
Fluted vase
Ribbed platter clock
Iridescant Platter
Spiki Vase
Salt and Pepper Grinders: Chess Piece
Natural edge bowl
Spalted donut vessel
Bowl within a bowl
Details
Woodturning is the foundation to all of my pieces but over the years I have incorporated a range of other techniques and materials to enhance and build on the initial turned item. I’m lucky to have access to locally sourced woods of character and colours. Sometimes this is enough in its own right, sometimes I may add carved and pierced features, apply texturing, scorching and pyrography techniques, stains and acrylics to achieve the final piece of “woodart”.
Over the years I've had the privilege of working with with a wide variety of types of wood and learning about the techniques that can be used to shape and decorate it. Many of the pieces I've created I think of as being an exercise to expose the beauty within, especially when the wood has complex grain patterns and wonderful colours. This has been stimulated by the wide variety of wood art forms I've encountered in my travels and the contact and interactions I've had with so many wonderful artists and craftspeople.
Peter Dixon's Woodart ... PDWoodart
I'm currently based on Little Doward (close to Whitchurch) and have a workshop which is set up for making pieces for gallery sales, and for running woodturning tuition sessions. I'm equipped both to support novices starting out on their woodturning journey, and also supporting the development of supplementary skills in colouring, texturing carving.
I started turning wood as a creative pastime in the mid-90s whilst living and working in the field of International Development in East Africa and South Asia. My motivation at the time .. I’ve always loved working with wood, and woodturning provided an ideal way to de-stress after an intense day of meetings and travel. Directing a razor sharp tool into a chunk of irregular wood rotating at speed re-quires ALL of your attention !
Over the years I've observed and learned from a wide variety of woodturners especially through my involvement in the Forest of Dean and Herefordshire Woodturning Clubs, and have been approved as a tutor by the Association of Woodturners Great Britain (AWGB), and since June 2024 have been accepted to the UK Register of Professional Turners (RPT).
Over the past three years I've been exhibiting and selling at at H.Art (Langarron), Art in Pennalt.
I'm an active member of the Black Mountain Circle of Artists and exhibit, sell my pieces at the Frogmore Gallery in Abergavenny as well as at h.Art and Art in Penallt and a selection of shows each year.
