- Mark Nantz -
 
Turned and Constructed Wood Art
    
     
 
Background -
  Exhibitions -  
 
1986 - 1989
Cabinet Maker's Apprentice 
SOFA Chicago 1999, Zimmer Gallery
 
 
1989
Opened Furniture & Cabinet Studio 
Forms in Wood 1999, Soc. of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA,
 
 
1994
Began experimenting with Box making,Knife making and Model making 
SOFA New York, 2000, Del Mano Gallery
 
 
1995
Began Woodturning  
Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
 
 1997Exhibited in First Craft Show 
Small Treasures 2000, Del Mano Gallery, LA
 
  
Turned Wood 2000, Del Mano Gallery, LA
 
    
Snyderman Gallery Invitational 2001,Philadelphia, PA
 
    
Innovations -Perspectives in Turning 2005, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
 
 Shows Attended -  
Innovations -Perspectives in Turning 2005, Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA
 
 1999, 2004 Atlanta ACC  
 
 1998 - 2008Baltimore ACC  
Awards -
 
 1997, 1998 Designer Arts NYC 
Guilford Handcraft Expo, Booth Award 1997
 
 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004Paradise City Arts, Northampton, MA  
Baltimore ACC, Honorable Mention 2000
 
 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Westchester Craft Show Award of Excellence2001
 
 1998, 1999 Springfield ACC  
ACE Craft Show, Best in Wood Award 2001
 
 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004Washington DC Craft Show 
Baltimore ACC, Honorable Mention 2002
 
 1998, 1999, 2001 - 2004, 2008Westchester Craft Show 
Westchester Craft Show, Blue Ribbon, First Place 2003
 
 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004American Craft Expo, Evanston, IL 
 
 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008Smithsonian Craft Show 
Publications -
 
 2000 - 2004Crafts at the Castle, Boston, MA 
American Woodturner Magazine, Summer '08, Volume 23, "What Collectors Want"
 
    
Preview Connecticut - December '04
 
    
Woodturning Magazine - December 2000
 
    
"500 Wood Bowls", Lark Books, 2004, pgs.82, 360 & 395
 
 Other Interests -    
 Drawing, Metalworking, Photography, Fishing & Kayaking    
      

 

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