|Woodturner of the Week: Mark HANVEY
Mark Hanvey, Pith Vessel in bleached ash
Mark Hanvey is a woodturner and cabinetmaker from Co. Down. He has been working with wood for over 20 years. Mark uses a mixture of native Irish and exotic timbers to create his pieces.
The turned work that is most satisfying to Mark is that which lets the wood itself have the final say in the form. This is done using ‘green’ unseasoned wood, which when turned relatively thin, distorts as it dries to produce beautiful organic forms.
Mark Hanvey, Pith Vessel in native Irish ash for
PORTFOLIO @ Solomon: Basketry & Woodturning 4 - 26 September 2015
Mark feels that since it takes so long for this beautiful material to mature, that he should respect it. Mark is also a furniture maker, applying the same high standard of workmanship and attention to detail in his furniture as he does in his turning.
Mark’s current range of woodturning work includes; bowls, platters, boxes, mirrors and also pieces which are purely decorative. He also works to commission.
COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Ireland
Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
Numerous private collections nationally and internationally
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1995 Out of the Woods, Ards Arts Centre, Co. Down
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2012 Janette Kerr PRWA Exhibition, The Stour Gallery
Warwickshire, UK, SOFA New York, USA
2011 SOFA Santa Fe, USA
2010 COLLECT, London, U.K.
MATERIALpoetry, The American Irish Historical Society, N.Y.
Irish Craft Portfolio, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
Beauty of Wood, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2008 SOFA Chicago, USA
2008 County Down Annual Crafts Exhibition, Co. Down
2005 Ards Art Collective, Peoria, Arizona
2005 Creative Peninsula, Ards Arts Centre, Co. Down
-2007
AWARDS
2011 Alliance Business to Arts Award
2011 RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin. Awarded 1st
Prize in Woodturning
2006 RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin. Awarded 2nd
Prize in Furniture
Hanvey’s work through the PORTFOLIO @ Solomon gallery window
Text by Give Irish Craft