Largely self-taught, Allen Davis works from his studio/shop in Waynesville, NC, surrounded by logs, stumps, branches, roots, and other natural resources waiting to become useful art. Bartered treasures from others - pottery and glass - add artistic function to his turned bowls, trays and trivets. Glass oil candles spring from logger's rejected knotty burls, reflecting his evolving woodworking style. Another interest, motorhome travel, presents opportunity to gather unusual additions to his raw materials: Florida beach driftwood, California redwood roots, Louisiana swamp cypress and pecan, Mississippi tupelo and weathered South Carolina barn wood.
Waynesville, NC