Jason Van Duyn educated as an engineer, is a woodworker by trade.  His work focuses primarily in turnings, both open bowls as well as hollow forms, and period furniture, most of which are southern reproductions. 

The artist says, “My turnings are my artwork, although some pieces do have an intended function.  I prefer to work from one solid piece of wood, turning natural edge bowls, vessels, and hollow forms as well as some finished edge pieces.  Every piece of wood has a unique natural character. I like to work with local species, mostly to show that the seemingly ordinary things around us can look quite dramatic.” 

Van Duyn is from Edenton, NC now living in Raleigh, NC and a graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering.

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Utah 5  
6”x 5-1/2” 
Box Elder, Provo, UT
$140

Natural Edge Walnut Vase   
8”x5-1/2”
Black Walnut, Chowan County, NC 
SOLD

Fredrick’s Natural Globe
7”x7-1/2”
   Chinese Elm, Chowan County, NC
$280

          Openview Ambrosia Hollow 
6-1/4”x9-3/4”
             Red Maple, Raleigh, NC
$400

CA’s Forked Vase
13”x7-1/2”
Pecan, Marin County, NC
$800

Dead Branch
7”x9-1/2”
   Red Maple, Raleigh, NC
SOLD

Horse Hair
6-3/4”x7”
Spalted Holly, Plymouth, NC
SOLD

Big Kiss
8”x9-1/2” 
     Red Maple Burl, Chowan County, NC
SOLD