Derek Weidman, b. 1982, lives in rural Pennsylvania. Initially studying philosophy in college, but a born artist, he choose to follow in the path of his father who was a bird carver. When he began turning, he approached the lathe as a sculptor, primarily exploring and pushing the boundaries of multi-axis turning with a mixture of german ring turning added in. His main effort was trying to create a visually descriptive and versatile language born out of the arcing and circular cuts of a lathe. At the heart of his work he treats the lathe almost as an unusual camera, with every subject passing through its lens adding to a visually novel circular zoo of wildlife.
Join Derek Weidman for “Sculpting Wildlife with the Lathe” March 21—March 23, 2024