Bob Carls

Bob Carls is a full-time studio artist creating functional and decorative lathe-turned and carved wood vessels. He received his BS degree in Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Oregon, Eugene. He brings to his work a lifetime studying art forms that range from improvisational music to the visual arts, especially photography, sculpture and film.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work focuses on function or implied function and draws from my personal experience and value system, striving for continuity, historical context and a high level of workmanship.

I use both traditional and contemporary woodworking processes, both on and off the lathe, to create functional and decorative wood vessels

I bring to my work a lifetime of study in art forms that range from improvisational music to the visual arts, especially photography, sculpture and film.