As a State Juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftmen, working in his well-appointed shop, the Hummelstown, Pennsylvania man generates an array of distinctive vases, bowls, and containers from conglomerates of exotic, imported woods.
The process by which Fox creates his art is known as segmented turning. Parts of each carefully designed piece are glued together to create the initial solid form. Fox affixes it to his wood lathe and completes the work with a variety of cutting tools and procedures. Sanding between numerous coats of lacquer adds the finishing touches, producing a polished, one-of-a-kind, piece that has applications in any room of one's home or office.
"I started working with wood back in junior high school," says Fox. "From the introductory corner wall mount shelf to the more elaborate coffee table, I found my desire for wood working turning into a lifelong passion".
Over the next 35 years, Fox used his skills in the carpentry trade, learning still more from the masters with whom he worked for and, eventually, started his own business. That enabled him to indulge a long held desire to build custom furniture.
When he relocated to Pennsylvania from Texas, Fox downsized his workshop. "I have since turned to doing more lathe work, no pun intended," he says. "With the discovery of a rainbow of colors in exotic woods, a new door was opened. This allowed me to produce an array of finely crafted functional art. I hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I have enjoyed creating it".
