Collaboration with Nature by Clare Miers

Every Sunday in the Dallas Morning News, Reporter Clare Miers brings interesting people, places and things to a weekly feature "Dallas Life." This week, she heads to Plano to see Woodturner Kevin Bassett at work in his studio and it's filled with sculpture and art converted from trees. Bassett shows Miers how he creates beautiful objects on a lathe and speaks about his relationship to working with trees for most of his life. For more on Basset and this story, pick up a newspaper on Sunday May 15, 2011 for the full layout in the Lifestyles section.

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• Kevin Bassett
• Dallas Area Woodturners
• Woodturners
• Woodturning
• Clare Miers
• Clare+Miers
• Texas Features
• Trees
• Arborists
• Dallas Artists
• Plano Artists
• Plano Wood Artists
• Miers Media
• Dallas Life
• Arts
• Woodworking
• Carving
• Lathe
• Sculpture
• Wood Sculpture
• Handmade
• Vases
• Bowls
• Texas Artists
• American Woodturners

[miersmedia]

I want that bowl too... I'll post his site, because he sells his work, if he can part with it... which I don't know how he can... but that bowl deserves a long beautiful antique table, with a down-like spot just on the bowl -- nothing else on the table or around it... just that one, beautiful work of art...

[miersmedia]

Wow! thanks so much..... the highest compliment a writer could get... thank you! Made my day, pal... :)

[amichaelsnyder]

I love this report. The introspective approach to your report Clare, I hung on every thought and then, bam, it was over. I want more. The perfect way to leave a story and a viewer, wanting more. Great job, I enjoyed it and I want that bowl!

[texasbearman]

The work this man does with wood is very special on many fronts. His love of trees and his work as a Consulting Arborist at Arborilogical Services for over 3 decades has lead him into the art work you see on this video (and so much more). Kevin always has special pieces available on his website.