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Don McIvor
Woodturner |
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The Turner |
 That's me on the left at the Parara Puru Embara village in Panama, negotiating for a piece of cocobolo. Photo by Carole McIvor. I have been working with wood, sometimes professionally and sometimes out of passionate interest, for more than 25 years. Early in my career I worked with Charles McRaven on custom homes of either log or post and beam construction. I got to work with some terrific material including American chestnut and heart pine--both commercially extinct now. That was also an interesting experience for the connection to the past--both the early history of our nation as well as the craftsman who first worked that wood. I have also built furniture and cabinets over the years, and have now been turning for about four years. My formal training is as a wildlife ecologist. As such, I've conducted research on a range of topics usually involving birds and mountain lions in various parts of the American West. More recently I've focused my efforts on conservation, working for the Audubon Society. On the slightly more artistic side I've also worked as a photographer and writer and have managed to publisha number of articles and two books. I'm also a musician and have performed on and off over the years. |