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| Wes Jones has been a woodturner for over 35 years. Wes retired in 2001 after a 31-year career as a fiber optic design engineer with Lucent Technologies and Bell Laboratories. He now works full-time as a woodturning artist specializing in large decorative pieces, such as bowls, hollowforms and vases. He is most well known for his large hollow form creations made from native trees. His pieces can be found in private collections throughout the country and have been displayed at the Reinhardt College Museum of Art, the Georgia National Fair, the John C. Campbell Folk School Woodturning Studio, and at various art shows and woodturning symposiums. His work is available in a number of fine art galleries in the state.
Wes is very active in promoting the development of woodturning art and furthering woodturning education. He is a frequent demonstrator at various clubs and commercial venues. He periodically teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina and at the Dogwood Institute in Alpharetta, Georgia as well as giving private instruction at his studio. Member American Association of Woodturners Various AAW Chapter Clubs/Georgia Georgia Association of Woodturners/Atlanta, Former President Peach State Woodturners/Oxford, GA, Former Vice President Chattahoochee Woodturners/Gainesville, GA, former Treasurer and Newspaper Editor Georgia Association of Woodturners/Atlanta,GA, Newsletter Editor AAW Liaison for The Chattahoochee Woodturners Studied with Williard Baxter, Bobby Clemons, Doug Barnes, John Roberts at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina Todd Hoyer/Appalachian Center for Craft David Ellsworth/Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts/Tennessee Al Stirt, Stuart Mortimer and Graeme Priddle/ Workshops |