Description
Purple and Gilt on Sycamore wall plate – wood turning by Dennis Hales
- Wood turning
- 21cm wide by 4.5cm deep
- Hand coloured
- gilt leaf finish
About the artist : Dennis Hales is a registered professional turner with the Worshipful Company of Turners or the City of London and both the Suffolk and Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society. He uses locally sourced woods including Sycamore, Holly, Ash and Maple. These white woods provide an excellent surface for applying water soluble dyes to colour and metal leaf to gilt.
Dennis has been supplying the Jardine Gallery with his work for a number of years now. He won the Craft and Design Selected competition wood section collecting a gold award. Visitors to the gallery regularly comment on his bright pieces and craftsmanship.