Creekview Woodshop | Local Kentucky Woodworking Shop

With her new REVO, Tanya has been able to broaden her work. She’s been able to turn bigger, more complex pieces on all kinds of different materials. Adding the outboard extension has even further increased the complexity of pieces she can work on. Over the years of constantly practicing, Tanya has become to master woodturning bowls, plates, platters, cups, vases, and a variety of random other items. Because she’s a local Kentucky woodworking shop, she uses the native Kentucky wood. And with this native wood, there’s plenty of variety Tanya enjoys combining. Though the imperfections of the unique wood she finds can be challenging, more often than not, it presents an incredibly unique and beautiful outcome. The stability of the 18|36 has allowed her to face more difficult challenges in creating her uniqueness.

To add to Tanya’s unique local Kentucky woodworking approach, she tries to have meaning to each of her pieces she creates. With her archaeological background, Tanya tries to prioritize wood with more imperfect structured shapes, sometimes pulling inspiration from the historic ceramic tableware she encounters as an archaeologist, as well as some abstract ideas of the mid-twentieth century, such as the flying saucer. In addition to trying to find meaningful and unique pieces of wood, after she completes a piece, she gives them a name. More about why she puts names to each piece can be found here.