Wood turning class at DuMaurier woodworking, mentored by Gerard Maurier Merchant. I really look forward to having more classes. Come join me, ask me to help with any form of turning, and if I am not aware of the topic, I'll find one whom can fill in the gap. Young student Beginning of a lidded box Mesquite natural edge bowl I, Gerard Merchant having a class Partner Robert Hart, teaching One on one with me Sharpening is the most important part of turning. Short videos Some viewing of sharpening From the young to those in my age category, lets learn new things together. Leave me a post, or email me @ g.merchant@live.com taking request for topics, and classes.
From my mind as a black man living in modern American social ills. Gerard Merchant was born in 1959 in Lynchburg, Virginia. My works are primarily in wood sculpture. My sculptures emerge through a process of retakes and variations that mark my creative journey of examining the ambiguity between my vision, and the wood’s already exquisite origination. As I execute unclear and less formal rules and which should always reference the partnership with Nature, we create Art.