David Ellsworth
United States, b. 1944
Place of BirthIowa City, Iowa, United States
BiographyDavid Ellsworth began woodturning in 1958, when he was fourteen. He earned his Master's Degree in sculpture, learning to work with a large variety of materials and processes. It was his experience working in clay that led him to consider using the vessel form in his woodturning. By the mid-1970s, he had developed his own carving tools that allowed him to produce the thin-walled hollow forms for which he is most known. Education: B.F.A. (Sculpture), University of Colorado, Boulder, 1971; M.F.A. (Sculpture), University of Colorado, 1973
