Picking up where Mother Nature left off
Artist inspired and custom designed wood turning pieces to enhance your home's beauty. Unique wood art designs.
About ScoGo
Scott Gordon
I am the artist of ScoGo Woodworking. While I never thought of pursuing woodworking as a career (many years ago), one of my most cherished possessions is a lamp I turned on the lathe in 8th grade shop class. When I was a fulltime IT professional, I missed the creativity and the sense of accomplishment of having made something beautiful, and that has returned me to woodworking.
I have a passion for finding natural beauty in wood and transforming that into artwork.
I am currently not in any gallery, and I apologize for not selling my products online - it is simply too difficult to keep an accurate online inventory in conjunction with my traveling inventory. However, if you click on the gallery or shopping links, you can see many of the pieces I have created. If you are interested in anything, contact me to see if it might still be available and/or if I have anything similar.
The Products
Engineered Curves
At ScoGo Woodworking, the lathe is only the beginning. My work explores the intersection of traditional woodturning and complex geometric reconstruction. While many see fluid ribbons and impossible curves, the reality is a disciplined process of mathematical deconstruction. By turning segments and staves into precise conical frustums, I create a vocabulary of shapes that are then meticulously cut apart and reassembled. This "turned and cut" technique allows me to break free from the circular constraints of the lathe, building sculptures that flow through space with a logic that defies their rigid origins.
The Collections
- Precision Segmentation: Pieces like All That Jazz represent the peak of geometric alignment. Thousands of individual hardwood segments are calculated, cut, and joined before being turned into a final vessel, resulting in intricate, "woven" patterns that are part of the wood itself.
- Sculptural Assemblage: In series like Suspense and Swell, what appears to be a single flowing line is actually a complex puzzle of reassembled lathe-turned sections. These pieces play with gravity and negative space, often finished with vibrant dyes and metal leaf to highlight their rhythmic movement.
- Dimensional Wall Reliefs: Wall-mounted works, such as the Synergy and Open Ripples series, take the textures of the lathe and reposition them into a linear or abstract context, creating a conversation between the tool’s circular path and the flat plane of the wall.
The Process: Beyond the Circle
"I don't bend the wood to my will; I cut it apart and reassemble it to find its hidden rhythm. Doing this, I can create shapes that the lathe alone could never produce."
Magazine Articles
Thank you
Thank you to the Greater Columbus Arts Council for supporting artists of all types in Central Ohio.
Affiliations
Segmented Woodturners (a Chapter of AAW)
American Association of Woodturners
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