Tag: woodturner

Pen Turning Workshop, Feb. 7, 2026

Woodturning with Central Connecticut Woodturners

Kayla and Bailey

February 7th  10am to 2 pm.  25 Pompey Hollow Road,  Ashford CT.  Learn about the art of woodturning.  Members from Central Connecticut Woodturners will help guide you with turning your own beautiful wooden pen.  This is a FREE event for ages 10 and up.  Donations are welcome.

  • Come to Knowlton Hall  February 7th to sign up on the list.
  • You will be given an approximate time when you will turn your pen.
  • This is first come/first serve.
  • Everything you need will be provided. This is a FREE event

With guidance, you will turn your own pen. Connecticut Woodcarvers Club will be joining us displaying many carved items and demonstrating wood carving.

Holiday Artist Market – Nov. 15th-16th, 2025

The very popular Ashford Area Arts Council’s “Holiday Artist Market” event will be in its 9th year, with more than 20 local artisans both days. With joyful with upbeat acoustic music on the stage, enjoy a holiday shopping experience and see what our ample community of artists and craftsmen has been creating. So much variety and all of it inspired, well-made, beautiful, and unique. Shop local & support our arts community. Continue reading “Holiday Artist Market – Nov. 15th-16th, 2025”

Steve Gerling

Into the Lake Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press 8 1/2” x 11 1/2”. 2022
Island on Matagamon Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press 8 1/2” x 11 1/2”. 2022
Zulick’s Pond, February Thaw Graphite, Colored Pencil 12” x 10”. 2022 SOLD-TOM AND CINDY BORGMAN

Steve Gerling has been doing relief woodcarving since the mid-1970’s. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from UConn, with a major in sculpture. After school, he was drawn to the additional challenges of relief carving. Not only did an object have to be sculpted but it had to be skillfully distorted
in scale, perspective, and space to create an image convincing to the viewer.
Traditionally, most relief work was intended as decoration or embellishment to works of architecture or fine cabinetry. Steve chooses to make the carving the primary object. While much of the work were objects of fine woodworking, using them as a utilitarian frame, the main focus of attention has always been the carving.

Contact Steve via email.